Dennison Airport
Dennison Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Operator | Private |
| Location | Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Built | Unknown |
| In use | 1926-Before 1941 |
| Occupants | Private |
| Elevation AMSL | 3 ft / 1 m |
| Coordinates | 42°17′26.62″N 71°1′30.16″W / 42.2907278°N 71.0250444°W |
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Dennison Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.[1]
History
In 1927, a small civilian airfield was established at Squantum near the intersection of East Squantum Street and Quincy Shore Drive. Amelia Earhart, when she lived in Medford, Massachusetts, was a share-holding director and helped finance the construction of the airport. She also flew on the first official flight out of the airport on September 3, 1927.[2][3] On September 28, 1927, Thea Rasche, a famous German aviatrix, crashed at Dennison Airport while attempting to land her Flamingo biplane [4] The plane was damaged, but Rasche was uninjured. Dennison Airport closed down in 1942[1] and its land was taken over by the Navy for the expansion of the Naval Air Station Squantum.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Boston area". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Chaisson, Stephanie, "Squantum has a hold on its residents" Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today, The Patriot Ledger newspaper, Quincy, Massachusetts, July 12, 2007
- ^ Long, Marie K., Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Simon and Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-7432-0217-1. Confer page 38. "She had joined the Boston Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and had somehow managed to find a few dollars to invest in Harold T. Dennison's new airport near Quincy, Massachusetts"
- ^ New York Times, “Thea Rasche Crashes”, September 29, 1927.