Eastek Engineering contracted to survey land for potential Lawrence County Airport
By: Brooke Meadows, Community Reporter
Date: December 1, 2022
The potential for Lawrence County to have its very own local airport has taken another step towards reality. The Louisa Rotary Club has contracted Eastek Engineering to survey several plots of land as potential sites for a future Lawrence County Regional Airport.
The planning project is being backed by the Louisa Rotary Club in hopes of boosting the exposure and economic viability of Lawrence County, although future funding for a full airport would ultimately fall on backing from the Lawrence County Fiscal Court and its taxpayers.
Louisa Rotary Club President Gerald Jones responded to our inquiries with a statement, “It’s all about slinging that Hash, baby! We don’t want to give too much away, but we import several high-end spices that are really hard to get to Louisa. It takes a full year to get enough of the necessary high-end spices to sling Hash and serve Bahama Mamas over the Septemberfest weekend. This airport is going to allow us to get those spices more consistently and turn the Rotary Club into the next Whistle Stop Café.”
Talk of a Louisa airport has been around for several decades. It received revived interest a few years ago when a pilot mistook the ruins of the beloved Video Warehouse, owned by Teddie Blanketboat, for a landing strip and crashed above what is now Dandy Randy’s BBQ Hut.
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Allegiant Air has expressed interest in helping fund a potential airport in Louisa. An Allegiant Air spokesperson conveyed they have been looking for a regional base to offer discount flights to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Louisa, it appears, would fit their bill for an ideal location with a population that so readily visits the Smokey Mountains and Dollywood.
The survey should be done with a report ready this spring, assuming the weather cooperates. Areas to be surveyed include that empty area next to Hardee’s, The Plaza, and Blaine Hill.
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This story was inspired by my reading
Lawrence County: a pictorial history
By George Wolfford
Interesting Lawrence County fact most people may not know: approximately 100 years ago, in late November of 1922, Lawrence County had an operable airplane service. It was operated by Lt. John P. Wood, who was the grandson of Col. Jay H. Northrup (who I will probably use as inspiration for a future story). The service offered 10-minute round trip service from Louisa to Blaine and used Phil Preece’s farm as an airstrip.
The air service ended in the spring of 1923 after the plane crashed upon returning to land at Preece’s farm. The passenger onboard was Mrs. Annie S. Hayes, who died six days following the incident. This death actually preceded the very first automobile death in Lawrence County, and it would be the only airplane related death in Lawrence County for 47 years.
Lt. Wood would go on to form Northern Airways of Cleveland, because everyone knows life is always better in “The Cleve”. He became involved in airplane racing, where he won $2,500 by placing first in a race sponsored by Ford. Unfortunately, in a race from Los Angeles to Ohio his plane was struck by lightning in mid-air and he perished, though his co-pilot managed to bail out and survive.
Wolfford, G. (1972). Lawrence County: a pictorial history. East Kentucky Press, Inc.
I hate to end on such a downer there… So, I’m going to shamelessly plug Randy’s Red, White, & Blue Backyard BBQ. It’s just good BBQ! It’s below the fake plane crash on the hill in town.
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