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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Looking Back at a Rhinelander Air Show in 1931
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:45
	Publish Date:		2018-06-08 06:27:06
	Description:		This week on A Northwoods Moment in History , local historian Gary Entz takes us back to 1931, when an air show was held in Rhinelander. Air shows where aircraft are exhibited, air races are run, and acrobatic demonstrations take place are still staged in many venues around the world, but they used to be a common occurrence in small towns across America. In the early days of flying, fixed base operators and aviators would use air shows to bring people out to the local airfield and drum up business for the fledgling aviation industry. In 1931, Steve Shalbreck and C.P. Schmitt of Rhinelander Airways, in conjunction with the Oneida Count Fair Association, organized one of these early air shows for the people of the Northwoods. In September over 1000 invitations were sent out to airfields across the country in the hope of enticing pilots to come to the Northwoods, show off their skills and compete for some of the cash prizes being offered. There was concern that the airfield would not be
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