The airfield was named after Eric Lamar Ellington, who died in a plane crash in San Diego in 1913.
Ellington field started out as a military air field. It was a major training base during World War I. It was razed in 1927, but on June 26, 1941, the first plane landed at the rebuilt Ellington Field. The facility was renamed Ellington Air Force Base in 1947, until it was closed in 1976.
Ellington Field has mostly been used for military purposes, for flying NASA aircraft, flying packages for the United Parcel Service, and for flying the United States President into the Houston area. However, the airport is now in civilian management.
These four photographs are of the 434th's C-119G #991 from Bakalar AirForceBase as it flies over the Hoosier landscape and #991 over Seymour Johnson AirForceBase, NC according to a couple of the Museum Volunteers and former 434th members.
The young man on the AirForce ambulance fender is Joel Sasse, John's brother.
The document is the original flight plan from Bakalar AirForceBase to EllingtonAirForceBase for Gus Grissom and his NASA T-33B #A70772.
The facility was renamed EllingtonAirForceBase in 1947, until it was closed in 1976.
Ellington Field has mostly been used for military purposes, for flying NASA aircraft, flying packages for the United Parcel Service, and for flying the United States President into the Houston area.
Ellington Field is home to the largest flying club in Texas, and to the annual "Wings over Houston" airshow.
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