4PROP Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 On 2/8/2011 at 10:11 PM, Ross said: I get the baseball stadium where Fingers is, and an oval track and random buildings where the church is The track across from Buff stadium was used for midget races. Not sure if stockers ever ran there. It is talked about in PBS's "Houston; Remember When" episode #3. Note that Playland Park didn't even have a race track yet. This era of photos certainly proves there once were race tracks on Stella Link. I used the Googly Earth flight simulator function to visit the old airfields around town, even the South Main Airport across the street from Playland. It is an amazing pleasure to see all this again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Very rare find!! A business ad from The Thresher magazine December 15, 1939. wow!! Learn To Fly--- Student Flying Instructions. Goverrment Licensed Planes and Pilots Rates as Low as $0.10 per minute Free Transportation From Institute (Rice I assume) to Airport. Houston Main Street Airport - South Main Road - H-4513. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Found a picture! Although it's not the best viewing of the actual airport. From the book "Celeste" published in 2020 written by Celeste Graves. Tommy Mason and Ed Hensch at South Main Airport Houston, Texas 1940 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I found South Main Airport on the 1950 Sanborn map. On the map you can see the 3 hangars and the office & school building. On the map the address appears to be 9100A South Main Street. Actually, the airport is in between 9000 and 9100B South Main. I'll assume the airport was at 9100A South Main. I tried searching around for that particular address and nothing pulled up. This is a map, so we must go by what is stated, 9100A South Main. I will combine this with the knowledge from airfields-freeman.com. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/tx/Airfields_TX_HoustonS.htm#maintst The 1945 AAF Airfield Directory described Houston Main Street Airport as a 108 acre L-shaped property having 3 sod runways, the longest being a 2,200' east/west strip. The field was said to have 3 hangars, the largest being a 100' x 60' wood & metal structure. Houston Main Street Airport was described as being owned & operated by private interests. According to Micheal McMurtrey, a Cessna T-50 was registered to Nierth Aero Services at Main Street Airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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