Tube City Almanac

September 08, 2006

To Do This Weekend

Category: default || By jt3y

Celebrate the history of one of Pennsylvania's busiest airfields as Allegheny County Airport marks its 75th anniversary tomorrow. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m. at the terminal on Lebanon Church Road in West Mifflin with remarks by county and airport officials. Steelers chairman (and licensed pilot) Dan Rooney will also be on hand.

Vintage and military aircraft will be on display both Saturday and Sunday, and rides will also be provided for fees starting at $70, depending on the aircraft and the pilot. Food will be available and parking and admission are free.

Paper airplane making contests will be held in front of the terminal for all students in kindergarten through high school.

Allegheny County Airport opened on Sept. 11, 1931, as Pittsburgh's main commercial airfield, with three runways on 432 acres. In its first year, AGC hosted nearly 8,000 passengers. By 1952, when commercial air traffic shifted to Greater Pittsburgh Airport in Moon Township, more than a million people were flying out of Allegheny County Airport each year.

At various times, AGC served as the headquarters for Pennsylvania Central Airlines (a predecessor to Capital and United) and the Pittsburgh terminal for Allegheny and TWA, as well as an important base of operations for the U.S. Army Air Corps and the Military Air Transport Service during World War II.

Visit flypittsburgh.com for details.

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Are you ready for some football? It's a Route 837 rivalry, sorta, kinda, as Steel Valley (1-0) takes on South Allegheny (0-1) in a conference game at Gladiator Stadium in Glassport tonight. Kickoff is 7:30 ... My alma mater, Serra Catholic High School, plays its first game its new lights at 7 p.m. Saturday at the stadium, 200 Hershey Drive, as it hosts Bishop Canevin in a game that will be televised on Fox Sports Pittsburgh. Serra is 1-0 after beating up on North Catholic last weekend. ... The McKeesport Tigers (1-0) are at Gateway in Monroeville tonight for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff ... Duquesne (1-0) hosts Monaca tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.







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