Near Jackson Center in Shelby County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Korn Field Airport
Photographed By Michael Baker, November 18, 2014
1. Korn Field Airport Marker
Inscription.
Korn Field Airport. . The first airport in Shelby County and one of the earliest in Ohio was opened July, 1908, by the Korn brothers, Edward and Milton. Here they built their second plane in their father's barn and successfully flew this plane on July 2, 1911. The barn is now pawrt of this factory. They flew the length of the field, a half mile in a half minute and landed safely. Their plane was a pusher-type monoplane with a 34-foot wing span,40 horsepower, water cooled, 4 cylinder, 2-cycle engine, and weighed 650 pounds., The brother then built a French-designed Benoist plane, which is on display in the Smithsonian Institute Auxiliary Museum,Sutland, Maryland. On August 13, 1913 they crashed their plane in a filed near here and Milt was killed. After a two-year absence from flying, Ed was testing a seaplane when he crashed into the water of Lake St. Clair, Michigan. This ended his flying career and he became a chiropractor., Korn Field was later operated by a younger brother, Arlington Korn, It was used by the Flying Farmers organization, and following World War II, pilots were trained here under the G.I. Bill of Rights., Presently, the six-acre complex is owned by Wayne Korn, who operates Creative Plastics, Inc.
The first airport in Shelby County and one of the earliest in Ohio was opened July, 1908, by the Korn brothers, Edward and Milton. Here they built their second plane in their father's barn and successfully flew this plane on July 2, 1911. The barn is now pawrt of this factory. They flew the length of the field, a half mile in a half minute and landed safely. Their plane was a pusher-type monoplane with a 34-foot wing span,40 horsepower, water cooled, 4 cylinder, 2-cycle engine, and weighed 650 pounds.
The brother then built a French-designed Benoist plane, which is on display in the Smithsonian Institute Auxiliary Museum,Sutland, Maryland.
On August 13, 1913 they crashed their plane in a filed near here and Milt was killed. After a two-year absence from flying, Ed was testing a seaplane when he crashed into the water of Lake St. Clair, Michigan. This ended his flying career and he became a chiropractor.
Korn Field was later operated by a younger brother, Arlington Korn, It was used by the Flying Farmers organization, and following World War II, pilots were trained here under the G.I. Bill of Rights.
Presently, the six-acre complex is owned by Wayne Korn, who operates Creative Plastics, Inc.
Erected 2001 by Shelby County Historical Society.
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marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.
Location. 40° 25.071′ N, 84° 5.114′ W. Marker is near Jackson Center, Ohio, in Shelby County. Marker is on Snider Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 18163 Snider Road, Jackson Center OH 45334, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regarding Korn Field Airport. In the lobby of the factory at this site are many framed photographs on the walls.
Photographed By Michael Baker, November 18, 2014
2. Korn Field Airport Marker
Photographed By Michael Baker, November 18, 2014
3. Korn Field Airport Marker
Photographed By Michael Baker, November 18, 2014
4. Korn Field Airport Marker
Photographed By Michael Baker, November 18, 2014
5. Korn Field Airport Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2015, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 15, 2015, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.