Judging the Air Tour Planes
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Harry Williams, President Abraham Shushan of the Board of Commissioners of the New Orleans Levee District, and other judges assessed the competitors' performance records. Inset in the picture is the autogiro described in the previous picture
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…