Harbour Grace Airstrip NL
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Description: Most of Harbour Grace's history consists of exciting stories filled with pirates, English-French Warfare, and tales of the fishery. Harbour Grace is one of the last places many would think to look to find aviation history and innovation. During the 1920s and 1930s air travel was still a fairly new concept and airline companies and pilots were pushing the limits of air travel to greater and greater lengths. This lead to the construction of an airfield in Harbour Grace with the purpose of serving as a takeoff and stopover point for pilots hoping to conquer the trans-Atlantic crossing. Although it is known by few, the Harbour Grace airfield was Newfoundlands first air facility and is considered to be the first civil airport in North America