October 16: The Flying Bug

Dakota Datebook by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Oct 16, 20262:27Education

South Minneapolis native Alexander Heine, born in 1885, worked for the Milwaukee Railroad. But the railroad wasn’t his first love. Alexander became enchanted by the magic of powered flight and caught the flying bug at an...

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