Title	1931: Opening of Auburn-Opelika Airport
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 149: Pilots Wiley Post and Harold Gatty and their famous plane, the Winnie Mae, attended the opening of the Auburn-Opelika Airport in December 1931. The airport served as an emergency landing field for mail planes on the Atlanta-to-New Orleans route. In 1933, despite having only one eye, Post made a record-breaking solo flight around the world. In 1935, he and humorist Will Rogers died in a plane crash on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska. Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives.
Date	1931
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Airports -- Alabama Airplanes -- Alabama Automobiles -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Business & Industry -- Transportation Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 1663 x 1052 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	133A.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge