1931 · GMU history
Amelia Earhart visits Greenville
Amelia Earhart visited GMU during the weekend of November 12–14, 1931, drawing the community to its young municipal airport.
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Amelia Earhart visited GMU during the weekend of November 12–14, 1931, drawing the community to its young municipal airport.
The story so far
The visit is one of the airport’s best-known early stories. It connects GMU to a formative period in American aviation and to one of the era’s most recognized pilots.
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