Do it yourselfers to ‘fly-in’ to Jim Wright Field

COTTAGE GROVE – The first recorded airplane landing in Cottage Grove occurred on June 14, 1919, in a field off South 6th Street. The party included four planes, Oregon Governor Olcott et al., and one pilot who excited the several thousand spectators by performing some daring stunts and maneuvers. One resident was so taken with the magic of flight that he went home and started to build his own plane.
Oregon has a long tradition…