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- ↑ Laffey, Mary Lu, "Ashburn thriving on a strong sense of community, " Chicago Tribune, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2011
- 1 2 "Ashburn, " Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 7 December 2011
- ↑ Gray, Carroll (2005). "CICERO FLYING FIELD - Origin, Operation, Obscurity and Legacy - 1891 to 1916 - 1909 & 1910 - GLENN H. CURTISS & THE AERO CLUB OF ILLINOIS". lincolnbeachey.com. Carroll F. Gray. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
The day before his two-day exhibition flights at the Hawthorne Race Track in Cicero, Illinois, on October 16 and 17, 1909, Glenn Curtiss spoke to the Chicago Automobile Club and suggested that an aero club be formed in Chicago. In response to his remarks, the Aero Club of Illinois ("A. C. I. ") was incorporated on February 10, 1910, with Octave Chanute as its first president - a perfect choice, to be sure.
- ↑ Gray, Carroll (2005). "CICERO FLYING FIELD - Origin, Operation, Obscurity and Legacy - 1891 to 1916 - 1916 - THE FINAL FLIGHT & A NEW FIELD". lincolnbeachey.com. Carroll F. Gray. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
On April 16, 1916, when "Matty" Laird took off from Cicero Flying Field, at the controls of his self-designed and self-built Boneshaker biplane and flew to the new Partridge & Keller aviation field at 87th St. and Pulaski Road, in Chicago, Cicero Flying Field ceased to be. The next day, the Aero Club of Illinois (A.C.I.) officially opened its new 640 acre Ashburn Field on land purchased by A.C.I. President "Pop" Dickinson for the A.C.I.. Ashburn was located at 83rd St. and Cicero Avenue, about 7-1/2 miles almost due south of Cicero. All of the hangars and buildings at Cicero had been moved to Ashburn Field some months earlier.
- ↑ "Aviation Day at the Chicago Advertising Association". Aerial Age Weekly. Aerial Age Company. September 18, 1916. p. 10.
- ↑ "Carlstrom will fly tomorrow, " The New York Times, 29 October 1916, Page 1. Retrieved 7 December 2011
- ↑ "Times flier off at 6 A.M. today; due here at 4 P.M." The New York Times, 2 November 1916, Page 1, Column 1. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
