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Caribou Municipal Airport, 1937

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Caribou Municipal Airport, 1937
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In 1928 George W. Shaw, M.D., Michael Corey, McGrath and Langdon organized the effort to create Maine's first municipal airport. By the early 1930's the airport consisted of two turf landing strips and a hanger. In 1936 it was designated an International Port-of-Entry.

source: Aroostook Republican, June 21, 1989.

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