Tredyffrin near Malvern in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Main Line Airport

Photographed by Keith S Smith

1. Main Line Airport Marker

Inscription. On this site, beginning about 1920, stood one of Pennsylvania's earliest country airfields. Many hundreds, learned to fly here, including NASA astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad. During World War II a Civil Air Patrol squadron helped America battle German submarine attacks along the mid-Atlantic coast. Pioneering rotary wing development here had a world-wide influence. A disastrous hanger fire in 1977 ended aviation in the Great Valley.

Erected 2017 by Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.

Location. 40° 3.372′ N, 75° 31.092′ W. Marker is near Malvern, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Tredyffrin. It is at the intersection of Valley Stream Parkway and Swedesford Road, on the right when traveling east on Valley Stream Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Valley Stream Parkway, Malvern PA 19355, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also

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in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Duffy’s Cut Mass Grave (approx. 1.7 miles away); Site of the Paoli Massacre (approx. 1.7 miles away); Rear of the Camp (approx. 1.8 miles away); Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 1.8 miles away); “Remember Paoli!” (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Land on Which the Battle of Paoli was Fought (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Paoli Memorial Association (approx. 1.8 miles away); General Wayne’s Encampment (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Malvern.

Additional keywords. Aviation, pilot, helicopter,

Photographed by Keith S Smith

2. Main Line Airport Marker

Photographed by Keith S Smith

3. Main Line Airport Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2024, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 424 times since then and 127 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2024, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.