Crowds in front of a P-80, University of Michigan dedication of Willow Run Airport, May 1947
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Ann Arbor News, April 30, 1947
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Vigil for P-80 Rewarded: Hundreds of spectators at Willow Run yesterday braved frigid winds for more than an hour as they awaited the arrival of an Army P-80 jet fighter from Montreal. Due in at 4 o'clock, the plane finally streaked over the field at 5:05. The same winds that had chilled spectators had slowed the Shooting Star, piloted by Lt. Arthur Murray. Behind the P-80 and dwarfing the little jet plane with its hugeness is an Army B-29, another plane on exhibition at the air show held in connection with the University of Michigan's dedication of the airport.
Ann Arbor News, April 30, 1947
Caption
Vigil for P-80 Rewarded: Hundreds of spectators at Willow Run yesterday braved frigid winds for more than an hour as they awaited the arrival of an Army P-80 jet fighter from Montreal. Due in at 4 o'clock, the plane finally streaked over the field at 5:05. The same winds that had chilled spectators had slowed the Shooting Star, piloted by Lt. Arthur Murray. Behind the P-80 and dwarfing the little jet plane with its hugeness is an Army B-29, another plane on exhibition at the air show held in connection with the University of Michigan's dedication of the airport.
Year
1947
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May
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