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
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Copyright Holder: Lagniappe Productions
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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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