- Date
- 1958-10-03
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtourismcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
C. E. A. Brown and Mr. Sargent flew from the Ohio State University Airport to Beaver Island on October 3, 1958, to survey the field before the Dawn Patrol. Brown called it “very adequate” and proposed a possible spring mass flight.
Evidence limits
The newspaper does not provide the survey, aircraft log, official airfield designation, or evidence that the proposed spring flight occurred.
Sources
- Reports C. E. A. Brown of the Ohio State University Airport in Columbus and Mr. Sargent flying in on Friday, October 3, to survey the field for Ohio fliers before the Sunday Dawn Patrol; Brown called the field “very adequate” and said he might organize a spring mass flight for up to 70 people. It does not provide a survey, aircraft log, official designation, or evidence that the proposed flight occurred. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the airfield survey and future-flight proposal; it does not expand the aviation or airport record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Ohio aviation officials survey Beaver Island’s airfield before the Dawn Patrol, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ohio-aviation-survey-dawn-patrol-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1958, “CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF AVIATION.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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