Almon Miner Lippincott
Pilot
This stunning vista across Madison’s saltmarshes sits on top of the remains of Almon Miner Lippincott’s airplane hangar. Lippincott, who typically went by “Miner”, was born deaf on December 5, 1904 and raised in Madison. He began his education at the Mystic Oral School, but an outbreak of illness in 1912 closed the school and he transferred to the American School for the Deaf.
Sometime during his young adulthood he found a love of mechanics and flying. He was amongst the first deaf Americans to earn his pilot’s license. He built his own 125-foot runway in this marsh after the Griswold Airport refused to allow him to land and store his planes there. He owned two Piper Cubs and remained active in flying until his death in 1980. His hangar fell into disrepair and the Lippincott family gave the land to the Madison Land Conservation Trust, who maintains this trail.Credits and Sources:
Photos courtesy of:
Madison Historical Society – New Haven Register; Madison Historical Society; CLEMA.
