The Berz Story

In 1947, Milt Berz, Sr. started teaching people how to fly at the grass airstrip on his farm. As his flight school and airport grew, he named it Birmingham-Berz Airport.

In 1972, Mr. Berz and his son, Milt Jr., sold the airport to Oakland County, which renamed the facility Oakland/Troy Airport.

Milt Berz, Jr. used the proceeds from the sale to purchase property in Macomb Township and built the Berz-Macomb Airport.




		Ticket for an Air Ride


	Berz Flying Service continued the tradition of teaching safe pilots until 2003, when the Macomb airport was sold to a developer. After a brief period of operation at its original Troy location, the Berz instructors moved the new Berz Flight Training Inc. to its current home at Ray Community Airport.

Berz farm airport circa 1947

Circa 1950

One of the Berz flight instructors

Birmingham-Troy area circa 1950

Another flight instructor

The first FBO building; on the right is the first hangar building

Fueling airplanes

Aerial view of Birmingham

Maintaining a Aeronca Champ

Milt Berz with a Cessna 195


	Airport buildings and runway 5-23, looking west


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