The Snapshots in Time Collection

Scrapbook Page: Plaza Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina - Staff, Aircraft, and Facilities, circa 1943-1944

Scrapbook Page: Plaza Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina - Staff, Aircraft, and Facilities, circa 1943-1944

Scrapbook page documenting Plaza Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, a civilian flight-training field active during World War II. The photographs show the airport's hangar line, aircraft, ground crew, and staff, including instructors Ben Huntley and Haskell A. Deaton, who operated flight training and charter services here as part of the wartime Civilian Pilot Training Program network before Deaton went on to open additional fields in Atlanta and Statesville. Project: 218570