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Aviation memories spark Scioto County nostalgia
A retrospective by AL EBBERS recounts early local flight history in Scioto County. Highlights include Levi D. York and Walter Rabe building the first aircraft, barnstormers before World War I, Army Jenny landings promoting liberty bonds, and Raven Rock Airport operations. The piece blends personal recollections with era milestones and notes the 1920s aviation boom in Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Brothers
Bec
Scioto
Wilbur
Orville
the Times
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Scioto County
Portsmouth
Levi D. York
Walter Rabe
Portstmouth High School
Hear 10Th
Eighth
Ehn
Charles L. Fugill
Virgil E. Fowler
Uredenny
Hap Air
Arnold
McConk Army Air Field
Dayton
Kermit Micklethwaite
Alliford A. Yeager
Coleman Grimes
Pat Love
Charles R. Barry
Miers
Micklethwaite
Wichita
Kan
Diness
Lindberg
Stinson
Aviatri
Ruth Elder
George Halderman
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Burke
Davis Co
Richmond
Ind
Holley
East End
Sheriff's Deputies
Raven Rock
Wenee Atelier
der Willkie
Chesapeake