Aviation in North Dakota

Aviation in North Dakota
Aviation in the United States
Flag of North Dakota
Airports
Commercial Service - Primary Airports	5
Commercial Service - Non-Primary Airports	3
General Aviation Airports	45
Other Public-Use Airports	37
Military Airports-Other	2
First Flight
19 July 1910

North Dakota's first aeronautical event was the flight of a Wright Model B on July 19, 1910 at the Grand Forks Air Meet flown by Wright Exhibition Team member Archibald Hoxsey.^[1]

Contents 1 Events 2 Aircraft Manufacturers 3 Aerospace 4 Airports 5 Commercial Service 6 People 7 Organizations 8 Government and Military 9 Museums 10 Gallery 11 References

Events

• June 9, 1911 a Curtiss Biplane named "Sweetheart" flew at the Fargo Fairgrounds before an audience of 12,000 spectators piloted by Robert "Lucky Bob" St. Henry^[2]
• July 12, 1911 Thomas McGoey flies the first North Dakota designed and built aircraft, the Kenworthy-McGoey flying machine at Grand Forks.^[3]
• July 1916 Bismarck, North Dakota has its first flight.^[4]
• 1928 North Dakota native Carl Ben Eielson, along with Hubert Wilkins become the first men to fly across the Arctic Ocean.^[5]
• 1990 Three crew members of a Northwest Airlines flight are sentenced to jail for flying while drunk from Fargo to Minneapolis.^[6]

Aircraft Manufacturers

• 1911-1911 Kenworthy-McGoey Aviation Company. Founded to produce and demonstrate aircraft.^[7]
• The Boughton Flying Machine Corporation lost its prototype in 1916.^[8]

Aerospace

• The University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences operates one of the largest civilian flight training operations in the country.

Airports

• List of airports in North Dakota

Commercial Service

• Bismarck Municipal Airport started operation in 1916, and had over 190,000 operations in 2010.

People

• Fargo Born James Buchli flew aboard four Space Shuttle Missions

Organizations

• The North Dakota Aviation Council comprises six organizations promoting aviation in North Dakota.^[9]

Government and Military

• All flight operations in North Dakota are conducted within FAA oversight.

• The North Dakota Air National Guard was activated on 16 January 1947 with the formation of the 178th Fighter squadron, 178th utility flight, 178th weather station, and detachment B of the 233rd Air service group.^[10]

Museums

• Bonanzaville, USA Eagles hangar features a range of aircraft.
• The Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot was founded in 1986.
• The Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, features flying examples of World War II aircraft.

Gallery

References