Lexington’s first municipal airport has earned a permanent marker in what’s now the Meadowthorpe area of town.
Windy conditions in Lexington Monday would probably have been enough to halt any takeoffs at the city’s Halley Field back in 1921.
"It would be difficult today, that's for sure," Blue Grass Airport executive director Eric Frankl says.
He was one of a number of guests on hand paying tribute to what was little more than a grass landing strip when it first opened. But, by 1927, the airport played host to air shows, flight training, and even a visit by famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Helen Evans was only seven at the time, but remembers watching his plane fade away into the distance.
"It was so fragile," she recalls. "I remember there was excitement because it appeared like it wasn't going to make it when it left. I saw only the departure after he'd been visiting here in Lexington."
The Halley Field marker now stands at the intersection of Leestown Road and Boiling Springs Drive.
