Monroe's Forgotten First Municipal Airport - FTHVN 845

Many citizens of Monroe, North Carolina have little or no recollection of an airport that once occupied the area of Dickerson Blvd and the Monroe Mall. The city's first municipal airport operated in this area for nearly 25-years until it closed in 1969. This is its story.

00:22 World War I
02:04 Union County Aviation Pioneers
01:55 The Great Depression
02:23 World War II
03:09 Ideas for a Monroe Airport begin to form
03:45 Union Aircraft Corporation is established
04:16 Construction begins
05:49 The airport opens for business
06:37 The airport’s features and services.
07:46 Tragedy strikes
08:58 Airport land is sold
10:28 The beginning of the airport's end
10:59 Government is slow to improve or replace airport
11:32 Union Aircraft Corporation renews lease to another 10-years
12:19 Monroe loses its airport
13:42 Looks like the airport did not close after all
14:44 Monroe finally gets Its new airport
15:21 Shute Airport closes for good
16:58 Epilogue – A Walk Back in Time


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