The only photo which has been located showing planes at Wilmington Airport was a 3/6/41 aerial view (from the UCSB Library).It depicted Wilmington Airport as having an unpaved east/west runway, with 8 light single-engine aircraft parked near a small building on the east side....
which depicted Park Ridge as having 2 grass runways in an X-shape, with 3 light single-engine planes parked near a building on the east side.The last depiction which has been located of River Road Airport was on the February 1940 Chicago Sectional Chart....
In his fifties, he decided he needed an easier act than cracking up planes and developed the “Casket of Death.” Similar to how Simon would perform it years later, Frakes would lay in a casket lined with dynamite, seal himself inside, and someone would light the fuse. The casket would ...
The airport was quite well-used, with several dozen light planes visible.The 1986 Flight Guide (according to Chris Kennedy) described Turner Field as having a 2,126' paved Runway 14/32 & a 2,200' turf Runway 7/25.The last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Turner ...
Several rows of parked light planes were visible at the far end.A 1948 advertisement for Central Airport (courtesy of Kevin Walsh).A March 1948 photo by Bill Larkins of Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly, C/n 104 NL75988 at Compton Central Airport. This was the only R-4 every modified as a crop...