When Venice was founded in 1926, visitors arrived by train, car and boat.
Within a decade, however, air travel featured prominently in the city’s growing vitality.
“It’s hard to imagine that barely three decades after the Wright brothers made their historic flight, aviation here in Venice was already becoming established,” said Clarke Pressley, president of the Venice Area Historical Society and a knowledgeable source on local aeronautical history. “A pivotal point in that evolution occurred with the creation of the first municipal airport.”…