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Photograph looking across a field to fencing, tennis courts, and a low building in the distance.

The tail of an airplane is visible on the left.

A second one-story building is visible on the right.

Photo of two separate photographs.

On the left, and unidentified man is standing in front of a small airplane.

On the right is a portrait photograph of an unidentified young man in a military uniform.

Unidentified man is standing in a field with a small airplane behind him.

View of three vintage bi-planes flying over unidentified stone buildings and beyond an athletic field.

A road and early automobile are on the right side of the image.

A crowd of unidentified people are standing about on a field. A small airplane is beside them.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds and Mason Flying…

Two unidentified men in costumes are posed with an early automobile decorated with Gulf Oil Company signs and a small airplane.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event…

Small airplane in a field, possibly at Meems Bottom.

This photograph was taken during “Gulf Aviation Day” held in Mount Jackson Virginia on August 4, 1935. The event featured “Reynolds and Mason Flying Circus” and was an advertising event…

Photo of the certificate issued to Lt. Perry Twyman Heishman of Edinburg on June 28, 1944.

The certificate was good for 60 days and allowed Heishman to operate planes as a student pilot.

His signature appears at the bottom right.

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…