Much of the early aviation history in Louisville is the result of the Aero Club of Louisville. Founding fathers included pilots returning from WWI & businessmen who saw the potential of aviation beyond military applications. A.H. Bowman, Sidney Park, and Louisville mayor Huston Quinn were among the 18
men who founded the Aero Club.
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“Aviators and aerial observers of the World War formed the Aero Club of Louisville yesterday, to use Bowman Field, recently accepted by the War Department as a flying field for reserve officers in the Air Service” (Courier-Journal, Oct. 26, 1922). Bowman Field is one of the longest continuously
operating airports in the U. S.