Wyoming's History of Flight - Episode 9
Episode 9 - listen to the episode here . You can also subscribe by searching for Wyoming My 307 wherever you listen to podcasts. Wyoming has surprising connections to America’s history of flight - including heroic early mail flights, and the founding of America’s "air stewards". This episode features an interview of Mike Kassel, co-author of Wyoming Airmail Pioneers, and Wyoming's Friendly Skies. A tiny Wyoming town, whose streets are former runways is explored, and we also learn about one of Wyoming’s biggest, and most distinctive sounding birds. Learn about Jack Knight’s famous flight here , as well as here and here ! Here’s more information about the US airmail beacon system, including those now elusive concrete arrows! Episode 3, WWII in Wyoming goes into depth about the Bomber Mountain crash that is also mentioned in this episode. This post details the Medicine Bow Peak crash, which was the worst commercial aviation disaster of its time. Atlas Obscura is one