On This Date in Minnesota History: November 24

November 24, 1966 – “A highway patrol car, its spotlight aimed skyward on a dark and snowy night, successfully guided an icing airplane to the Sauk Centre airport. Then the drivers of about 20 cars used their headlights to outline and illuminate the runway. The pilot, a Fargo man, set the plane and its three occupants down safely.”

The Sauk Centre airport was not designed for night use, and had no lights.

St. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press; St. Paul, Minn.; November 27, 1966; p. 1

http://www.saukcentre.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=GALLERY&SEC=%7B19D74ADA-87F8-47DA-A99B-774964A25816%7D

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