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Series of three shots from the same spot, showing a Rocky Mountain Airways airplane landing at the Avon STOLport.
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Colorado: Avon STOLport [short take-off and landing airport], 2004: "The date of construction of this field is unknown.
It was apparently built at some point between 1963-82, as it was not depicted on the October 1963 Sangre De Christo Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald...
3. Eldon Wilson
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Studio photograph of Eldon Wilson taken in 1941.
"Wilson was the first in Colorado to supply a television signal to the residents of mountainous areas using antennas and transfers." He "was deeply interested in the [Eagle County] airport and contributed many hours trying to get it developed and funded, beginning in the late 1930s."
"Wilson was one of a small group of people that started and maintained the ice skating rink in Eagle in the 1930s, as...
11. Eagle Airport
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Plane on the runway at the Eagle Airport, circa 1930s. A man is walking toward the plane; a man and woman are standing by the plane.
"The history of the airport traces back to the early 1900s. County records indicate that in 1911, Louise Ellen Cooley purchased 650 acres of land from Hans Oleson. This land lies under the present runway complex." -- p. 9, History of Eagle County Airport, by Jennifer L. Taylor and the Eagle County Aviation Association,...