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Photograph of Wilme "Buck" Headley standing in front of a small plane. The plane appears to be a United States Army Air Force P-40. It is possible Buck Headley was a part of the "Flying Tigers" of WWII due to the painted shark mouth on the P-40…

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing a crop dusting plan that an affixed note indicated was flown by a pilot named Taylor from New York State. It is most likely the same plane as in image hg0286.

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an unidentified child in a plane. It appears to be a crop duster plane that an attached note indicated was flown by a pilot with the last name of Taylor from New York State.

In October of 1913 Frank J. Terrill brought his Curtis Biplane to the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds as part of the fair’s festivities.
This is the first recorded time an airplane passed through Shenandoah County and would have been most local’s…