• Black and white photograph. Foreground: Man in dark pilot's uniform with a cap and stripes at the ends of his sleaves. Background: Side of a passenger airplane labelled "Colonial Airlines" above circular windows. A set of airstairs is behind and to the right of the man.
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    Michael Gitt poses in his pilot’s uniform in front of a Colonial Airlines aircraft in the early 1950s.

  • Black and white photograph. Foreground: Man in dark pilot's uniform with a cap and stripes at the ends of his sleaves. Background: Side of a passenger airplane labelled "Colonial Airlines" above circular windows. A set of airstairs is behind and to the right of the man.

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