Photo 40-CJA-23

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Maule Airport Napoleon, MI
Behind to the east is Napoleon Livestock Exchange
Across the road is the Fuel Transit Station (all you can see here is driveway and security gate)
2016 Business's are Freedom Franks, A tanning salon, Ammo Store,
Bee Keepers, S & W Siding many other smaller stores and restaurant's have been located there since 1972 until 2016

My grandfather B.D. Maule built this airport in the early 40's and started manufacturing the Maule Aircraft here in the 60's. My parents bought the airport after my grandparents moved their aircraft factory to Moultrie, GA. My parents opened Maule Flight, Inc. in 1971 training people to fly. They also opened a German restaurant, Ulmer Spatz. My family and I lived there until early 1978. My parent sold the property and we moved to Georgia with the rest of the Maule family. We still continue to build Maule Airplanes today. Great childhood memories at Maule Field Napoleon, Michigan.

6780 Brooklyn Rd., Napoleon, MI

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