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Detailed explanation-1: -William Berry Hartsfield was Atlanta’s longest serving mayor, serving six terms. By many aviation experts, he was considered the “Father of Aviation” in Atlanta.

Detailed explanation-2: -William B. Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city’s history. He is credited with developing Atlanta into an aviation powerhouse and with building its image as “A City Too Busy to Hate."

Detailed explanation-3: -Hartsfield firmly believed in Atlanta’s potential for air transportation and as an alderman, urged the city council to establish the Atlanta’s first airport in 1925. Hartsfield’s work to develop and grow Atlanta’s airport earned him the title “father of aviation.”

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1971, the city renamed the airport after Mayor William B. Hartsfield, who steered the airport from the barnstorming era to the jet age. In 2003, the city added the name of Mayor Maynard Jackson, who led the rebuilding of the airport in the 1970s.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (later named Hartsfied-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally named Candler Field, after Asa Candler, the airport in Atlanta was renamed Atlanta Municipal Airport in 1929. In 1971 the airport was renamed William B.