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Driving with Darbee: The Preservation of Port Columbus

The original Port Columbus airport air traffic control tower

Architectural historian Jeff Darbee takes us on an exclusive tour of the original Port Columbus hangar and terminal built in 1929.

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History of Port Columbus

Graf Zeppelin blimp

Historians and friends share the story of how Don Casto Sr. rode the Graf Zeppelin around the world in order to persuade voters that Columbus needed its own airport.

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Columbus Aviation Timeline

TWA airplane at Port Columbus Airport in 1941.

For more than a century, Columbus has been leaving its mark on the aviation industry. See Columbus aviation history through the years.

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Columbus’ Aviation History Preview

An airplane flies in Columbus, Ohio in the early 20th century.

We’ll meet the man who helped start Port Columbus Air Port, take a look at its hanger and terminal built in 1929, have a conversation the Tuskegee airmen at Motts Military Museum, look at the history of the Curtiss-Wright airplane that was built in Columbus. Watch Thursday, November 3 at 8:30pm on WOSU TV.

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