Foster Lane posing by Nieuport aircraft   Save
Ohio History of Flight Museum
Description: Foster Lane posed next to a Nieuport (sometimes spelled Newport), a World War I-era French fighter plane, June 2, 1958. The man seated in the plane is identified as Frank Tallman. In 1935, Lane and his wife, Ruth, established the Port Columbus Flying School, which became Lane Aviation Corporation, a fixed-base operation. Lane operated a Navy Primary Flying School during World War II, and later founded the Ohio Museum of Flight and was inducted into the Ohio Aviation Hall of Fame. The Ohio History of Flight Museum, located at Port Columbus, was the creation of Foster Lane, It opened to the public in 1984 and gained a reputation as one of the top aviation resource centers in the United States. In 1999, its collection (which includes this image) was donated to the Ohio History Center View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1704AV_B02F05_02
Subjects: Aviation--History; Aircraft; Manufacturing industries--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)