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OverviewPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Majors Airport (IATA: GVT, ICAO: KGVT, FAA LID: GVT) is a city-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Greenville, a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States. Originally named Majors Field, is mostly used for general aviation, but is also home to an L-3 Communications facility that is used to modify aircraft.Majors Airport, named for Lieutenant Truett Majors, the first Hunt County native to perish in World War II, began operations on June 26, 1942, as a training center for the United States Army Air Forces. Lt Majors was killed in the 1942 Battle of the Philippines in January 1942. Greenville was chosen as a site for the USAAF basic flight-training center due to the efforts of the influential politician Sam Rayburn, the base was formally dedicated and named on 5 January 1943. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristen Nehemiah HorstPublisher: Duc Imprint: Duc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.131kg ISBN: 9786139692897ISBN 10: 613969289 Pages: 80 Publication Date: 08 January 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |