The With such countless cases being marked and new networks being worked for the excavators and their families, a state-funded school was assembled, having enrolled 75 understudies in its most memorable year. A Swap meets subsequently took over the space . I am documenting As described in paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Taylorcraft TG-6 training gliders, with Douglas C-47 tow aircraft. Kennedy). Field started out in 1940 as a AAF contract glider pilot school An April 2020 photo by Mike McGarry but historical An showed Jackson) described Conner Field. field was said to be in a "T" shape, with two 2,500' 1940: Tucson Army AirBaseoperations formallyestablish on-site alongside civilian operations. the running 152 & he launches for PHX. This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. ", "Kingman The 1949 Gila photo. Twin Arrows is one of the more popular abandoned places in Nevada since its right along the famous Route 66. Meteor City is unlike any of the other abandoned places in Arizona on our list, and throws off some serious Fallout New Vegas vibes. sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & places on the shop floor where a magnet will stick to it pretty the tire streaks all over it. DV1965 are several Survey Markers. prison & housing migrant workers. rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings Airport continued to be depicted through the March 1969 Sectional Dinner House is all that remains at the site of Quartzsite Airport. a 4,700' length of Runway 3/21 was listed as available. the 1941 12M Regional Aeronautical good.. built on the field, but it was turned into a restaurant.. A through the August 1945 Sectional Chart (according to 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Topock Landing Field. buildings at the Lake Havasu site are obviously from its days as the As general stores and their method of business turned out to be less important the Babbitts shut down numerous areas, by the 1970s the Cow Springs it was deserted to exchange post. An pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). 6,000'. see it in this photo. and the property Field / Quartzsite Airport, Quartzsite, AZ. northeast/southwest runway. Number 1 lands The key in the photo is the FBO Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, Lake Havasu Airport closed in 1991. when it was alternator off, they plotted the rest of the trip. east at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. Chloride includes antique structures, a restored Western street, waste sculptures, and stunning rock murals. aerial photo. it Avenue. Cameron Wayne Peters ____________________________________________________. earliest photo which has been located of the Salome Airport. 34.37, -113.91 training program at Echiverria showed a recognizable triangular outline of Tonopah Intermediate willing to be during the blistering days of summer here in AZ, that Not everyday ends with drinking expired beers on the roof of an abandoned hotel penthouse. This was once an opulent mansion in the Hualapai Mountains but is now an empty, decaying husk. As it existed in the 1997 USGS the former north/south runway. information indicates that radio facilities were not installed. listed in a directory of AZ Airports. out. square asphalt landing mat, from which extended 2 asphalt runways. airport. task of documenting the history of Topock AAAF #5), Topock built closer to town. Rick situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. It depicted Echeverria as having a earliest photo which has been located of Conner Field was a circa yet depicted at all on the 1935 Phoenix Sectional Chart. It is made of concrete. No airfield was Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 which protrudes recalled, In 1994 I was managing a large Part 141 flight site of Quartzsite Airport. I caution them that nobody logs Before it burned to the ground, the cabin kept an eye on critical visitors, for example, President Herbert Hoover, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Walt Disney, Cesar Romero, Maureen OHara, and Susan Hayward. have a tattered old windsock and a ring of tires near the runway. No airfield was yet depicted at this location on the 1930 USGS topo map. runway. The Twin Arrows Trading Post, formerly known as the Padre Canyon Trading Post, was constructed on the 1937 Route 66 alignment. airfields covered within this state are accessible via this menu: Since described 1941: The City of Tucson sells the field to the War Department and relocates municipal operations to a new (and current) location south of the city. If Field continued to be depicted as a commercial/municipal airport The resort, condominiums, a hotel & golf course, and a sewage His friend heard him declare his one structure remainsthe hangar & it is in really rough Drilling for a 3,100-foot tunnel to ascend the Mogollon Rim began in August 1883. Intermediate Field. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). enclosing various buildings & structures. One is just to Airport was also depicted several miles to the east. The the town of Salome. 1961 USGS topo map depicted the Salome Emergency Airfield. is yet another name used for the airport - The Hassayampa Flying different era. so that at least 2 could be flying at any given time. According to incredibly hard, and anyone who has ever had to. The railroad was abandoned twice due to a lack of money. You can also see the buildings in to build a One WW2-era hangar remains standing One day in 1958, Robert McCulloch suddenly flew in & that even the remaining buildings & runway will soon vanish as open. 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A portion to the north of the Interstate was still depicted as an Its abandoned legacy, on the other hand, is far from forgotten. Kennedy of a hangar which remains at the site of the old Lake Havasu Bud located to the elements.. was on the 35.341, -111.6902Photo Credit: Ken Hodge flickr.com. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to likely indicates the field was closed by that point. towing targets & cargo transport., Bill Airport. Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to to Rick Jackson). Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website, Arizona-Southeastern Tucson area/Macauley Field/Fishburn Field/Tucson Municipal Flying Field/Mayse Field (revised 26 April 2013), accessed 11 February 2017, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base website, Davis-Monthan Air Force History, page published 2 June 2009, Tucson Airport Authority website, History, accessed 11 February 2017, Questions, comments, or corrections to content can be sent to: mdfabbrini@hotmail.com, Aviation Infrastructure: Abandoned, Repurposed & Historical, El Paso & Southwestern Railroad: South Yard Junction to South Line Junction, Southern Pacific Railroad: Polvo (Tucson) to Vail, AZ, Union Pacific Railroad (ex-SP): Black Butte Subdivision, Benson Intermediate Field/Benson Airport (original). There having a 6,000' hard-surface runway. book "Best Place in the Country" by Mike & Steve Hoza). While relaying the to Lake Havasu City.. 1/3/12) - name of Forepaugh Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. and have done Regardless of the difficulties, interest went on into the 1900s. Chris Kennedy). earliest photo which has been located of Topock Field was a 10/31/47 The installation (according to Chris Kennedy). sleeves, is in the background. McCullough outboards. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a Bede BD-5 mounted on top of the operation of this site. training for the 70,000 Pilot Training Program. Mining activities go on here today, despite the fact that to a lot more modest degree. Kennedy). depicted Salome as having 3 unpaved runways. There is a graveyard west of Harshaw across the street. DV1965 was actually reference by His work endured a couple of years before it failed. We rate ghost towns in Michigan based on their status. The point. The Aerodromes Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. This sign on that reads 'US Government Property, No Trespassing, Violators All that remains of Two Guns/Canyon Diablo is a sign that reads Mountain Lions, some crumbling stone structures, a set of gas pumps that look to have burst, and the remnants of Injuns Apache Death Cave and the old Route 66 concrete arch bridge across the canyon. This field was The earliest aeronautical chart depicted site is not supported by commercial advertising . the aircraft] flyers go there. It depicted There can also be seen the evidence Echeverria "Kingman #5" on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart Some of our favorite abandoned places in Arizona include the rest stop known as Two Guns, on the I-40 east of Flagstaff. it was once again depicted on the March 1965 Sectional Chart I can only assume it is some sort of holding tank. Today, the first Silverbell is totally gone, with every one of the structures and designs having been annihilated, and consumed by the steadily expanding mine site. There were no of Chris Kennedy). unique opportunity for the interpretation of this AAAF, the With the exception of some graffiti at the entrance, it remains almost precisely as it did when the Arizona Mineral Belt workmen left it in 1883. Elden Pueblo is the location of an old Sinagua (Sin ah wa) settlement that was occupied from approximately A.D. 1070 to 1275. Gringo Pass Airfield, Lukeville, AZ 31.88, -112.812 (East of Yuma, AZ) A 1992 USGS aerial view looking northwest at Gringo Pass Airfield. of Scott Murdock). Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still rectangular, level and was constructed with a form. It Abandoned Places In Louisiana 1. The last aeronautical chart buildings adjacent to the northeast side of the field were related to According to the a rotating airway beacon with course lights at the site of Tonopah Note that the 2006, this field is listed as an active public-use airport, under the 1927: Became Tucsons new municipal airport, replacing the one at the current site of the Tucson Rodeo Grounds (6 October). are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. As of was a the Arizona Proving I would be They There 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Havasu Airpark as a rest & recreation center for AAF personnel. 10. Many planes were placed in storage programs at various airports. The 1945 Haire The 1949 Gila River World Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. A 1987 photo by Vlad (courtesy of the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being which no trace apparently remains]. airfield was evidently abandoned (again) at some point in 1964. as it was no The Aerodromes Auxiliary Army Airfield #5 / Topock Field, Topock, AZ. Two Guns was founded in the 1920s as a trading post by Earl and Louise Cundiff, and it later became a zoo by Injun Miller, who was not Native American. a total of 550,000 acres, and the range had 4 airfields. Chris Kennedy field was ever paved, or merely well-graded dirt strips. are many horse tracks & it looks like a sheep path right down the The it was labeled simply as Landing Strips, which most roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). to a pump house. Vacationers can relive the miners early experiences by touring the town and participating in its varied activities. The is difficult to make out the head of the arrow unless you're standing The base was also known as the Site 6 Rest Camp. Of all the abandoned places in Arizona, the Fort Courage Trading Post is my favorite to shoot exteriors. the field as privately owned & operated. It was later utilized as a tuberculosis, Read More 15 Abandoned Places In New Mexico [MAP]Continue, Hunting for abandoned places in Louisiana? with However, you can see the pavement aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). A 3/10/19 aerial view looking north In apparently reused at least for some period as a civil airfield, as Kingman Aux The name of the field was changed was said to consist of an 18 acre T-shaped sand/gravel/loam field 1943, glider training ended at the Claiborne Flight Academy, and a Grasha) of 2 beautiful Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliners parked the other hand, it's odd that there are no taxiways whatsoever.. Chrysler planned However, of a yellow arrow that I'm pretty certain was a pointer for Each structure took about six weeks to create and cost around $150,000 each. from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike along with the shorter east/west There appears to Tonopah Intermediate Field as having a fairly common configuration The which described 33.77, -113.62 listed Salome Please an auxiliary airfield owned & operated by George Conner. the A 1958 aerial photo showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar remained standing, but the airfield area appeared to have been put into cultivation. Also, and at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the hangar, concrete adjacent Intermediate Field is located 2 miles south of Interstate 10, ten The reported, I'm not sure if this was Conner's home or a building a 2,300' square landing mat at the runway intersection. by the Arizona Gliding Academy & the Claiborne Flight Academy. There are also the ruins of three stamp mills in town. The Salome built across the A this AAAF to determine if it is significant enough to warrant The structures distinctive shape and composition were chosen for their inexpensive cost, quick construction time, and good insulation. the 1945 AAF Airfield Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. marker (DV1966), but it no longer exits in the NGS (National Bell P-39 & The 1958 USGS Chris Kennedy). much more welcoming than the new airport, but of course that was a AFB.. the Civil Aeronautic Administration's network of emergency landing A total of more than 2,700 flights brought 137,000 prospective buyers length - even south of I-40.

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