Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Robert D. Hodge

Titles: Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Robert D. Hodge (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: After service in World War II, Robert D. Hodge set up Northeast Airways in Virginia, Minnesota. A few years later he became a game warden and shortly thereafter a Game Warden Pilot. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Learning to fly at Hibbing Junior College. Some of the early planes. Training glider pilots in World War II. Some other World War II experiences mainly ferrying planes. The start of Northeast Airways. Some information on the SeaBee airplane. His move to Ely Minnesota and working for the Minnesota Department of Conservation. Anecdotes about chasing poachers, rescue operations, tracking wolf packs. Comments on the future of aircraft in conservation work. The start of Wisconsin Central Airways (later North Central Airlines).

Dates

• 10/20/1967 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hodge, Robert D.
• interviewer: Holey, George

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 101
• Accession Number: AV1992.88.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 101>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 31 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 90 minutes length

Subjects

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