GLEN CLARKS SEAPLANE BASE,  1938

See a much larger photo HERE

The pilot in the above photo is 20 year old Boyd Alton Wolfe early in his flying career.  He was born in Rock Castle in 1916.  The airplanes are Aeronca Champs.  Not sure yet who the person on the left is yet.

 

Here is another photo. Boyd's friends have arrived to wish him good luck.  

Glen Clark's seaplane base around 1940.  Many local pilots trained there. Look closely to
the right and you'll see three Aeronca Champs at Clarks base at the Levy.

 

This great photo was taken in 1942 when Clark moved the base across the river from where it started.  On the top it says "Kanawha Flying School"

See the bottom of this page for the "Tots & Teens" ad.

Anytime you have airplanes, you have crashes

As you might expect, not every flight went perfectly.  This seaplane crashed in a tree at

the corner of Delaware and the Boulevard.  The house on the left is still there today.

 LATER, CLARK MOVED HIS OPERATION TO ACROSS THE RIVER FROM NITRO

Then... in 1952

Here is the store advertising on Clarks barge in the top 4th photo

Clarks barge photo on South Side courtesy of  Barbara Casto

Top two photos courtesy of Bard Wolfe

 

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