AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 36

PILOT BRIEFING
AIRPORTS |

Visit this airport.
Check in on the
AOPA app
with your Pilot
Passport.

Souther Field,
Americus, Georgia
Lindbergh's first solo flight was
here; now named for Jimmy Carter
BY DENNIS K. JOHNSON

36 | AOPA PILOT August 2019

Souther Field was established as a primary
flight training school in 1918 after the United
States entered World War I. The airfield was
named for Maj. Henry Souther, an officer of the
Aircraft Engineering Division of the Army Signal
Corps. After the war, Souther Field was deactivated and the surplus airplanes sold, one of which
went to Lindy.
In 1928, Sumter County purchased the airfield,
but during World War II it was again taken over
by the military. The 56th Army Air Forces Flying
Training Detachment started training pilots there
in 1941, including teaching British students for the
Royal Air Force. Toward the end of the war the site

BENT WING FLIGHT SERVICES

Would you feel confident to solo if your instructor asked for a $500
bond (about $7,600 in 2019 dollars) against possible damage to the airplane? That's what happened to Charles A. Lindbergh at a flight school
in Nebraska. So, instead of risking his cash, he rode his motorcycle south
to Americus, Georgia, to buy his own airplane.
Lindbergh arrived at Souther Field in May 1923 to purchase one of
the hundreds of excess World War I Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplanes for
sale. After plunking down his cash and familiarizing himself with the aircraft by flying with an experienced pilot, Lindbergh made his first solo
flight. Just four years later he'd be flying solo over the Atlantic to Paris.
One week after that first solo, Lindbergh made his first cross-country
flight from Americus to Montgomery, Alabama. He spent the rest of 1923
barnstorming the country, with "Daredevil Lindbergh" painted across
his Jenny's fuselage.



AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019

Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Intro
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - BB1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - BB2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Cover1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Cover2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 4
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 6
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 8
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 9
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 10
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 11
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 12
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 13
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 14
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 15
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 16
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 17
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 18
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 19
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 20
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 22
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 24
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 26
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 28
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 30
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 32
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 34
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 36
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 38
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 39
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 40
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 41
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 42
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 43
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 44
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 45
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 46
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 47
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 48
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-4
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-5
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-6
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-7
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - R-8
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 50
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 52
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 53
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 54
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 55
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 56
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 58
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 59
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 60
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 61
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 62
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 64
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 65
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 66
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 70
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 72
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 74
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 76
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 78
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 79
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 80
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 81
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 85
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 87
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 89
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 94
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 95
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 98
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 100
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 102
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 104
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 106
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 107
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 108
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 109
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 110
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 111
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 112
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 113
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 114
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 115
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 116
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 117
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 118
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 119
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - 120
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Cover3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2019 - Cover4
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202404
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202403
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202402
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202401
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202312
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202311
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202310
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202309
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202308
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202307
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202306
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202305
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202303
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202302
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202301
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202212
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202211
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202210
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202209
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202208
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202207
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202206
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202205
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202204
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202203
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202202
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202201
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202111
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202110
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202109
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202108
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202107
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202106
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202105
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202104
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202103
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202101
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202012
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202010
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202009
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202008
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202007
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202006
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202005
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202004
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202003
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202002
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_202001
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201912
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201911
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201909
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201908
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201907
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201906
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201905
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201904
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201903
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201902
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201901
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201812
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201811
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201810
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201809
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201808
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201807
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201806
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201805
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201804
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201803
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201802
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201801
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201712
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201711
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201710
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201709
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201707
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201706
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201705
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201704
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201703
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201702
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201701
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201612
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201611
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201610
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201609
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201608
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201607
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201606
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201605
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201604
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201603
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201602
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201601
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201512
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201511
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201510
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201509
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201508
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201507
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201505
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201504
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201503
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201502
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201501
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201412
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201411
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201410
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201409
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201408
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201407
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201406
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201405
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201404
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201403
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201402
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201401
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201312
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201311
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201310
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201309
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201308
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201307
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201306
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201305
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201303
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201302
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201301
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201212
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201211
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201210
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201209
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201208
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201207
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201206
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201205
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201204
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201203
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201202
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201201
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201111
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201110
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201109
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201108
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201107
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201106
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201105
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201104
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201103
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201103_test
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201011demo
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot_201011
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/pilot0308
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com