Question

Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"?

A) He was an accomplished pilot who began Delta airlines.
B) He was a colleague of airplane inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright.
C) He developed the C5 mass transport airplane for Georgia's Lockheed Aeronautical plant.
D) He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity.

Answer 1

Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"?

D) He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity.

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