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What's in an airport name? Sometimes it's aviation history
Former presidents George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton all have airports named for them. So do former cabinet secretaries John Foster Dulles and Norman Y. Mineta and celebrities as varied as John Wayne, Bob Hope, Louis Armstrong, Will Rogers and Arnold Palmer. There's also a long-held tradition of naming airports, airfields and terminals for people with links to aviation history. Here are a dozen to explore. (www.usatoday.com) Más...
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I'm still waiting for Springfield IL or MO to rename theirs to Homer J. Simpson Airport.
Cool!!! Sounds good to me!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm airport pizza!!!!!!
As a resident of SPI... I would be stoked!!
Joe Foss field - KFSD - WWII ace, General in the ANG, and Governor of SD, to name a few; Eppley Airfield - KOMA - Named after Gene Eppley who converted the municipal airfield to a jetport with his own money; General Downing Peoria International - KPIA - Decorated General born in Peoria.; Austin Straubel International Airport - KGRB - Named after Lt. Col Austin Staubel, WWII pilot lost near Java in WWII.; Richard I Bong Airport - KSUW - Richard Bong, WWII air ace (highest scoring) in Pacific Theater, test pilot for Lockheed flying P-80's, died due to a plane crash the same day we bombed Hiroshima.
Being a Mid-Western person, and also enjoying history, I always wondered why they named fields. So in my travels, I took time to find out.
Of course missing, is Meigs field. A bitter-sweet story of politicians gone awry. While Meigs was a newspaper publisher in Chicago, not a war hero or aviation pioneer, he was an advocate. Meigs was on the only island built from Burnham's Chicago Plan of the early 1900's.
Being a Mid-Western person, and also enjoying history, I always wondered why they named fields. So in my travels, I took time to find out.
Of course missing, is Meigs field. A bitter-sweet story of politicians gone awry. While Meigs was a newspaper publisher in Chicago, not a war hero or aviation pioneer, he was an advocate. Meigs was on the only island built from Burnham's Chicago Plan of the early 1900's.
Wow very informative. I'd like to add KSJT (San Angelo, Tx) Mathis Field. The airport was later renamed in honor of local Jack W. Mathis , a bombardier who received the Medal of Honor.
This is an aviation forum, NOT a place to discuss politics or religion. Knock it OFF!
