Crane Island pilot community coming to life

One gets a sense of the history surrounding Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport on Florida’s Amelia Island even before landing. In the pattern for any of the three crisscrossing runways, pilots can’t help but notice the outline of the new Bent Wing Flight Services fixed-base operation—the building is shaped like an airplane. Once on the ground, the “bent” roof line of the airside of the building and the “tail” forming the landside portico is quickly seen as a representation of the gull-wing Vought F4U Corsair. The airport served as a Corsair base during World War II.

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