Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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AIRMEN AND WELCOMING OFFICIALS: When the squadron of army planes descended on the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon, local officials welcomed the officers. Shown above, grouped left to right in front of an army transport ship, are: Aldermen A. D. Moore, T. Luther Purdom, director of the University bureau of appointments, Maj. F. M. Showalter, Mayor Leigh J. Young, Maj. J. W. Schroder, Lt. Ray G. Stark, Sheriff John L. Osborn, Capt. Ward M. Estes, J. W. Meadows, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Earl H. Cress, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Col. J. L. Bachus and Police Chief Norman E. Cook.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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FIGHTER'S SPEED THRILLS CROWD: The several thousand persons who jammed the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon were given a special treat when one of the army's fast Bell Airacobras flashed above the field at dazzling speed. The ship, shown above, has turned in a mark of 621 miles an hours.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 19, 1980
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Being pushed along, it doesn't look like much. It will suffer the further indignity of being shipped by moving van all across the country. But then it will emerge winged and proud and ready for glory in Hollywood. It's one of eight World War I Bristol F2B British fighter planes built at the Ann Arbor airport by Ypsilantian Vern Ohmert (right) for the movie "High Road to China." Six of the eight planes fly, the other two don't and will appear as wrecked dogfight victims. Ohmert will do much of the flying himself.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 20, 1947
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IT'S RIGHT THERE: Leader Lillian "Mike" McGuire and Wing Scout Louise Gibbs study an aerial map before taking off on a short flight from Ann Arbor City airport. Miss McGuire, a pilot herself, teaches the seven local members of the Wing Scouts the fundamentals of aviation at the organization's weekly meetings.