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Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport Blacksburg Virginia
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1940 - A hangar was added to the initial construction. The airport was a valuable training facility for University Cadets prior to World War II.
According to local old-timers, a flying field was set up prior to 1913 in a farmer's pasture about a mile south of Blacksburg between the old Christiansburg Road and the Huckleberry railroad tracks.
During the last week of July 1929, the engineers of the Virginia Highway Department started work on the VPI Airport, located about 1.5 miles from the campus. College engineering personnel had surveyed the field, which was wide enough to afford runways in four directions.
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