“Mr. Peters was determined to fly airplanes by the time he was a boy of 15. His flying career was frustrated briefly when he enlisted in the Navy in 1919 but was later grounded because of high blood pressure. He first came to Ithaca in 1924 and worked with the Ford Agency. He left there to start Ithaca Airways which later became the Ithaca Flying Service Inc. He continued to train pilots during his long stay in Ithaca and just prior to his retirement, it was estimated that Mr. Peters had trained more than 4,000 pilots… He became manager of the Ithaca airport in 1928…. During World War II he trained pilots in Ithaca and at one time he had 185 students, 28 pilot instructors, 15 mechanics and a full-time office staff of six. In 1958 Mr Peters ended his 30-year career as manager of the Municipal airport…. The Municipal Airport was finally closed by the city in July 1965….”

“Former Airport Manager Dies,” Ithaca Journal, January 17, 1972, 4.