First Municipal Airport in the United States
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leadhiker
N 32° 09.907 W 110° 58.060
12S E 503048 N 3558738
Tucson Municipal Flying Field is now the site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds.
Waymark Code: WM80FY
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2010
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MARKER FRONT: This ground was the location of the
First Municipal Airport in the United States.
The Tucson City Council approved the financing for the airport,
July 21, 1919 and the City of Tucson in cooperation with the
Tucson Chamber of Commerce established the airport.
The first plane landed Nov. 20, 1919 Sede Myerhofer, Pilot.
MARKER REAR: Upon receipt of an official letter from Brig. Gen. “Billy” Mitchell of the U.S. Air Service urging the City of Tucson to provide a municipal airport. Mayor O.C. Parker and Allen B. Jaynes, President of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed a joint committee consisting of the following members:
City of Tuscon
O. C. Parker · R. E. Fishburn · H. S. Corbett · Stanley Kitt · Folsom Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Allen B. Jaynes · Orville S. McPherson · Monte Mansfield · Kirke Moore · E. J. Anderson
The committee purchased this 84 acre site from L. H. Manning for $30 an acre. A $5,000 loan from the Consolidated National Bank paid for the property and all necessary improvements and airport facilities.
Marker Name: First Municipal Airport in the United States
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Pima
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
Arizona Historical Society
Year placed: unknown
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