The Charlotte Douglas Airport - What is its story?! (FTHVN 618)

Charlotte is one of America's busiest airports. But it wasn't always that way. In fact, there was a time there was no airport here at all! Take a journey back in time with me and learn more about fascinating aviation journey the City of Charlotte took over the last 80 years.
(FTHVN 618)
00:34 Seeds of Aviation are Planted (1903)
01:20 Johnny Crowell Opens Charlotte's First Airport (1919)
02:24 US Airmail Service Comes to Charlotte (01 April 1930)
03:00 Johnny Crowell Sells His Airport - Becomes "Cannon Field." (1936)
03:28 The City Wakes Up - Builds their own Airport (1935)
04:43 Ground is Broken - Construction Begins
05:36 The First Airplane Arrives at the Airport (14 Nov 1936)
06:14 The Airport Officially Opens (03 Jul 1937)
06:45 War Clouds on the Horizon & First Runway Expansion (1938)
07:35 WWII Comes to Charlotte - City Leases Airport to the US Army.
08:34 State Airlines - Ballanca Cruiseair.
09:19 Post War Financial Problems - We Need a Terminal, but Got No Money. (1946)
10:05 Old US Army Buildings Used as Makeshift Passenger Terminal. (1947)
10:42 The Airport Gets Its First Purpose Built Passenger Terminal (1954)
12:07 The Old Cannon Airport Closes for Good. (1956)
12:34 The Age of Jets was Upon the Airport (1960s)
12:52 Passenger Terminal Expanded (1967)
13:26 Airlines Need Longer Runways and a Bigger Terminal (1970)
13:55 Airline Deregulation - Air Traffic Soars and New Runway Needed More than Ever. (1978)
14:17 The Airport Gets a New Runway & Control Tower (1979)
14:48 The Airport Becomes a Hub. (1979)
15:22 The New "North" Terminal Opens - old "South" Terminal Closes (1982)
16:32 The 1990s - Terminal Expansions
17:08 A New Century (2000s)
17:35 Another New Runway (2010)
17:50 A New Control Tower (2019)
18:05 Plans for the Future
18:28 Epilogue - A Look Back, Let's Not Forget our History
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