The August 1998 edition of AIRPORT BUSINESS related the story of Thor Solberg and his ongoing efforts to save the Solberg Airport, located in Readington, NJ, some 30 miles west of downtown New York. It's a historic facility and one that remains targeted for suburban overrun, evidenced by a recent vote to allow the city to begin condemnation proceedings should it elect to do so.
The airport has been run by the Solbergs since father Thor Solberg founded it in the 1930s. Testimony from the airport's website: "70 years ago, Thor Solberg completed an historic flight across the North Atlantic, from New York to Norway. Several years later, he met with President Roosevelt at the White House and told him he thought the Nazis had invaded Norway for the purpose of using Greenland and Iceland as air bases to bomb the United States. Our father shared with the President the information he had gathered on his Transatlantic flight. Using this information, the President ordered the Coast Guard to go to Greenland. When they arrived, they found a Nazi military group installing radios to guide bombers and other war planes toward America."
For more information, visit www.solbergairport.com.
