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Oregon’s plane history display in Portland has local ties

byThe New Era
May 6, 2025
“She Flies with Her Own Wings: Oregon’s Golden Age of Aviation,” an exhibit featuring the state’s aviation history, is open at the Oregon Historical Society through November. Photos courtesy of OHS Research Library

Soar through the history of aviation in the Oregon Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “She Flies with Her Own Wings: Oregon’s Golden Age of Aviation.”

Designed by Les Long, the “Wimpy” Longster was one of the first successful low-wing homebuilt designs. The plane is on loan to OHS from the Oregon Aviation Historical Society & Museum.

At the exhibition, which opened March 7 in downtown Portland, visitors will discover how the wonder of flight…

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