THE TRENTON VETERANS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
AND
THE TRENTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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THE DETROIT METRO AIRPORT
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014
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AT 2:00 PM
PROGRAMMING
ROOM AT THE LIBRARY
2790
Westfield Road, Trenton, MI
Throughout the years, Detroit Metro Airport has grown and changed with the times. During the golden age of flight, the airport served the local community by providing transportation and employment. Prior to the start of World War II. The Army Air Corp leased the airport from Wayne County and renamed it Romulus Army Air Field, which served the military by transporting supplies and aircraft coast to coast. It was also a transfer base for P-39 Airacrobras and P-63 Kingcobras to be flown to the Soviet Union via Great Falls, Montana and Alaska.
The war ended and the airport became a civilian operation again, with the Michigan Air National Guard maintaining a presence. During the Cold War the airport saw the presence of nuclear weapons, but by the end of 1971 the weapons and the Michigan Air National Guard were gone. Constant upgrades in technology for safety and security make the passenger experience as pleasant and exciting as possible.
Our speaker, Daniel W. Mason, a Trenton High School graduate
from 1980, studied history at Lake Superior State College. Employed by
FedEx as a tractor-trailer driver. Mason still studies history and writes
history books in his spare time. Currently he represents Detroit Metro
Airport as their historian and volunteers his time digitizing and cataloging
photos and artifacts that are donated.
