History of College Park Airport (US)

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Introduction:Here is a little history of the famous College Park Airport. (KCGS) is located in the College
Park,Maryland,USA.This airport is currently the oldest airport still in operation it was established in 1909!!! It was used first used by Wilbur Wright

Events occurred:When Wilbur Wright arrived at the field to train two military officers in the US army the airport was initially going to be used as training grounds for Wilbur to train the officers to fly the FIRST GOVERNMENT PLANES,The FIRST airplane was a Wright Type A Biplane:

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The plane was assembled on October 7 and would be one of the first aircraft to take flight to the skies in the WORLD!

Commercial servicing: Commercial flights started AS EARLY AS DECEMBER 1911 making this airport the oldest continuously operated airport.In 1977 there was a part added to the airport called the National Register of Historic Places.

A pilot flying the Cirtus Aircraft in 1912 at KCGS:

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Picture of the airport:

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If you would like to see more of these just tell me in the comments thank you 😊👍

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Hi it’s Brad, really cool, Do Dubai next :)

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I will be doing more of these along with @ITZ_MENTAL_GAMING

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Hello!

I will allow this post to be placed under Real World Aviation due to the high quality of it. But we would appreciate if you could hold off on further ones until reaching TL2 which is the required trust level to be able to post in Real World Aviation :)

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Thank you 🙂

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Cool, I just ran out of ideas and @PilotAce1 is in my VA so we both did them

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Really well made post! Thanks for sharing! (And please stick to Schyllberg’s advice).

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Thank you ☺️ I will stick to the advice I didn’t know that now I know thank you @schyllberg and @JulianB much help 🙂🙂

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No problem!

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Any recommendations on getting to TL2 I really want to make more posts like that

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The standard, and only way, which is contribute! Enjoy yourself on the forums, let your passion flourish and be released here!

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Any recommendations I should stay away from posted I just don’t want to get in trouble 😫

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Great post! I love reading these article-like posts about history.

As for your question, just be active and contribute in discussions in a positive way 😉
I’m looking forward to you sharing more posts like this!

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As long as you’re not being rude, or constantly replying to practically cause an argument, you’re all good! It’s what a forums for! We’d love to hear your part!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to PM me! We’re happy to help!

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Thank you so much for the positive feedback ☺️👍 never gotten a response like this very greatful for all ☺️

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@Ecoops123 I will thank you 🙃😉

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Yello? PM me if you want any help with anything lol, because we’re beginning to go off topic here. 😅

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Ah okay thanks anyway man I appreciate the help 🙂🙂

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This is really nicely done! Thanks for the post!

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