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Program
Sky Riders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-3332088h
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Description
Description
Hear the stories about the men who make history, such as air-racers Jimmy and Walter Wedell, their backer Harry P. Williams, and pioneering daredevil aviator John Bevins Moisant, for whom Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans was once named. Get extensive insight into the operations of the Wedell- Williams Air Service of Patterson and the landmark Shushan Airport on the New Orleans lakefront. Also highlighted are the Louisiana roots of three major commercial airlines: American, Delta and Eastern.
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Copyright Holder: Lagniappe Productions
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: B2242 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:46
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Citations
Chicago: “Sky Riders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers,” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 4, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-3332088h.
MLA: “Sky Riders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers.” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 4, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-3332088h>.
APA: Sky Riders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-3332088h