Ashburn Flying Field
Ashburn Flying Field | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | General aviation |
| Owner/Operator | Aero Club of Illinois |
| Serves | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Opened | November 1916 |
| Closed | 1939 |
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Ashburn Flying Field was the first airport built, after the 1911-established aerodrome named Cicero Flying Field closed in April 1916, to serve Chicago, Illinois.[1] It opened in November 1916 in Ashburn, a community at the southwest corner of Chicago.[2] The airfield site was a marshy area approximately a square mile in size, and previously devoid of trees or buildings, before the Aero Club of Illinois, itself founded on February 10. 1910,[3] the organization that had operated the Cicero facility, moved its aerodrome's hangars and buildings to its new Ashburn Field facility some time before it had opened.[4] It was offered for the use of the US government by the Aero Club of Illinois,[5] The Ashburn facility's opening was shortly before the start of a pioneering airmail flight in 1916 by Victor Carlstrom, in a Curtiss biplane, from Chicago to New York City, sponsored by The New York Times.[6][7] During World War 1, it was a Signal Corps training camp. After the war, it had airmail contracts. It was supplanted by nearby Midway Airport as a major aviation center for Chicago. It closed in 1939. The site is now Scottsdale Shopping center and subdivision.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ [1] Laffey, Mary Lu, "Ashburn thriving on a strong sense of community, " Chicago Tribune, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ a b [2]"Ashburn, " Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 7 December 2011
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- ^ [3]"Carlstrom will fly tomorrow, " The New York Times, 29 October 1916, Page 1. Retrieved 7 December 2011
- ^ [4]"Times flier off at 6 A.M. today; due here at 4 P.M." The New York Times, 2 November 1916, Page 1, Column 1. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
