Original Buildings of the Wedell-Williams Airport in Patterson

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Buildings such as these were typical of rural airports in the late 1920s and early 1930s; these facilities provided the environment for the construction of racing planes, including the We-Will and the #44.

Image Courtesy of the Wedell-Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum

This file appears in: Origins of the Patterson Airport

By Teresa M. Thessen
After the formation of the Wedell-Williams Air Service, Harry Williams established a base of operations on what was once Calumet Plantation by clearing a sugarcane field. This airport offered hangars…