Visitors at opening of airport

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20136840

Description

Among the visitors Sunday at the Greater Fort Worth International Airport were, left to right, Raymond C. Gee, Vice Chairman of the Board of Fort Worth National bank; J. Clyde Jones, President of Waples-Platter Company; T. J. Harrell, President and General Manager of Traders Oil Mill Company; Web Maddox, President of Crystal Ice Company; R. L. Hosea, Grove State Bank in Dallas; Harvey Gaylord, Vice President in charge of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, Helicopter Division; Roger Ringo, Controller of the General Motors plant at Arlington; Maury H. Huffman, Executive Director of Fort Worth Air Terminal, Included; B. A. Erickson, Manager of Flight and Chief Test Pilot at Convair; J. B. Thomas, President and General Manager of Texas Electric Service Company; Ernest Petteway, retired American Airlines Pilot; Loyd Turner, Special Assistant to Convair's Division Manager at Fort Worth; Raymond Buck, attorney and counsel for the Terminal Corporation; and William Holden, Executive Vice President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Huffman is shown shaking hands with Petteway, who piloted American planes for 18 years.

Archival Date

1953-01-24

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-759

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Industry; Airports