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Valkaria Airport

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1946-present

Biography

Valkaria Airport is a regional airport in Florida. It was one of the airports that the Aerospace Technical Institute considered for a primary flight location in the late 1960s-1970s. However, because of military operations at Valkaria Airport, the proposal for use was denied.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

College of Aeronautics Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-COA004
Abstract The materials in this collection relate to the College of Aeronautics at Florida Tech in Melbourne, FL and primarily cover the period from 1968-1995. This limited collection of 1 archival box consists mostly of ephemera, publications, and documents illustrating the history and development of the program. The aeronautics program began as a 2 year course headed by Jerry Lauderbaugh under the name Aerospace Technical Institute (ATI), an affiliate of Florida Institute of Technology. In 1972, ATI...
Dates: 1968-2015