Meetings & Events

Bellanca Airfield and Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame Museum Open House


08/13/2016 - 11:00 AM
Location: Bellanca Airfield
Address: 2 Centerpoint Blvd.
New Castle, Delaware 19720

Bellanca Airfield and Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame Museum

2016 Open House Schedule
April 9 & 23, May 14 & 28, June 11 & 25, July 9 & 23,, Aug 13 & 27, Sept 10 & 24, Oct 8 & 22

From 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Free admission (donations welcome) Routes 273 & Centerpoint Blvd. New Castle, Delaware – Next to Amazon
1 mile east of the New Castle Farmers Market (Route 13)
1 Mile West from the Old Courthouse Museum.

Friends of Bellanca Airfield, Inc. (FoBA), is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the Bellanca airfield and aircraft manufacturing in New Castle, Delaware.

Bellanca Plane2Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (or GM) immigrated from Italy in 1911 and continued his passion for aircraft design here in the United States.  His aircraft achieved numerous endurance and efficiency records, and his plane Columbia (shown at left) was Charles Lindbergh’s first choice for a Trans-Atlantic crossing.  Lindbergh was unable to secure the plane, but 2 weeks after that first Trans-Atlantic flight Columbia was flown non-stop from New York to Berlin (3,911 miles).  In 1931,
Bellanca PlaneBellanca’s Miss Veedol was the first plane to fly non-stop across the Pacific from Japan to Washington State (4,500 miles, shown at right).

In 1928, Bellanca and Henry B. duPont built an airfield, aircraft plant, and service hangar in New Castle, Delaware.  Located off Route 273 near the Delaware River, the plant produced approximately 3000 aircraft before closing in 1954.

Go to www.friendsofbellanca.org for more information.