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T-228%u2014%u2014July 20, 1947%u2014%u2014Nappanee%u2014%u2014Nappanee Airport%u2014%u201428 pieces cancelled.Flown to South Bend for cancellation. Envelope design by Carl M. Becken. No Backstamp.Addressee, Theo. Light, was active in the Chicago Philatelic Society. Signed (twice) by Warren Oliver.Because this cover was signed twice by Warren Oliver, he must have been a dignitary at the dedication, perhaps as a speaker or maybe he piloted a notable airplane to the event. He is known to have been a flight instructor, and he founded the South Bend Flying Service at Chain O%u2019 Lakes Airport in 1945. But he moved to Colorado Springs in 1955 where he managed Baird Mobil Homes. He died in 1984 at the age of 73.Nappanee is a small community of about 7,000 people, with 6,000 Amish in the surrounding area. Th airport is still in use, with a 3675%u2019 x 50%u2019 partiallylighted asphalt landing strip. Pilots are advised to watch for deer in the vicinity of the runway. Less than 20 airplanes are based at the field.For about 5 years in the 1980s, the Sun Aerospace Group was located at the airport. The company produced a Sun Ray 100 (below), which was a canard type sport plane. It was available in kit form, which was estimated to take 500 man-hours for assembly. The cost was $7,995. The plane had a unique fiberglass design, and was an enclosed single-seater, with nonretractable tricycle landing gear, and a pusher propeller.