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Friday, March 5, 2004
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Walter Wieland Founder of Brainerd Airport
♦  The Brainerd Airport traces its history back to 1947 when; at the urging of Walter Wieland, the city council adopted an ordinance setting up an air p o r commission.

Wright Brothers Model G Plane Flew Over Area
♦  Undoubtedly the most famous airplane ever flown over the Brainerd area, was a two-motored Wright Brothers Model G, aeroboat first owned in this area by a man known only as Ednester of Deerwood between 1915-1920.


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