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Zack Mosley in cockpit, 1949
Longtime Martin County resident, pilot, and comic strip creator, Zack Mosley lays down in the cockpit of a plane. -
Martin County residents with Midet Air Lines plane, 1955
Group of men pose in front of a Midet Air Lines plane. Article in the Stuart News (7 April 1955) explains that 14 prominent local residents boarded a chartered Midet Air Lines passenger plane at Witham Field to confer with Governor LeRoy Collins regarding impediments to building a bridge from Stuart to Hutchinson Island. Individuals in the photo are Willard M. Kiplinger, Andrew D. Burkey, Robert T. Bair, Theodore Houk, Lester M. Combs, Dan W. Fagen, C.B. Arbogast, Ralph W. Hartman Jr., Arthur M. Dehon, O.C. Smith, Evans Crary, Harry F. Dyer, Ernest Tyner, and Ed M. Higbee.
Incorporated in 1938 in New York State as Midet Aviation, Midet provided service between Long Island and Manhattan and West Palm Beach and the Bahamas. In the early 1950s, Midet was headquartered in West Palm Beach and provided service between West Palm/Miami and the Bahamas. Midet merged into Mackey Air Lines in 1956. -
Big Tim crop duster plane, 1953
Pilot stands next to a crop duster plane with the name "Big Tim" painted on its side. Witham Field in the background. Pilot identified as Vince Brennan. -
Flower transport, c. 1960
Group of men unload boxes of cut flowers from a cargo plane. Writing on the side of the plane includes "Riddle Aviation Co. Air Cargo New York Miami Puerto Rico." -
Cargo plane on runway, c. 1960
Small crowd gathered near a cargo plane and trucks filled with boxes of cut flowers at Witham Airfield. -
Air Force personnel and plane, c. 1960
Three Airforce personnel stand next to an U.S. Air Force plane. -
Firefighting at crash site, 1964
On January 9, 1964, a plane crashed into a truck driving near the train tracks on A1A, near Martin County airport (Witham Field). Two men spray water towards the crash site on the railroad tracks. Cars backed up along the road beside the crash and a crowd watches from the background. -
Truck after airplane crash, 1964
Truck in ditch next to railroad tracks after being hit by a crashing airplane. Electrical lines strewn all around as well.
On January 9, 1964, a plane crashed into a truck driving near the train tracks on A1A, near Martin County airport (Witham Field). Two men spray water towards the crash site on the railroad tracks. Cars backed up along the road beside the crash and a crowd watches from the background. -
Fire fighting at crash site, 1964
Two men spray water towards an airplane crash site on the railroad tracks. A crowd watches the scene from the distance.
On January 9, 1964, a plane crashed into a truck driving near the train tracks on A1A, near Martin County airport (Witham Field). Two men spray water towards the crash site on the railroad tracks. Cars backed up along the road beside the crash and a crowd watches from the background. -
Plane crash on tracks, 1964
Smoldering remains of a plane crash on the railroad tracks at A1A, near Witham Airfield. Several people survey the crash site.
On January 9, 1964, a plane crashed into a truck driving near the train tracks on A1A, near Martin County airport (Witham Field). Two men spray water towards the crash site on the railroad tracks. Cars backed up along the road beside the crash and a crowd watches from the background.