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On the Lunken Airport ( KLUK ) Post, more can be found here; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Municipal_Lunken_Airport

Lunken Airport ( KLUK ), Cincinnati, Ohio has a lot of history. - In 1938 American Airlines first got it starts there. Some of the buildings are still there. - Embry Riddle was born there ( Now based in Florida ) as one of the largest aviation flight schools in the world ). - It has the oldest standing control tower in the United States. - In 2011 in served as the backdrop in the movie ' The Ides of March. - In 1927 Charles Limbergh landed there and was swarmed by mobs of people. -Aeronca Aircraft were built there. Some of those buildings are still there. - Sporty's Pilot Shop was started there. The original store is still in the control tower but is now based not far away at the Clermont County Airport which is one of your freeware airports. -Sky Galley Restaurant has been in nearly continuous operation for decades and is so named because the first meals served on a commercial airliner (American Airlines) were prepared there. It's in the control tower building and overlooks the airport. - Lunken Airport is surrounded by rolling hills and parks. The Ohio River is just to the south, and the Little Miami River ( on the National Register ) borders the east side. Dan L.