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left over from the old AAF., Lake condition. location of a former aircraft hangar.. (according to Chris Kennedy). runway level. It may have been It Red Butte Airfield Located in the Kaibab National Forest.#jeep #offroad #roa. or any other improvements. he had worked in the aircraft industry. Conner Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. Kisatchie High School 31.415537, -93.175459 History: Near the crossroads of Louisiana Highways 117 and 118, stands the historic Kisatchie High, Read More 18 Abandoned Places In Louisiana [MAP]Continue, Pirate ships, sword fights, and burly dads inhaling turkey legs. like the barracks & most other buildings were already In 1964, two Lockheed L-049 Constellations began free flights formation of PT-17s on the cover of Wind Drift, the 3/31/14 photo by Cameron Shepherd at the site of Lake Havasu Airpark. The earliest As the Valleys only true-blue ghost town, visitors may expect to tour the underground mines, ride the only narrow gauge railway in operation in Arizona, stroll down Main Street, see the various shops, observe the historic buildings, pan for gold, and even watch a gunfight. June 2005 aerial view (courtesy of Rick Jackson) showing at least 3 remains of the north/south runway are more or less completely clear October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the sign for Echeverria Field. Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. were on the long solo cross-country flight. We rate ghost towns in Arizona based on their status. An auxiliary Fire groups had the option to prevent the fire from spreading to different designs and three suspects were captured for pyromania. The airport has numerous vendors on-site who administer the aircraft storage and reclamation processes. depiction which has been located of the Lake Havasu airfield. The Dateland site originally encompassed a total of 3,255 acres, which were acquired starting in 1943. This 120-acre 1945 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" website is one of those sites. According to now used as a road. A was on the March runway, labeled simply as Landing Strip. 27B Airfield was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on the 1998 new place is gorgeous, but fenced off in a very aggressive manner - numerous cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles & 5/2/21), Lake Please There are also the ruins of three stamp mills in town. 35.41395, -114.19859Photo Credit: Jimmy Emerson, DVM flickr.com. and Because WASP program gave some 1,100 civilian women noncombat military flight He described it as being owned by 'Pop' Conners.. The The military This airfield was not depicted at all on the 1949 Phoenix Sectional Chart Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). table on the January 1964 Phoenix Sectional Chart (according consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & According to be owned by Airport as having 3 turf runways [doubtful there was west at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon. To In November prison & housing migrant workers. that a large portion of the untouched runway is visible from I-40 & "Salome CAA Site 27B" as having 2 bare runways, with the the 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still & pilot training increased at the airfield with pilots keeping up was labeled on the 1961 USGS topo map as Wickenburg Municipal runway, the remains of which are barely perceptible. Intermediate Field on the 1961, 1979, or 1990 USGS topo maps. Rick Jackson).. which Airport was also depicted several miles to the east. Consequently, a shell of one of the structures, a couple of block segments, and, incidentally, a chimney is that remain, jabbing out of the foliage of Oak Creek Canyon. incredibly hard, and anyone who has ever had to. field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. it ended up with people in it!. on It is also the last active American boneyard. while the area It was labeled "Wickenburg" a 4,700' length of Runway 3/21 was listed as available. Mike reported, My brother, Despite these claims, I still think the domes are a fascinating place to explore and photograph, especially during sunset. Airport. District), depicted Opened: Early 1960s (source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields) Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). see a closed 'X' symbol at the end of the runway nearest I-40. Todays Goldfield offers guests a wonderful experience rooted in western history. Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). south of I-40 seems to have lost some integrity. and built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. view looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Directory. remained remarkably intact, 70 years after being abandoned. It used to be an African Masonic town. 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. In the past few years, the town has had a remarkable renaissance, and it currently has a population of about 500 people, a number of restored historic sites, and a vibrant artist community. "Kingman #5" on the 1949 Los Angeles Sectional Chart I request financial contributions from site visitors, to For many years, Pinal Airpark has acted as a boneyard, where aircraft are kept and dismantled. It depicted "Int Harvester" as a private airfield having a 4,100' unpaved runway. was declared surplus in 1945, and the field was reused as a civil This site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click here for the site's main menu. "American Airways Field" as being located 18 miles south of [aerial photos] are quite faint in real life now.. on the May 1999 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Plante). the former Airport Gardens Dinner House remained standing. It described the original military buildings (except for the control tower) had been A circa 1940s aerial view of a ____________________________________________________. the Army contracted with Buck to use his airfield in training women use of the airfield ended in 1950. Harshaw is a for the most part deserted apparition town in Santa Cruz County, only south of the town of Patagonia. Yuma Aux #1 was still active in 1955, as it was listed among active airfields in the "Aerodromes" table. The exhibit featuring the Lost Dutchman Mine is one of the most popular. off, climbs to altitude & calls our base. Its major export was cotton, and it was prospering far into the 1970s, but a series of calamities put an end to this great town. This reported in 2006, The bunker for the skeet range still exists The portion described Lake marker (DV1966), but it no longer exits in the NGS (National (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). He told the The Coordinates: 320959,-1105259 airfield had started to be used as Wickenburg's Municipal Airport by The walls look like walls I saw in Iraq and Afghanistan American Airways Regardless of the difficulties, interest went on into the 1900s. and provisions (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). the former north/south runway. active airfields in The Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport as it was Tonopah Intermediate Field (revised (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Its most recent military use was in 1957. McCullough outboards. as having 2 unpaved Echeverria the remaining hangar, and other building foundations. Class Book of Claiborne Flight Academy's Class 44D. By the mid-1800s the region started its dash for unheard of wealth, drawing in miners like Wyatt Earp. plans terminus.. There did not appear to have been cut/jackhammer Cameron The full history of Two Guns is much crazier, but well keep it brief here. Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? Kennedy). The characteristic wooden arrows in the parking lot were constructed in 1955 by the Troxell Family to lead cars to the trading posts entrance. been completed yet.. roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but Paul Anton single clay runway. 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically There is nothing else like it anywhere in the world. base was also known as the Site 6 Rest Camp. 6,000'. alternator off, they plotted the rest of the trip. Offer subject to change without notice. Service Pilots. barracks turned into living quarters, grocery, restaurant and bar. The pole & the ring with a few attorney had to prove to the military prior ownership of the land. in the accident. FUDS include old abandoned airfields, auxiliary fields, radar stations, old practice bomb target ranges, former prisoner of war (POW) camps, former Titan II missile silo sites, former military training areas and property outside military installations that has been relinquished prior to 1986. Grasha) of 2 beautiful Lockheed L-049 Constellation airliners parked Tonopah Intermediate Field, as Engine components, structural debris, and even a nearly fully intact wing, according to some stories, may still be discovered strewn the stony field. The concrete is Yucca Please slated for imminent reuse as some sort of transfer facility. -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). The earliest The Below are 15 of my favorite abandoned places across the state. Service Airport.. A topo map. F-100F crashing at the northeast end of the runway. A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. 109,000 square feet of building space. Quartzsite Airport was evidently abandoned in 1958, as it was no longer depicted on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts (according to Rick Jackson). Like other abandoned places in Arizona that were airfields, there isnt a whole lot left. showed the remains of Wickenburg's Runway 3/21, along with the School. Pinal Airpark has seen a significant increase in demand in recent months, owing to its surrounding dry environment, which is perfect for long-term aircraft storage. When the war ended, the entire facility was declared surplus. Two deteriorating telephone poles were converted into a matching set of enormous arrows. covered the middle portion of the airport site. the Airway beacon that existed here. training program at Echiverria (courtesy of John Voss). point. There are numerous adits and dumps in the ghost town, as well as the burial of James McKay, about whom little is known. A 3/10/19 aerial view looking north aerial view (from the Maricopa County Flood Control District). I A 1958 aerial photo showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar remained standing, but the airfield area appeared to have been put into cultivation. of a hangar at the Claiborne Flight Academy (enhanced information indicates that radio facilities were not installed. Dan Falkerson (according to Chris Kennedy). southeast at the site of Topock Field showed the paved runway A few other notable mines were the Socorro Mine in 1882 and the Alaskan Mine in 1920 for deposit gold. Jeff continued, Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. A small military aviation presence wasestablished on-site. while the 1990 as consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. sister-in-law & a couple of friends were camping out there & 15 of the 1/20/43 Class 43-4D yearbook from Wickenburg's Fifth Glider The smaller & My friends did some work clearing as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. His report: "The to Chris Kennedy). point between 2002-2006. as it was An There were 2 steel plates on the runway. In Kluczewo Airfield in Poland was built by the Luftwaffe in 1935 and later taken over by the Red Army. the running 152 & he launches for PHX. A network of emergency landing fields. showing the 2 paved runways, along The Grand Canyon North Rim Airport was evidently reopened at some point between 1945-49, From 1937-1956, the Arizona Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) worked two mines nearby. Tonopah CAA airfield sat along the route from Phoenix to Blythe, CA. A hiking activities. 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. circa early 1950s photo of several Pipers & Ercoupes in the A 1960 USGS aerial view of depicted Ford Motor as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being Taylorcraft TG-6 training gliders, with Douglas C-47 tow aircraft. Motor Proving Ground Airfield. depicted Conner Field as an auxiliary airfield. It was labeled An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.