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Louisiana Aviation Since 1910

Table of Contents Early Aviation in LA The Williams Family Jimmie and Walter Wedell Patterson Airport



Early Aviation in Louisiana
  • The 1910 New Orleans Aviation Tournament
  • The Airmail Route
  • Lindbergh Visits New Orleans


The Williams Family
  • Harry P. Williams
  • Marguerite Clark Williams


Jimmie and Walter Wedell
  • Wedell-Williams Air Service
  • The First Wedell-Williams Racers
  • 1931 Racing
  • 1932 New Racers
  • Jim and Mary Haizlip
  • Roscoe Turner
  • 1933 World Speed Record
  • Shushan Airport
  • Death of Jimmie Wedell
  • Delgado Trade School
  • Death of Walter Wedell and Harry Williams
  • Delta, Eastern, and American in Louisiana
  • Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault
  • Transatlantic Helicopter Flight
  • Patterson Airport



Selected Bibliography
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