Editing Talbert Abrams (section)

==Career==
In 1920, he left the military, purchased a war-surplus [[Curtiss JN-4]] and founded a small airline, [[ABC Airline]] ('''A'''lways '''B'''e '''C'''areful!), but remained more interested in photographic work.<ref name=MSU/> On January 17, 1923, he married Leota Pearl Fry.<ref name=MSU/> The same year, he purchased a [[Standard J-1]], fitted it with cameras, and founded the [[Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation]] (sold to Aerocon in 2003).<ref name=MSU/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/30/obituaries/talbert-abrams-dies-aerial-pioneer-was-95.html|title=Talbert Abrams Dies; Aerial Pioneer Was 95|date=August 30, 1990|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=October 4, 2011}}</ref> Over the next few years, he formed the [[Abrams Instrument Corporation]] to develop better cameras and instruments for his work, and the [[Abrams Aircraft Corporation]] in 1937 to develop specially designed aircraft.<ref name=MSU/>

He got his first income from aerial photography when he took a photo of a racetrack from his [[biplane]] for a newspaper. Later he used [[stereo-plotter]]s to make maps for highway design and construction projects. In 1937 he developed a novel form of aircraft called "[[Abrams P-1 Explorer|The Explorer]]", which was the first aircraft designed exclusively for aerial photography.<ref name="b-29s-over-korea.com"/>

During [[World War II]], he founded the [[Abrams School of Aerial Surveying and Photo Interpretation]] to teach these skills to the US military, while his Instrument Corporation built reconnaissance cameras for aircraft.<ref name=MSU/>

In 1961, he sold the Abrams Instrument Corporation to [[Curtiss-Wright]] and went into semi-retirement.<ref name=MSU/>

In 1962 Abrams and his wife made a large donation to Michigan State University in order to fund the construction of a planetarium, which was then named in their honor.

He died in a nursing home in [[Lansing, Michigan]] on August 26, 1990, at the age of 95.<ref name=NYT/>