Related Records

1. Airplane - Model airplane

   Radio control Glasair fiberglass model airplane that is an exact to scale replica of a plane owned by John Miller of Hutchinson, MN. Kit from Byron Originals. The museum has the manual 2008-0226-002. The model airplane was owned by Kenneth Anderson, father of donor Kim Schutt.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Card, Playing - Zoom-Airplane card game

   Zoom the Airplane card game in original box with instruction sheet. Whitman Publishing Co., Racine Wis. 54 cards with pictures & identities of airplanes.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Case, Jewelry - Chas. Lindbergh jewelry box

   Charles Lindberg jewelry box with mirror inside cover. Cover has a picture of Lindberg with his airplane "Spirit of St. Louis". Caption: "Capt. Chas. A. Lindbergh, Non-Stop Flight, New York-Paris. New York May 20, 1927 - 6:52 A.M.; Paris May 21, 1927 - 4:20 P.M." Wooden box covered with metal sides and cardboard bottom; glass covered cover. Charles Lindberg novelties were very popular following his historic flight.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Clipping, Magazine - Lindbergh airplane crash, Glencoe, 1923

   Scanned clipping of a photograph of C. A. Lindbergh, Sr. and Charles Lindbergh assessing the damage to their airplane after a crash in Glencoe in 1923, while on campaign tour. From a publication.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Miniature - Model airplane

   Model of a Nieuport WWI fighter airplane. Donor Ric Kottke made it of balsa wood in 1986 (age 25-26) when he worked on it a little at a time as a hobby after his job. Later he became a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh WI and then learned to fly actual airplanes. Ric is the son of Arlene (Dottsie) and Louie Kottke, formerly of Sumter Township, and the grandson of John and Helen (Duehn) Albrecht of Glencoe formerly o...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Miniature - Wright Brothers Flyer, 1903

   Model of the Wright Brothers 1903 "Flyer" aircraft. Donor Ric Kottke made the Monogram model in 1971 when he was age 11, following a visit to Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan where the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop building was moved and displayed. (The Wright brothers began their experimentation in flight in 1896 in their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio.) Ric pursued the hobby into his twenties, became a member of the Experimental Aircr...

   Record Type: Object

   
7. Postcard - Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser

   Color picture postcard showing a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser airplane. Written by Irene (Matousek) to her sister Catherine Matousek, Silver Lake, MN. Message about scenery and Mt. Rainier. Postmarked Seattle, Washington, August 13, 1957. Two cent Jefferson stamp.

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Print, Photographic - 10 Army Airmen in front of an airplane

   Sepia toned photograph of 10 Army Airmen in front of an airplane c. 1943. LeRoy Teschendorf, son of Frank and Mildred Teschendorf, Glencoe, is third from left in the front row. World War II era.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Print, Photographic - 1954 Sikkorski helicopter

   Color photograph of a 1954 Sikkorski helicopter with fold back wings owned by Ed Newberg. Taken at the August 27, 1995 Air Show honoring the 50th Anniversary of WWII, 1941-1945/1991-1995, at the Hutchinson Airport. The military version was used in Korea and Vietnam. Event program is 2009-0215-005. Joe Dooley's airplane is at left and Ed Newberg's spray plane is at right.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Print, Photographic - Airplane wreck-Naples, Italy-World War II

    Black & white snapshot photograph taken during World War II by Edward H. Schmidt. Photo shows a destroyed airplane at a dump at Naples, Italy. Edward H. Schmidt was born January 26, 1915, son of William "Bill" & Minnie Schmidt. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934. He entered U.S. Army active duty April 17, 1942 and served first as a Cook for 11 months and then with the 35th Field hospital (WWII) in Africa and Italy as a Medical Te...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Print, Photographic - Alyce Steffel in a ultralight airplane

    Color snapshot photograph of Alyce Steffel seated in a green & gold ultralight airplane.

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Print, Photographic - Another B-29

    Black & white snapshot photograph taken in [Okinawa, Japan] by Leonard Buske, January 12, 1956. Note on back: "Another B-29". Photo belonged to Julianne Plath. Leonard Buske was born April 17, 1935, son of Lewis & Gertrude Kulinski Buske. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He died November 7, 2018.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Print, Photographic - B25 Billy Mitchell airplane, WWII

    Scanned black & white photograph of a World War II B25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber airplane. Photo taken by Ralph Hakel. Ralph trained in San Diego and served in a transport company on Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa and in China, June 19, 1943-February 9, 1946. The North American B-25 Mitchell was a medium bomber introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air fo...

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Print, Photographic - B25 bomber nose cone art, WWII

    Scanned black & white photograph of two military personnel standing beneath B25 bomber airplane nose cone art called "Forbidden Fruit".

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Print, Photographic - B25 bomber, Vince Young, WWII

    Scanned black & white photograph of a World War II B25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber airplane. Photo of Vince Young taken by Ralph Hakel. Nose art: "Bat Out A Hell". Ralph Hakel trained in San Diego and served in a transport company on Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa and in China, June 19, 1943-February 9, 1946. The North American B-25 Mitchell was a medium bomber introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, pioneer of U....

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Print, Photographic - B47 jet bombers, Lowell at England

    Black & white snapshot photograph of airplanes. Dated June 12, 1953. Note on back: "these are the planes we have here. B47 jet bombers, Lowell at England".

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Print, Photographic - Harry Rohlf

    Black & white snapshot photograph taken in Italy during World War II by Edward H. Schmidt Shows a soldier standing near the propeller of an airplane. Identified as Harry Rohlf. Edward H. Schmidt was born January 26, 1915, son of William "Bill" & Minnie Schmidt. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1934. He entered U.S. Army active duty April 17, 1942 and served first as a Cook for 11 months and then with the 35th Field hospital (WWII) i...

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Print, Photographic - Heston Benson w/Lindbergh's "Jenny"

    Scanned black and white photograph of Heston Benson and Lindbergh's JN-4D "Jenny" in August 1923. Heston Benson did wing walking with Charles Lindbergh. Accompanying newspaper clipping [Image 2] from the 8/23/1923 edition of the Glencoe Enterprise is titled "Glencoe Young Man Now Operates Plane" and tells of Benson receiving his flying instruction under Carl Lindbergh in the summer of 1923 when Lindbergh spent time in the Glencoe, MN area.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Print, Photographic - Hutchinson Air Show, August, 1995

    Color photograph of a U. S. Navy airplane. Taken at the August 27, 1995 Air Show honoring the 50th Anniversary of WWII, 1941-1945/1991-1995, at the Hutchinson Airport. Event program is 2009-0215-005.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Print, Photographic - Hutchinson Air Show, August, 1995

    Color photograph of an unidentified airplane flying aerobatics. Taken at the August 27, 1995 Air Show honoring the 50th Anniversary of WWII, 1941-1945/1991-1995, at the Hutchinson Airport. Event program is 2009-0215-005. Joe Dooley's plane is on the ground at left and Ed Newberg's agricultural spray plane is at right.

    Record Type: Photo