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Maynard Field Dedication
One of the first commercial airports in the South, Maynard Field
was dedicated on December 6, 1919. With its two intersecting runways
measuring 1890 feet and 1249 feet, hangar space and even an early
day equivalent of a Fixed Base Operator that made sure the torches
were lit at dusk, Maynard Field was named to honor a young North
Carolinian pilot named Lt. Belvin Maynard.
Maynard Field was located east of Winston-Salem in the Sedge Garden
area, but by 1922 it had competition to the west with Charles Field,
a single airstrip that was used mainly for barnstorming and to drill
take-offs and landings for the Charles boys.
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