three clocks on this side of the building, one on the other side, none working
twin merman fountains, water off for winter
Akron-Fulton International Airport opened in 1929. The air terminal was built in 1930 in art deco style. Across the field is the Airdock, where Goodyear beginning in 1929 built dirigibles for the US Navy with a team of German Zeppelin engineers. A few dirigible disasters ended passenger travel by blimp.Well over an hundred airships were built here, and four thousand FG-1 Corsair fighter planes were built here. The airfield became a naval air station.
During the 1950's drag racing was held at the aeroport. Since then, an Italian restaurant operated here. The new owner has a building next door, and manufactures surgical instruments. The building is used by clients flying in by private areoplanes. A very well maintained garden looks out towards the runways, and also the Rubber Bowl and Derby Downs, and sport fields. Roadside entrance has historical markers, and a statue of Chrstopher Columbus.
Yesterday, i read that beautiful Arctic ground birds were sighted: lapland longspurs, snow buntings, and horned larks. The address given was Akron Skate Park (1800 Triplett). I knew that was the aeroport campus, but that address was the terminal. The birds were not there to-day.
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