Southern Aircraft Flying Field On South Main St.

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I was reading the newspaper The Houston Post dated July 10, 1919 and came across a business advertisement for Republic Tire Company located at 1111 Main Street.  Manager was Geo E. Blohm.  They were having an event at the Southern Aircraft Flying Field on the south end of Main Street.

Will your car win four Republic Tires Free.

In order to acquaint more car owners of Houston and vicinity with the famous Republic Tires, a complete set of four tires will be given without cost to the car owner who picks up the winning number to be dropped from an aeroplane of the Southern Aircraft Corporation at its flying field Saturday, July 12, at 4 o’clock p.m.

Southern Aircraft Flying Field.

In addition to the tire event, an enjoyable flight program has been arranged and prominent Houstonians will make their first flight over the city. Come and get a close-up view of the operations of a modern aeroplane. Get out the car and bring the family to the flying field of the Southern Aircraft Corporation, south end of Main Street, near the Rice Institute.

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This West University Place subdivision promotional advertisement that was found in the newspaper The Houston Post dated May 29, 1917.

In the drawing of the area around West University, you can see the Rice Institute campus, the original Hermann Park that was larger before the commercial development of the Texas Medical Center, and finally an unnamed field simply called Aviation Grounds.

Who owned the flying field in 1917? Or maybe different companies/aviation crews used the airfield? I know of 4 different airfields in the immediate vicinity:

Bellaire Flying Field.
Cox Airfield.
Rice Airfield.
Southern Aircraft Flying Field.