Aviation in Alabama

Aviation in Alabama
Aviation in the United States

Alabama

Alabama State Flag
Airports
Commercial – primary 5
Commercial – non-primary 1
General aviation 65
Other public-use airports 24
Military and other airports 9
First flight
10 March 1910

Alabama's first aeronautical event was on 10 March 1910 with the flight of a Wright biplane flown by Orville Wright in Montgomery, Alabama.[1]

Events

Aircraft Manufacturers

Aerospace

73,000 jobs are based in Alabama in support of aerospace.[4]

Airports

Colleges and Universities

Commercial Service

Government and Military

Overhead view of Maxwell Field in 1937

Museums

Gallery

References

  1. "encyclopedia of Alabama". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. Don Dodd, Amy Bartlett-Dodd. Deep South Aviation.
  3. "Alabama". Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. "Aerospace". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. "Continental Motors Group To Assemble Diesel Kits In U.S.". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. "Alabama State Troopers Aviation Unit". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  7. "Police Helicopter Unit". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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