web-catalog        US Airport Dedication Covers - Delaware

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History of Aviation
        On October 29, 1909 Army Captain Ralph Van Deman’s wife Sarah left Delaware traveling to College Park MD to watch aviator Wilbur Wright make a flight. At the College Park airfield she was invited by Wilbur to ride as a passenger. Her shirt was gathered around her ankles with twine and she flew into aviation history books. Sarah from Delaware became the first woman to fly as a passenger from American soil staying in the air for four minutes reaching an altitude of 60 feet. After this historic flight, Sarah exclaimed as she stepped off the aeroplane, "Now I know why birds sing."
        In 1910 Robie Seidelinger was able to fly his Delaplane (Delaware built) aeroplane a few feet off the ground making it the first heavier-than-air flight in Delaware. A Felix du Pont and John Rascob founded an aviation school in Delaware in 1914 to train pilots for the Army Air Service needs in WW-I. Pilot instruction was tuition free provided the pilots committed to enrollment in the Air Service.

More DE Aviation History

F-144	330923	Dover	McMahon Municipal Airport		$9.00
		Dover	Chandelle Estates Airport
		Dover	Del DOT Helistop
		Dover/Cheswold	Delaware Airpark
		Farmington	Chorman Airport
		Felton	Henderson Aviation Airport
T-108	470531	Georgetown	Sussex County Airport		$4.50
AT-067	711202	Georgetown	Sussex County Airport		$30.00
		Laurel	Laurel Airport
		Middletown	Summit Airport
T-375	471029	New Castle	New Castle County Airport		$4.50
K-072	380716	Rehoboth Beach	Municipal Airport		$12.00
K-073	380717	Rehoboth Beach	Municipal Airport		$26.25
		Smyrna	Smyrna Airport
A-164	281006	Wilmington	Bellanca Airport		$4.50
T-376	471029	Wilmington	Bellanca Airport		$4.50
		Wilmington	New Castle Airport
		Wyoming	Jenkins Airport

INDEX: US Airport Dedication Covers by State

AL

AK

AZ

AR

CA

CO

CT

DE

DC

FL

GA

HI

ID

IL

IN

IA

KS

KY

LA

ME

MD

MA

MI

MN

MS

MO

MT

NE

NV

NH

NJ

NM

NY

NC

ND

OH

OK

OR

PA

RI

SC

SD

TN

TX

UT

VT

VA

WA

WV

WI

WY

PR

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields in Delaware.

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