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Source Collection
Ron Pevahouse collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0169.001_006.001
Description
When the Memphis Municipal Airport was dedicated on June 14, 1929, the facility consisted of 3 hangars and a sod field runway. On opening day more than 200 planes and pilots flew in to celebrate. This image shows a line of U.S. Army Air Corps planes that flew in for the celebration.
Date Created
2024
Date
1929 June
Recommended Citation
"Memphis Municipal Airport, Memphis, 1929" (2024). Memphis Images. 2.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rpevahouse3/2
Keywords
Municipal Airport (Memphis, Tenn.); U.S. Army Air Corp