UPDATE: Whirly was recently spotted in the British Isles. Hopefully he gets home soon. We decided to move Whirly’s Landing to a less seasonal location with an updated concourse. No tax dollars were spent on this renovation.
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Albert Whitted Airport was created in 1928.
The airport is named for Lieutenant James Albert Whitted, USNR, a St. Petersburg native. Albert was one of the U.S. Navy's first 250 Naval Aviators, commissioned at age 24 just as the United States entered World War I in 1917. He served as chief instructor of advanced flying at NAS Pensacola, Florida and was later assigned to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Leaving active duty, he returned home in 1919 and introduced the people of St. Petersburg to flying. Albert would take people up in the Bluebird, a plane he designed and built. He never charged for the flights. Albert's aerial maneuvers always left spectators in awe. Albert also designed and built the Falcon. The Falcon and Bluebird were used in a commercial flying business he had with his brother, Clarence. On August 19, 1923, Albert Whitted and four passengers were killed during a flight near Pensacola aboard the Falcon when the propeller broke off. The city's airport, known until then as Cook-Springstead tracks, was subsequently named Albert Whitted Airport in 12 October 1928.
National Airlines, one of the nation's first airlines, began service there in 1934. Decades later, National merged with Pan American World Airways (PanAm) to create one of the world's largest air carriers. In the late thirties, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chose Albert Whitted as one of the first airports to base its famous airships (i.e., blimps).
This cache is a medium Glad Lock container. Please hide it as well or better than you find it.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS CACHE MAY NOT BE ACCESSIBLE DURING THE WEEK OF THE GRAND PRIX, BUT WILL BE AS SOON AS THE RACE ENDS.