Walter Herschel Beech - Pulaski, TN
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N 35° 11.824 W 087° 01.940
16S E 497056 N 3894897
In a garden (Median) in a parking lot.
Waymark Code: WMX5DN
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
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County of marker: Giles County
Location of marker: West College Street (U.S. 64), just South of 1st Street (U.S. 31), Pulaski
Marker erected by: Tennessee Historic Commission

Marker Text:

WALTER HERSCHEL BEECH
1891 ~ 1950
Born in Pulaski, in 1891, Walter Herschel Beech was an aviation pioneer. In 1924 he helped to establish the Travel Air Manufacturing Company in Wichita, Kansas. By 1929 the company was the world's largest producer of commercial aircraft. In 1932, Beech and his wife founded Beech Aircraft Company, which produced more than, 7,400 military aircraft during World War II. Beech was inducted into the National (1977), International (1982), Kansas (1987), and Tennessee (2005) Aviation Halls of Fame.

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Location: Island in parking lot in front of community hall
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