Site Of DuPont Airfield (NC-127) - Greenville, DE
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose
N 39° 45.905 W 075° 35.914
18S E 448731 N 4401855
Located along the northbound side of Route 41. DuPont still owns the land where the Airfield once resided.
Waymark Code: WMMMQ
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Horn229
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In 1924, a private airfield was established here by Henry
B. duPont. Charles Lindbergh landed here in October
1927. With Richard duPont’s purchase of controlling
interest in All-American Aviation, and Henry duPont’s
establishment of Atlantic Aviation in 1938, the airfield
was expanded, becoming one of the most modern
privately owned public-use facilities in the country.
Though civil flights were restricted during World
War II, the DuPont Airfield continued to prosper as a
flight training site for the Navy and as a base for the
Civil Air Patrol. It was an important site for devel-
opment and testing of military experimental projects.
Space limitations led to the transfer of most operations
following the war. The final flight from DuPont
Airfield was in 1958. The site was used by the
DuPont Company for construction of the Barley Mill
research and development center.

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