The November meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society will be hosted at the Everett-Stewart Airport in Union City Tennessee on Saturday, November 2 beginning at 10:30 am in one of the airport’s historic 1942 hangars. 
The airport is located between Martin and Union City, off Highway 22 at 1489 Airport Circle Road, Union City, for those using GPS. The meeting will focus on the history of aviation in northwest Tennessee. The event is co-sponsored by the Everett-Stewart Airport Authority and Full Stop Aviation.
The program will feature Dr. Erik Nordberg, an industrial historian and dean of the Paul Meek Library at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Nordberg has been investigating the development of aeronautics in west Tennessee, considering the different forces that determined airport locations, passenger service routes, and current systems for civil and commercial aviation. The state of Tennessee has many important footnotes in early aviation history, with visits by Glenn Curtis spurring air shows, barnstormers, and wing walkers. The region’s fair weather also drew the attention of the military, with significant installations during both world wars. 
“We often think systems like these develop by luck and happenstance,” Nordberg reports, “but the reality is that powerful economic, military, and governmental forces shaped this critical transportation network.”
