In the 74/75 directory, the runway looks like a worm. Take an S, turn in flat and pull it a bit. I will post in sometime. Looks like some one cut down trees...
I have been tracking two airfields that existed at Texas City, TX. For those that maybe not know or were too young, Texas City was the place of a great...
I forgot to mention that the elevations vary over the years 7 or 8 feet. The area is low lying land there, near Galveston Bay and the Houston ship channel. ...
Gulf Coast is on the July, 1945 SA sectional. It's not on the January, 1944 edition. I have a diagram of it from a 1971 Flight Guide showing two unpaved...
Good catch Chris. My error. I just pulled out the GB WAC 1966 and I miss read it. I should have entered Gulf Coast into the data base but typed in Texas...
You're the Texas expert. What do you know about this airport in Bay City? I actually sent this one to Paul several months ago, but I don't think it ever made...
I have been tracking it but had not yet sent it to PF. Here is what I have: The first I have found it was on a 1945 Edwards WAC 469. I am not sure of its...
I have posted in the pictures, a picture of the two airfields from the DeLorme atlas. The one near town is Bay City and the one to the right is Mangum. db...
Might add one more thing about Bay City, after looking at the data base, the runway patter appears consistent through out its life. Three. About the only...
I have done some additional research on Bay City airfield in Bay City, TX. Code was T26. It appears in the 1989 Texas Airport Directory. Some my early...
By Steve Pardo / The Detroit News HOWELL, MI -- As businesses increasingly ship their cargo and executives across the country on private planes, its pilots are...
The pressure on urban airports is greater than ever. We lost a very nice local service airport near where I live. It was Houston Gulf Airport (aka Spaceland...
Does anyone in the group have aero chart coverage of Waco from 1950? Reason I ask is I'm puzzling over six entries in a June 1950 USAF Installations Directory....
Scott, Are you familar with a air force/government publication called "History of Air Training Command 1943-1993", Thomas A. Manning Command Historian. I found...
Timothy, Yes, that's a nice book and I'm lucky enough to have a copy. It has nice summaries of the main bases, but as you point out, not much at all on any...
Hi Scott, I have none of those listed in the TX data base I have developed. I have the following in my Texas Airfield Data Base: Blackland AAF - on 1943 charts...
I have February and August, 1949 and August, 1952 Austin sectionals and the only AF fields shown are the ones already discussed. There are some differences on...
Chris, I assume the "97-37-30 N 97-26 W" is a typo? The field in that location is near Valley Mills, its coordinates are: Lat: 31 37 15 (31.6209958); Long: 97...
Chris and DB - Thanks -- you guys are watering my eyes with your chart collections! I'm in the midst of a move right now -- starting a new job next week -- but...
I had mentioned in an Email to PF about the existence of the Gulf Weather Station on Matagorda Island. He asked me for what I knew about it. I sent him what...
The Gulf Weather Station field is not on the July, 1945 SA sectional. It is on the June, 1941 16M regional chart as a "Marked Auxiliary Field" (+ symbol) at 5...
"Gulf Weather Station, army" is listed in 1 Dec 43 and 1 Feb 44 Army & Navy Directory of Airfields. Location is described as 2 miles NE of Matagorda...
That is very interesting info. First time there is a Military reference to this airfield. Only my imagination could come up with why the airfield had that...
I found this field in a 1939 CAA directory. The listing is as follows: Matagorda Island - Gulf Weather Station Airport, aux. Two mi. NE of Matagorda Lighthouse...
I got to looking and it seems that a certain field named Riesel was connected to Waco AAF/AFB/Connally AFB. It appears on one chart I have, the Austin 1949...
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