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Aviation comes to Portland: Historic photos

Posted September 2, 2018

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1930s: The airstrip that became the Portland Municipal Airport and then the Portland International Jetport was created in the 1920s by a Portland dentist who was interested in aviation. It was known as the Stroudwater Flying Field. The airport was renamed the Portland Municipal Airport in the 1930s when the City of Portland purchased it. Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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