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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2/3/2011 - 3:12pm
If I'm remembering it correctly, there is an interesting story about this airport in Clyde Edgerton's book "Solo".
Submitted by Marsosudiro (not verified) on Thu, 2/3/2011 - 5:19pm
"no having to share it with the "R" next door."
Heh!
Some of your readers may have seen a photo or two that I shot from the air. The airplane I was sitting in lives at this airport (along with its owners). I hope to shoot more for you in 2011.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2/7/2011 - 4:46pm
I have been told that this airport originally opened up under the name of 'Somebody' Field around 1947. Can't remember the name. It was later reclaimed as Skypark. It again fell into disuse for a bit and was revived as Lake Ridge. It's a sweet little 3200 ft grass patch.
Submitted by Vivian Taylor Briggs (not verified) on Wed, 6/15/2011 - 2:00am
I live in Lake Ridge Aero Park. I am going to have to check out "Solo" and see that interesting story.-Vivian Taylor Briggs
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/8/2011 - 3:57pm
This airstrip (old durham skypark) set abandon for may years and consisted of 2 intersecting run ways. It, along with the property around the field, was purchase in the mid 80's by Sterling Gann who developed lake ridge as a fly in community for pilots such as himself. Upon his untimely death in 1989 (injures suffered in a plane crash) the family later sold the airport to investors who live in lake ridge community.
Submitted by Rick Gutlon on Tue, 2/27/2018 - 8:44am
We recently launched a website to document the airfield's history which starts in 1945.
http://www.lakeridgeaero.com
The site is a work in progress ... if anyone has additional references / photos to the field's "early years" please let us know!
Thanks -
Submitted by Erin Batten-Hicks on Wed, 6/28/2023 - 7:24pm
This is so cool! I didn't know it was in Durham County, always assumed it was part of Granville County. As a kid I grew up in South Durham but went to school K-9 in Granville so I was on 85 a lot.
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