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The Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium 1944.


The Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium 1944.


The Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium 1944.


The hub displays a model aircraft project sponsored by the US Navy and US Office of Education.


Final adjustments are made on a Link trainer to be displayed at the Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium.


P-47 Thunderbolt is towed down Portland Ave. to be displayed at the Northwest Aviation Exposition.


The crowd is pictured looking at a wing that will not clear the top of a parked automobile.


P-47 parked outside the auditorium.


Captured German Ju-88 headed to the Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium.


Captured German Ju-88 headed to the Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium.


Captured German Ju-88 headed to the Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium.


An army glider is hauled up 3rd Ave. to the Auditorium. The Northwest Aviation Exposition is taking place at the Minneapolis Auditorium.


An army glider is being hauled up 3rd Ave. South.


US Naval Air station men haul in a trainer for the Exposition.

A few more photos in the source link below.
https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/di ... Exposition

If interested, scroll the link for additional pics of the Ju-88 (liberated by the Comanches of 86th FS):

https://79thfightergroup.com/86th-fighter-squadron

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Neat photos!
The Minneapolis area did a lot of aviation war work being home to Honeywell.
Also, St. Paul has home to the Northewest Airlines modification center which prepared bombers for operational use.
The CG-13 shown was likely built by the Northwestern Aeronautical organization in St. Paul.

It would be fun to examine some of the student made US models and compare them to the new plastic units.

The local model club shown is focused on flying models but it looks like some scale solid models are also there. I've seen several post-war solid wooden models (probably Strombecker) but I would like to see some expertly built (30s-early 50s) examples.

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