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Robert Dewey

Cottonwood Farm to Cottonwood Airport 1946

January 19, 2016Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star July 28, 1946

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Airplanes, Airport, General 1946, 310 feet wide runway, 86-acre tract, Beloit Airways, class one airport, Cottonwood Farm, county zoning, east of Springfield, half mile long runway, Ill. Dept. of Aeronautics, James R. "Dick" Summers, Mrs. Belle Smith owner, north-south runway, now zoned for agriculture, postwar interest in aviation, Robert Dewey, South boundary is Auburn St., State Okay for airport, Vince Block instructor

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