Omaha FSS (OMA), Nebraska, late 1960’s
Photos submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
This was one section of the panoramic board depicting severe weather locations.
Photo taken standing at the pilot weather briefing counter looking over the Preflight and Inflight positions at the panoramic board, which was manually updated every hour. The panoramic board displayed the big picture of the weather, as well as VFR, MVFR, and IFR conditions.
The Preflight pilot weather briefing position
The Inflight Position
Early Flight Service Antenna (date unknown)
Spindly antennas, many of them adapted from mail order windmill towers, were typical of do-it-yourself ingenuity of early-day flight service station specialists. In spite of crude equipment, radio communications of 600 miles and more were common place
Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
Omaha FSS (OMA), Nebraska December 17, 1986
The first Omaha Flight Service Station was commissioned May 23, 1932. The FSS was located on the second floor under the first Omaha Air Traffic Control Tower, which was on the Southeast corner of Epply Air Field in Omaha. Prior to the first FSS, a communication station called Omaha Airway Radio was in operation from 1920-1932.
Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
Omaha FSS (OMA), Nebraska, about 1932
The first Inflight position
Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
Omaha FSS (OMA), Nebraska, Late 1980’s
The Omaha Flight Service Station was moved to a new building on the Northwest edge of Epply Airfield in the early 1960’s. A weather observation center was added on top of the FSS in the late 1980’s.
Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
Omaha FSS (OMA), Nebraska, 1958
The flight Data and teletype positions with a DC-6 aircraft parked outside the window.
North Platte FSS (LBF), Nebraska, 1989
Photos submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
North Platte employees (L-R), John Totten, Doyle Werner, and Terry Hickey
North Platte FSS employees (L-R), Doyle Werner and John Totten at the Inflight Position
Terry Hickey at the Inflight Position
Curtis Alms, Hub Manager, presenting a retirement plaque to Newt Lippet, the last Air Traffic Manager at North Platte FSS
Photo taken from inside the operations area looking into the Inflight room
North Platte Radio (LBF), Nebraska about 1925
Typical of the buildings that served as Airway Radio Stations in the 20s and 30s was this mail order prefab structure
North Platte FSS (LBF), Nebraska, 1973
An up-to-the-minute flight service station building designed – with style – specifically for its purpose and the public it serves
Submitted by Roger C. Bodtke
North Platte FSS (LBF), Nebraska, about 1975
The Flight Service facility entrance from the airport side is located under the small red sign near the center of the photo