Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport

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Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport
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Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport
Summary
OperatorPrivate
Location Norfolk, Massachusetts
BuiltUnknown
In useAfter 1945-1995
OccupantsPrivate/Public
Elevation  AMSL 134 ft / 41 m
Coordinates 42°7′41.58″N71°22′15.40″W / 42.1282167°N 71.3709444°W / 42.1282167; -71.3709444
Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport

Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport, also known as Norfolk Airport and Franklin-Norfolk Airport, was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Norfolk, Massachusetts. [1]

The airfield is named in remembrance for John Heenan and John Menfi, who died in a plane crash on July 12, 1991. [2]

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References

  1. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Central Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. "Nature, pilot error factors in crashes". Cape Cod Times. 20 July 1999. Retrieved 12 February 2024.