Houston began it’s upward ascent towards the energy capital of the world in 1937 when it acquired the site of it’s first major airport, William P. Hobby Airport. As the city grew, so did it’s airport system. George Bush Intercontinental Airport was added in 1969 and Ellington Field was added in 1984. As the city continues to grow the airport systems are still growing as well.
My wife and I attended a subdivision meeting in the summer of 2005 with airport officials expressing possible expansion plans for more runways and facilities. Expansions that would affect as many as five different communities, bringing the issue of imminent domain into play for numerous Houston community residents.
The Aviator himself, Mr. Howard Hughes was originally from the Houston area. He was attending Rice University at the age of eighteen when his father passed away leaving him as heir to a tidy fortune. Like many individuals at that age would do, he dropped out of school shortly there after. There’s a historic mention of the City of Houston attempting to name the Municipal Airport after him until they found out that they, (the city), would lose out on some federal funding if they decided to name it after a living individual.
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