A timeline of flight in Concord

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1911 - This year marked the first recorded flight of any airplane operated in New Hampshire. On June 19, 1911, Harry Atwood flew a Burgess-Wright bi-plane from Waltham, Mass. to Nashua, Manchester and Concord.

1920 - Robert C. Fogg becomes the first resident of New Hampshire to own an airplane and lands in Concord in his Canadian WWI "Jenny." Fogg later opened the first fixed-based operation in New Hampshire at the National Guard Muster Grounds in Concord, situated along the Merrimack River.

1920 - A local aviation committee in Concord is formed to raise money to purchase an aviation field.

1926 - The Concord Airport Corp. is formed by the Aviation Syndicate of Concord and petitions the Legislature and the Executive Council for use of state-owned property, south of the New Hampshire National Guard headquarters, for the Concord airport.

1927 - On July 25, Charles Lindbergh lands at Concord Airport in the Spirit of St. Louis on his U.S. tour.

1927 - Concord's first aircraft hangar is built.

1928 - Northeast Airways makes the first roundtrip flight from Concord to Manchester, then to Boston.

1936 - The Aviation Syndicate of Concord sells the airport land to the city and land is cleared for the runways and the administration building. Construction follows the next year.

1939 - Concord now has paved runways.

1941 - The Civil Air Patrol becomes active at Concord Municipal Airport.

1942 - The city spends $30,000 for the acquisition of more land for airport purposes. The federal government contributes $459,000 for the site construction.

1943 - A Concord terminal building housing FAA Flight Service and the National Weather Service is constructed.

1943 - Concord's second aircraft hangar is built and consists of three hard-surfaced runways constructed on 800 acres of land.

1946 - Brothers J. Wayne Ferns and Frank Ferns opened the second fixed base operation at Concord Municipal Airport, Ferns Flying Service Inc.

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