A boy’s dream of flying becomes a reality (Mike Berry’s story in last week’s The Kewanee Voice, “Kewanee airport hosts annual Stearman Fly-in,” called to mind Kewanee’s first pilot, Fred Machesney. Here’s his story.) This brief paragraph was buried on page 8 of the December 22, 1903, Kewanee Daily Star Courier: “The United States government… Continue reading Fred Machesney-Kewanee’s first pilot
