Louisville Aero Club
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In 1910, several automobilists in Louisville, Kentucky, were actively trying to form an aero club. It appears that the club, the Louisville Aero Club, was launched in January 1912. The club intended to establish headquarters in the city and to erect a clubhouse on a nearby 110-acre tract.
Thirty-four men and one woman were said to compose the charter membership and it was expected that there would be a rush of Louisville's women to learn the "gentle art of flying." Officers elected 1912 included C. A. Wickliffe, president; Frank C. Carpenter, vice-president; Roscoe Conkling, secretary; and R. O. Rubel, Jr., treasurer. The woman member was Mrs. F. H. Morlan, wife of the club's official instructor, who had come from Chicago.
Sources
- 2:1, The Club Journal (official bulletin of the Automobile Club of America) 26 (16 Apr. 1910); 10 Aeronautics (NYC) 72 (1912)
| Organization names | Louisville Aero Club |
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| Country | US |
| City | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Scope | Local |
| Started aero | 1912 |
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