Aviation – Niles Historical and Cultural Center

Faster and Higher – That’s Maine’s Flyer

The Niles Historical and Cultural Center‘s newest exhibit called Faster and Higher – That’s Maine’s Flyer opened on March 31, 2022. The exhibit tells the story of a C-54 Skymaster airplane nicknamed the Maine Flyer. In December 1944, students at Maine Township High School (Maine East) raised $551,000 dollars in bonds for the naming andContinue reading “Faster and Higher – That’s Maine’s Flyer”