Laid out in 1941 on the Marlow-Burns tract, one of the four tracts that created the Westchester neighborhood. (For more about developers Fred Marlow and Fritz Burns, see Marburn Avenue.) Airlane was the “A” in an alphabetical formation of aviation-themed avenues, four of which disappeared under parking lots in the late 1970s: Goebel, named for stunt pilot Arthur “Art” Goebel; Hoxey (sic), for high flyer Archibald Hoxcey; Ingleport, a portmanteau of “Inglewood” and “airport”; and Kellyfield, for the Air Force base in San Antonio, TX. Airlane, Bleriot, De Haviland, Earhart, and Fleetwing remain in their original positions, while Jenny became a parking lot access road. The “C” in this group is Croydon Avenue, but a 1941 tract map shows that part of it was supposed to be called Crossen – presumably misnamed for Marvel Crosson (1900-1929), an American aviatrix. I don’t know why that name was deleted.
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