CLIFF DURANT AIRPORTS

Durant Field - 1916 East Oakland, CA Collection of Michele Harris, 9-12-06

 

"Durant" Airport ROSCOMMON, MICH Dedicated July 16, '33 Collection of Michele Harris, 9-12-06

DURANT AIRPORT via email from Michele Harris, 9-14-06       Durant Airport was named after Cliff. Huge story in the "Roscommon Herald", the local paper. Many dignitaries and aviators showed up from around the country. Airshow, bands, all kinds of events, it drew the largest crowd in history (at that time). The airport no longer exists; a Ford (ironic) dealership and industrial park occupy the site now. The airport was named after Cliff because he was so instrumental in bringing aviation (among other things) to the area.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Cliff Durant" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (9-9-06), you will find about 29 links. Perhaps the most helpful are the following.

 

SHORT HISTORY OF OAKLAND AIRPORT      This timeline on the Oakland Western Aerospace Museum includes two references to Durant. You will find them under the entries for 1916 and 1919-1921. He is mentioned as the president of the newly-formed Durant Aircraft Corporation in Oakland. You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

HERBERT J. "HUB" FAHY      Michele Harris just alerted me to this website, 9-18-06: "Hi Again Ralph;      Here's another interesting website about an early aviator who was linked with Cliff Durant. He was a Lockheed test pilot who lost his life at Cliff's airstrip in Roscommon Michele" You can access the page by clicking on the title above.

 

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