World Record Celebration, Pilot Walter Hinton, Van Wert. Airport , 5-18-19

07/17/2019

This event was completed on May 18, 2019. The Van Wert County Historical Society continues to gather information on pilot and aviation individuals with a Van Wert County connection through 2019. You may respond on this page if you have family members, or know of anyone, from the past or present you can supply the details of their aviation background.

05/18/2019

Today, stop by the Van Wert Airport. 100 years ago the US Navy flying boat the NC-4 was flying across the Atlantic Ocean. May 1919. The first plane to ever do this.
Van Wert County's own, Walter Hinton, was a pilot as part fo the 6 man crew.
Good food at the airport, breakfast and lunch. Kid friendly with FREE kids activities. FREE parking. FREE admission. If you have a busy day, squeeze in a visit to the airport.
Planes and model planes. A local activity for the nice folks of Van Wert County!

Event Day at the Van Wert Airport! Today, Saturday, May 18, 2019. All day! How many pilots and aviation industry individuals have come from the flatland of Van Wert County! See a display of how many have been found so far!
Breakfast and lunch by the Crisis Care Line & Collins Fine Foods. CJs Shaved Ice and Lemonade Shake Up on-site too! Planes and model planes! Rescue helicopters! FREE kids games! Family friendly! Get there today! See schedule in the top post on our page.

05/16/2019

The "Sunny" biplane! At the Van Wert Airport this Saturday, May 18th! See the schedule of events posted on this page too! Something for everyone! 7 am to 5 pm. Food 7 am to 3 pm. FREE admission and FREE parking.

05/16/2019

Stop out this Saturday, May 18 - breakfast and lunch there by Crisis Care Line and Collins Fine Foods - help support our local Crisis Care Line. Airplanes, model airplanes. Pilot fly-in day. Bonus --> stop out before 12 noon to hear, at 12 noon, Michaella Johnson, Queen Jubilee of the 2019 Peony Festival, sing the Star Spangled Banner with the American Legion Presentation of Colors. That is worth the trip and get your lunch while there folks.

NEWS FLASH - This Saturday, May 18th - Stop by the Van Wert Airport. Big day of events. FREE parking & FREE admission. 100th Anniversary Celebration of the May 1919 flight across the Atlantic by the NC-4. Local Walter Hinton was a pilot on the flight. An international sensation at the time.
Support the Crisis Care Line - they are serving breakfast and lunch, with Collins Fine Foods catering on-site assisting. This is a fundraiser for the Crisis Care Line.
Kids activities too! It is going to be perfect weather! Great chance to see the airport before their new terminal is constructed on the south side of the airport.

05/16/2019

NEWS FLASH - This Saturday, May 18th - Stop by the Van Wert Airport. Big day of events. FREE parking & FREE admission. 100th Anniversary Celebration of the May 1919 flight across the Atlantic by the NC-4. Local Walter Hinton was a pilot on the flight. An international sensation at the time.
Support the Crisis Care Line - they are serving breakfast and lunch, with Collins Fine Foods catering on-site assisting. This is a fundraiser for the Crisis Care Line.
Kids activities too! It is going to be perfect weather! Great chance to see the airport before their new terminal is constructed on the south side of the airport.

05/07/2019

This is the flight of the NC-4 that Walter Hinton was a pilot on in May 1919.

A navy crew piloted an NC-4 across the Atlantic Ocean, from Queens to Lisbon, Portugal, on May 8, 1919.

02/12/2019

October 4, 1939, Wednesday, local newspaper article about Dr. L. M. Githens, pilot from Wren, Ohio, made his solo flight from the Van Wert Airport, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1939. He was the fourth student pilot to solo from the present airport. He had completed 10 hours of instruction and made his solo flight in a Piper Club.
"Several planes also visited the airport Tuesday. John Yoder, WOWO announcer from Fort Wayne, flew in a Taylorcraft, and Dr. Leonard Nippe of Toledo with John English of Toledo as a passenger arrived in a Cub coupe. Captain Harold Preston of Fort Wayne brought his tri-motored Stinson plane here Tuesday and will remain the rest of the week for passenger flights."

02/12/2019

Ongoing search for "Aviation Stars" of Van Wert County, Ohio. Have a family member, relative, or friend that is a pilot or in the aviation industry that you are proud of? Read this announcement! You can include them in a recognition display at the Van Wert County Regional Airport!