The 1931 National Air Tour
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From an autogiro, a Times-Picayune photographer documented the Wedell-Williams Airport as it hosted 19 planes on July 13, 1931. This was the first picture taken from this early version of a heliocopter in Louisiana.
Image courtesy of the Times-Picayune
This file appears in: Happenings at the Wedell-Williams Airport
Happenings at the Wedell-Williams Airport
The Wedell-Williams Airport saw quite a bit of excitement after it opened in early 1931. The Ford company sponsored a series of annual air tours dubbed “The National Air Tour,” with the 1931 tour…