by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
James Ottmann – Airline Pilot As a young boy, James Kelly Ottmann was mesmerized by the World War II flyboys and their maneuvers over K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near the center of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He dreamed of joining them someday. Following a...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lawrence Olson – Aircraft Mechanic Lawrence “Shorty” Olson picked up his mechanical skills working with his dad on a farm outside Weldon on the eastern edge of DeWitt County. Faced at 21 years old with fulfilling his obligation to serve his country, Olson...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Andrew Newberg – Commercial Pilot Andrew Newberg divides his time between the best of two worlds: aviation and agriculture. Newberg planned to join his family’s farm operation after college, but a commercial pilot’s license wasn’t on his radar until a...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Victoria Maske-Mendenall and Monica Hawkins – Ground Crew Passengers passing through Decatur Airport are more likely to have their bags checked and loaded onto a plane by a woman than a male member of the ground crew for SkyWest Airlines. Victoria...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Henry Kleemann – Naval Aviator Navy Captain Henry M. Kleemann was remembered as a hometown hero after his plane skidded off a rain-slick runway during a December 1985 landing at Miramar Naval Air Station, killing the commanding officer of the Air Test and...
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