- Date
- 1964-04
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommunitytourismcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Spring flying activity resumed at Beaver Island’s airport in 1964. The April Beaver Beacon reports 900 plane landings during the 1963 summer season and describes Vernon “Dick” LaFreniere’s volunteer operation of the Unicom radio to answer weather questions and arrange transportation.
Evidence and limits
The notice is a local operational report. It does not provide airport logs, budgets, licenses, radio records, or a complete seasonal schedule.
Sources
- Reports weekend flying activity beginning for the season, says 900 planes landed during the 1963 summer season, and identifies Vernon “Dick” LaFreniere as voluntarily operating the Unicom radio for weather and transportation calls. It does not provide an airport log, budget, license, or radio roster.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island airport and volunteer Unicom service resume for the 1964 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-unicom-season-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1964, “Airport Comes to Life.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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