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'Stinson Municipal Airport'...

Panther_99FS

Panther_99FS

Retired SOH Administrator
"Established in 1938, Stinson Municipal Airport is the second oldest general aviation airport in continuous operation in the United States. During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base..."

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Stinson airport may have started in 1938 but Beverly, Mass. Airport was started in 1928 and Plum Island Airport in Newburyport, was started in 1909. The first airplanes that ever flew in Great Britain were made at Plum Island by the Burgess Boat Company.
I suspect there are other airports that would pre-date 1938.
Even I am older than that.
 
I used to frequently fly from the Houston area to Stinson on short day trips. Stinson was one of my favorite airports.

Thanks for the memories,

Bob
 
Hey P I got my wings at Stinson in 1978. There was an old US Air Force colonel who flew B24s during WWII who gave me log time and trained me to fly. Every Saturday morning I would meet with him for coffee and go over our flight plan usually to Kerrville, Corpus Christi, or Gonzales. He was the was most thorough CFI I ever met. I miss living in San Antonio.

By the way, loved your pics of King William Street. I lived at 116 King William St until I was 12 years old then we moved to Alamo Heights. My parents are still there. The house belonged to Col. Joe and Florence Neil, both deceased. He was a WWI pilot in France and an instructor at Kelly Air Force Base during WWII until his retirement in 1958. I loved that old home. There is a triangle shaped park with a really cool Gazebo right across from the house that my sister and I played in. The San Antonio river is only a couple blocks from there and has a very nice walkway. You can walk it all the way on to St Mary's Street and beyond to the old HemisFair Arena.

Thanks for pics...I'm getting homesick
Ted
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