Easton Airport 1948. Aviation history: Malcolm Hathaway built the first Easton Airport before World War I in a field at Ratcliffe Manor, his parents home. He ran Tred Avon Flying Service there in the 1920’s. In 1933 and 1934 Hathaway & his associates ran Chesapeake Air Ferries at Webb Field on Dover Rd. .Another early Aviator Dorsey Webb had set up that commercial field. During World War II the federal government selected the present airport at Easton as the site for an emergency landing field because it was a point between Dover and Andrews Air Bases. When the war ended Easton and Talbot County joined together to buy it from the federal government for $1.00.
Facts from “the Easton Album” by Norman Harrington for HSTC 1986. Photo from the H. Robins Hollyday Collection at THS. Contact: Cathy Hill [email protected] to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS!
..
Write a Letter to the Editor on this Article
We encourage readers to offer their point of view on this article by submitting the following form. Editing is sometimes necessary and is done at the discretion of the editorial staff.