Love Field

was named for Lt. Moss Lee Love.
Moss Love was born in 1879 to a prominent family in Fairfax County, Virginia, where his father was a judge. He taught school for awhile in Fairfax County, then joined the 7th Cavalry of the U.S. Army in 1901.
The Wright Brothers flew their first flight in 1903, and the military value became obvious. Lt. Love was among the first soldiers to volunteer for flight training. The aircraft were very unstable, the engines unreliable and the pilots were still learning as they went along. One or more of these led to his demise on September 4, 1913. The New York Times story was headlined "Army Aviator Killed — Lieut. Love Meets Death When His Aeroplane Falls 300 Feet."
When World War I came along, flight-training bases opened across the South. The field started in Dallas in 1917 was named in honor of Lt. Love.


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