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Sealed box, park in the firehouse lot to begin your search. This is a very public place and it is placed WITH permission BY the firehouse and is nowhere near any airport operations. Congratulations Trybble1 FTF The Cache has been renewed on 7/14/2014 in hopes the seal works better. There will be a "PAYOFF" for the Renewed First TO FIND. The Ohio State University has played an integral part in advancing the aeronautics field while evolving into one of the nation’s premier Aviation programs. Less than 14 years after the first flight, World War I created the need for qualified military pilots. In spring 1917, the War Department established Schools of Military Aeronautics at six Universities, including The Ohio State University. The School of Aeronautics opened May 21, 1917, when the first "squadron" or group of 16 cadets reported. As the story goes, the cadets built the aircraft in the aeronautics building, located at on the first airport southeast corner of West 19th Avenue and Neil Avenue. The planes would then be rolled down the hill to the field just east of the Olentangy River, where flight tests and training would ensue. Unfortunately, this arrangement was short-lived, with the opening of Ohio Stadium in 1922. Shortly thereafter, the University built a second airport on East Broad Street “near the country club,” while also using other local airports such as Sullivant Field on Neil Avenue. In 1939, Ohio State was one of a number of universities that took part in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, for the purpose of fostering private flying. In support of its pilot training program, the University, in June 1942, purchased property for the development of an airport. The new facility was located on the outskirts of town, seven miles north of campus in northwest Columbus. The first plane to utilize the new airport landed at the field on November 5, 1942. What followed was the construction of the airports first two buildings in the spring of 1943, and two 2,200 feet, hard-surfaced runways, taxiways, and aprons in early 1944. The University Airport has evolved in the sixty years since its inception from a pure training facility to Ohio’s premier business aviation center and is the primary facility serving The Ohio State University and the surrounding central Ohio general aviation community. Today, the Airport serves as a general aviation reliever for Port Columbus International Airport. Its status as a Part 139 Certificated Airport assures the aviation community that the facility will meet the highest standards in terms of operations and maintenance. The University Airport is home to 200 aircraft, including, both single- and multi-, piston and turbine engine aircraft and rotorcraft, and sees an estimated 75,000 operations per year, including corporate activity, student training, and pleasure flying. By comparison, the Airport ranks fourth in Ohio in the number of take-offs and landings and within the top 100 general aviation airports nationally. A number of significant events have helped define the history, and continue to shape the future, of the University Airport: Scott The University Trustees on November 1, 1943, named the new airport Don Scott Field in honor of the former All-American athlete who died in a bomber crash in England on October 1, 1943. The Ohio State University annually participates in flight competitions, while the Airport hosted the National Intercollegiate Flying Associations (NIFA) National Convention and Air meet in 1960, and its Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) in 1985, 2002, 2006, 2011. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. In 1967, the crew of a TWA 707 mistook the University Airport for Port Columbus International Airport. After shuttling all passengers and baggage to Port Columbus, and removing all galley equipment and seats, the plane was light enough to depart for the larger facility across town. The National Intercollegiate Flying Associations (NIFA) relocated its headquarters to The Ohio State University Airport in 2012. The Airport has welcomed many dignitaries to Columbus, including former Presidents of the United States, First Ladies, celebrities, and even manatees being transferred to/from the Columbus Zoo. WWII hero Don Scott ‘brought great credit to his alma mater’ Don Scott, 1939 When World War II broke out, many OSU students immediately signed up to join in the fight, suspending their studies for a much greater cause. Probably none of them was more well-known than Don Scott, the archetypical Big Man on Campus. And here’s why: After entering Ohio State in 1938, Scott participated in baseball, track, basketball, and most notably football. In addition to being on the Players’ All American team for football and the first Big 10 Championship for basketball, Scott was also elected to sophomore, junior and senior Honor Societies as well as being a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Don Scott, 1941 After enlisting, by May 1941, Scott, along with other OSU athletes were stationed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Air Corps Training Detachment. By October, Scott had completed training and had advanced to get his wings and commission in the Army Air Corps. He was eventually promoted to a Captain. Unfortunately, on October 1, 1943, at the age of 23, Scott was killed in a bomber crash over England. This marked the 100th alumnus or former student to give his life in World War II. One week after his death, on October 8, his wife gave birth to their child, Don Sands Scott. Meanwhile, in the spring of 1942, the U.S. Navy leased Port Columbus to train its pilots. At the time, OSU was using Port Columbus for its own civilian pilot training program, and the Navy’s lease would pretty much have doomed OSU’s program to failure. However, OSU Prof. Karl W. Stinson, a lieutenant in the Air Corps of World War I and a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering went to then-OSU Pres. Howard Bevis with an idea: Build an OSU airport. President Bevis and Carl Steeb, then-University Business Manager, considered the idea, liked it, and found $100,000 for the project. Stinson himself scouted the nearby then-countryside, and found a flat portion of land near what is now Sawmill Road. Ohio State purchased 385 acres (larger than Port Columbus), and set about building a hangar, runways and fences. Don Scott Field, 1949 Soon after Scott’s death, President Bevis presented a resolution to the Board of Trustees that read, in part: [Scott] was one of the nation’s great athletes; he was a sportsman in the finest sense of that term; he was a thorough gentleman, beloved by all who knew him; his life brought great credit to his alma mater. … As a fitting commemoration … I desire to propose to this Board that the airfield now owned and operated by the University be designated ‘Don Scott Field.’ The board approved the resolution and the newly named Don Scott Field was used by the Navy until the end of the war, when OSU transferred its focus to a civilian aviation curriculum. – Filed by B.T.
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