Aviators Johnson and Beers Visit Lykens Valley, 1913
A 1913 newspaper photograph of famed aviators Walter E. Johnson and Earl Beers, of Bath, New York, who were responsible for bring the first aeroplane to the Lykens Valley. The […]
Early Aeroplane Flights and the Board of Trade, 1913
The visit of noted aviator Walter E. Johnson to the Lykens Valley began in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where his aeroplane arrived by freight on the Lykens Valley Railroad, 16 […]
First Aeroplane Flight at Elizabethville, 1913
ELIZABETHVILLE HAS ITS FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHT By Special Correspondence Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, September 20 [1913] — This place saw its first flight of an aeroplane on Wednesday, when Walter Johnson, of […]
Airplane Flights at the Gratz Fair, 1913
GRATZ FAIR HAS BIG CROWD OPENING DAY Aeroplane Has Been Engaged For Flights Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Special to the Telegraph Gratz, Pennsylvania, September 16 [1913] — The first day […]
From Elizabethville to Gratz in Six Minutes by Air, 1913
AVIATOR AT GRATZ FAIR FLIES NINE MILES IN SIX MINUTES Special to the Telegraph Lykens, Pennsylvania, September 19 [1913] — The aeroplane flights at the Gratz Fair were fairly successful, […]
Walter E. Johnson Flying Exhibition at Gratz, 1913
WALTER E. JOHNSON FLIES TO GRATZ “They Shall fly as the eagle.” — Habakkuk, Chapter 1, Verse 8 Perhaps the most thrilling spectacle ever witnessed here was the flight yesterday […]
Aviators Visit Lykens Valley, 1913
FLYING EXHIBITIONS BY WALTER E. JOHNSON A GREAT TREAT Lykens Valley in general and Elizabethville in particular were fortunate in having one of the most noted aviators in the country […]
Millersburg – First Airplane, 1913
A photograph taken on 10 September 1913 of the first airplane (or aeroplane) to land at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Souvenir Book for the Millersburg […]