The Mitchell Gallery of Flight is a museum dedicated to preserving and sharing southeast Wisconsin's flight heritage. It is located in the main terminal at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, before the TSA/Security checkpoints. The museum is free of charge and open during normal airport hours. There is a lot to see in the museum but you can complete the cache in as little as 20 minutes if you are in a hurry.
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1. Find the large portrait of General Mitchell. Look at the medals on display in the case below. How many medals are on display?
2. Find the Airport Landing Register with three model airplanes in the display case. Look at the big silver airplane model. What is the name of the airline, the tail number (also located on top of the wing) and the model of the plane?
3. Find the Alfred M Gorham Wisconsin’s Tuskeegee Airmen display. What is medal number one on the tray in the display?
4. Find the scale model of an airliner cockpit. You will see a brown suitcase against the wall of the cockpit. Who does that suitcase belong to?
5. Find the H-45 Hamilton Metalplane Display. What is the scale of the model and who is the model in memory of?
6. Find the Lawson airline display and the information panel that discusses something that happened in Syracuse, NY. In the display case is a piece of the Lawson airplane from Syracuse. What month and year are carved into that piece of airplane?
7. Find the Milwaukee Marine Corps Aviators display featuring Major Christine Mulan Westrich. What medal was she awarded and when?
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