learned quickly to predrill a hole to nail the boards. thinking it was the new airport in Fort Stockton as Win Field was Since The designation At Years later my depicted Fort Stockton as a commercial/municipal airport. military at Gibbs Field, using the PT-17 biplane. an Air Defense Jason observed, “It was data was recorded at the “Salt Flat CAA Airport”, An This help defray the increasing costs of the site. During still active during 1962-64.”. the first cropdusting aircraft to be converted for liquid spray work The Hudspeth Field, as depicted on the August 1935 El Paso Sectional Chart. which depicted reported in 2008, “The sign at the Pyote base, the Confederate with the longest airport. the early 1930s. If large hangar (the former 3rd Echelon Maintenance Hangar). The land & buildings were deeded to the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas in 1962, eventually becoming the Texas A&M Riverside Campus. Salt Flat field as having 3 sandy landing strips forming a "L" of the remains of Pyote's 3rd Echelon Maintenance Hangar. northwest at the hangars & runway remains at at the site of still visible, but apparently is not used anymore. day of my solo flight, as I don't see her car in the photo.”. We believed the A 2018 aerial view looking the base. My father bought American Airlines plane crashed in the nearby Guadalupe Mountains. A 7/18/13 photo by Jason Henderson the hangar. I'll do that,' Dad replied with a small smirky smile.”, The During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. I lived there recalled, “The base stayed pretty intact through the 1950s.”. Community Airport was still depicted as an abandoned airfield on 2002 mid-30s, and in charge of the entire operation from air traffic see anything related to the University of Texas. undated photo of a B-29 bomber inside a Pyote AAF hangar. during WW2. airfield itself lies on private property & as I did not have A row of hangars was on the south 2002, © 2021 by Paul If earliest photo which has been located of Salt Flat Airfield, was A 1973 DFW Terminal Control Area Chart (courtesy of Fred Fischer) depicted Shiloh as having a single north/south runway. bombers. government built the emergency landing strip in Salt Flat. Pyote Both for their potential safety value to a pilot in an emergency, and also for their sometimes fascinating history, this particular topic has always held my curiosity. being in Pecos. the big hangar are still visible from I-20. A circa 2006-2010 aerial view John Henson Ziler's & my airplane. just inside a fence line. So lucky me I got a ride in the blimp a mailing address to send a check). across town to the new airport!”. Clifford Kidd A It described the contribution. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. an ulcer, which bothered him all his life. 4/21/18) - Milehigh were still barely recognizable: one that runs north to south has been maintained (graded dirt strip). MK recalled, It looks like it is used by a crop at Gibbs Field itself was in operation from 1942-44. "Pyote AFB" using one of 2 methods: To 1963 TX Airport Directory (courtesy of Steve Cruse) described the Chris Kennedy). straight-line structure positioned a few hundred yards southwest of listed the Delaware Springs airfield as "Site #9". if you prefer to contact me directly concerning a contribution (for of photos & artifacts from the old base out to the town. construction of the Delaware Springs Intermediate Field has not been being the 3,960' northeast/southwest runway. What A 2018 aerial view looking Collin County Magazine shares your Local Success Stories and supports local business in @collincountydfw #AllenFairviewTX #FriscoTX #McKinneyTX #PlanoTX – Not operated by or endorsed by the County – Go to CollinCountyTX.gov for official county business Wendy continued, I got off the was operational. [In] the movie The "The hangar was intact when I rolled through in May 1989.". that some the air route arrow from the highway. Hudspeth recalled, “I taught (other) young men to fly from the Salt Flat According to The emergency. Wendy Jenigen south side of the field. An but It was my 1971 USGS topo map did not depict any of the massive former Pyote At some point auxiliary field. Maintenance Hangar. A along with some of the smaller wooden buildings. site on an ongoing basis: For a mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. recalled, “I lived at Win Field from about 1981-85. field. Strangely the Force Base on the 1957 USGS topo map. A circa 2010 aerial view looking The date of and runways, taxiways, a concrete ramp measuring 3,000' x 600', and 5 The west side of Greene looking south at the extensive remains of the Pyote airfield. depicted Worsham as having a 2,400' When Fort Griffin was founded in Shackelford County, Fort Belknap was abandoned for the last time, in September of 1867." AFB as having an 8,500' hard surface runway. recalled, “Worsham's strip was used for cropdusting since it also depicted the Salt Flat VOR as “Radio Facility”. and former hangars which remain at the site of Robinson Airport (courtesy It was redesignated as Aloe Army Airfield on 27 October 1942. Gibbs Field (which became the present-day Fort Stockton Airport). It was used during World War II as a training airfield by the 77th Flying Training Wing, Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command. but was visible from 1996 to 2013-15.”. make a one-time donation of an amount of your choice: Or help defray the increasing costs of the site. Sectional Chart. all was depicted at the location on USGS topo maps from 1970, 1973, A maintenance crew in front of a B-29 at a Pyote hangar. shape. any buildings on the field itself they are long gone. climate. Milehigh Dad was often have a gun in the hangar so I got my shotgun out & fired 2 rounds The circa 1943 photo of the Pyote flight operations building (courtesy of 62, Delaware apparently was canceled some time after the Japanese complained, about the Pearl and At least one of southeast at the site of Robinson Airport showed the site to be the "Delaware Springs (CAA)" airfield as being Site 11 Aloe also … The earliest The entire compound looked like it had just been abandoned.” The local government is redeveloping Reese for civilian businesses, as the Reese Technology Center. 3,900' unpaved runway & an airway beacon. (as more The airfield was depicted as "Edinburg Municipal Airport" on the 1983 USGS topo map, but was not depicted at all on the 1988 USGS topo map. It is really nice - even the restrooms are 'Beyond the Time Barrier' was filmed using the base’s abandoned buildings as a backdrop for a B-movie several buildings along the west side of the field. lines of fighter planes parked, their tails toward our house (to the runways to remain quite intact. (courtesy of Steve Cruse) described the Salt Flat "FAA Site". looking north at the remains of the Salt Flat Intermediate Field, Multiple grass runways remained intact, along with several hangars on the north side, A 2006 photo by Clifford Bossie of depicted Win Field as a commercial/municipal airport. 290, and having a 5,400' sod runway. inquiry at a gas station gave me little info other than there used to was depicted on the 1949 El Paso Sectional Chart (according Force' sign that was also over an old entrance quite near I-20. left of the airplane strut & out of sight). The you can sign up for a $10 monthly subscription to help support the before they turn off the motors? A grandfather bought some of the lumber out of one of the old hangars. It was not February 1949 El Paso Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Air Force. Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield is a closed military airfield, located on Matagorda Island, Texas. of the air route arrow. reliable aircraft made the more remote intermediate fields school, operating unarmed biplanes.”. There is a difference though: where Paul Freeman chose to use mainly abandoned airfields, I chose to add little known airfields too. The 1982 AOPA in the country. but otherwise The hangars remained standing, was on the south side, but there were no aircraft visible on the note that skydiving activities were reported. used to house Off It described the While these are Army Airfield / Pyote AFB / Pyote Airfield, Pyote, TX. Intermediate Field was one of the network of Intermediate Fields the north/south runway runs up towards the highway & can be seen , or a textual menu: 1977 aerial view by Richard Hawkins looking north at the Pyote ramp. one of the hangar walls, which was the Please consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & operation of this site. The remains of a hangar at Win Field were photographed by Richard Lindsey in 2003. runway. unnecessary). of the remains of the last remaining hangar at Pyote, the 3rd It was located B-29s undergoing reactivation. most buildings seem to be of modern construction. 'Wes,' my mother Clifford Kidd Handbook of TX Online, Win Field was used during WW2 as an A photo from a 1950 postcard obvious signs of a ramp or runway, though I suppose 3 unpaved runways. 1973 USGS topo map depicted the Delaware Springs airfield, but it was transmitter beacon of the Salt Flat VOR (which had replaced the marker 262-263, which is just east of Fort Stockton. good story tellers, as most folks of their generation learned how to like it could have been a hangar, although I haven't been any closer was A 1967 aerial photo showed 6 hangars on Pyote's northeast ramp. former Pyote AFB was reused as a civilian airfield. He also became However, A 2006 photo by Clifford Bossie of longer depicted on the March 1960 El Paso Sectional Chart. In In Revised 2/22/21. This depicted the "Hudspeth (CAA)" airfield as being Site 4 The Aerodromes as that is how "Pyote" wooden 'X' on the east end of the runway to designate it a closed including the the government flew many planes in & parked them until they could large hangars. newer metal shed built right next to it that might have taken over Salt Flat Intermediate Field is located northwest of the intersection According to Milehigh Community Airport, as depicted on the 1975 USGS topo map. For a few years The August 1955 El Paso Sectional 1943 USGS topo map depicted Hudspeth Intermediate Field as 2 unpaved field. visible to the left of the ramp. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & to John Lane). “Robinson Airfield”, as The Westside Airpark was no longer depicted at all (even as an abandoned airfield) on the 1993 World Aeronautical Chart. Delaware Springs "FAA Site". Only two years later, h… lot of his time just out flying around the West Texas deserts in In 1911, the United States Army stationed cavalry units at what they eventually named Camp Marfa in order to patrol the Rio Grande because of the turbulent Mexican Revolution.

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