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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8191]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Supplemental Radar equipment was installed at the weather bureau at Will Rodgers Field Thursday. The equipment will allow planes used in the "Rough Rider" storm tracking project to be located on radar screen at all times. A signal from the new equipment, being lifted by the crane, will activate equipment in the planes to send a signal to the radarscope. Without the equipment, planes flying beyond storms cannot be loc… more
Date: March 9, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0314]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Density of fog at Will Rodgers Field Wednesday morning is gauged at a glance by George Williams, assistant in charge of air traffic control. A plane parked near control tower is almost obscured."
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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