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Title
Nashville
Airport
,
Eastern
Air
Lines
prop
plane
,
n.d
.
Corporate name
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority--History--Sources
Eastern Air Lines, inc.
Topical entry
Airports--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Electra (Turboprop transports)
Airplanes--Tennessee--Nashville
Jet planes--Tennessee--Nashville
Commerce--Tennessee--Nashville
Airlines--Tennessee--Nashville
Airways--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
photograph
of the
Eastern
Air
Lines
“Golden
Falcon
Prop-Jet
Electra”
at
Nashville’s
airport
. This
prop-jet
airliner
was
built
by
Lockheed
Aircraft
Corporation
and was
powered
by
four
3750
hp
General
Motors
Allison
prop-jet
engines
,
providing
a
cruising
speed
of
well
over
400
miles
per
hour
.
Nashville's
airport
officially
opened
in
1937
as
Berry
Field
, in
honor
of
Colonel
Harry
S
.
Berry
, the
state
administrator
of the
Works
Progress
Administrator
, or
WPA
.
Berry
Field
became
the
military
base
for the
4th
Ferrying
Command
during
World
War
II
and was
returned
to the
city
when
the
war
ended
. The
airport’s
name
was
officially
changed
to
Nashville
International
Airport
in
1988
, but the
original
three-letters
BNA
,
which
stands
for
Berry
Field
Nashville
,
remains
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
n.d
.
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 15 Airport001
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
Coverage
20th century
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks-RG 3 36 Airport001
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