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Every so often I see a yellow Piper Cub flying by just above window height (we live on top of a hill with no obstructions nearby) and I've wondered if it was flying out of a nearby airfield that I had never seen but saw signs for.
It turns out that airfield is now closed, but as I was browsing, I came across a photo of a yellow Cub at another nearby airfield. Wrong angle to see reg. numbers but I wonder if it's the same one?
I adore this kind of websites. Dedicated to a lifelong hobby. We need more of that.
For us lovers of Old Iron :-)
I love the concept and upvoted but I really wish there was a [USA] tag. I'm on the other side of the world and I clicked, wondering if there are any airfields near where I live. I am still wondering. (Side note to those who might know: beyond Juhu Aerodrome, does anyone know of any other such small airfields nearby?
I adore this kind of websites. Dedicated to a lifelong hobby. We need more of that.
It's a great site, but if it was meant as an archive, with today's resources, I reckon it could be hosted for free even. Idk, just feel a bit sad that the site would stop functioning if the owner couldn't afford to keep hosting it.
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Small GA airports out in the middle of nowhere can come into being, but it's rare, and the whole GA field is aging out and disappearing (both the pilots, planes, and people).
A big part of that is the regulatory environment. For example - I have the interest and means to get my PPL. I'd love to do so, but the FAA considers ADHD to be a disqualifying medical condition.
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Dunholme Lodge was defunct RAF base near the then active V-bomber base RAF Scampton. It was a favourite place for us RAF kids to explore - the concrete of the torn up runway provided all sorts of caves, and there was a deserted multi-storey control tower, which was quite frightening when the winds were blowing. This would have been the early 1960s - I think it is all farmland or new-build housing now.
That was on a neighbouring farm to one of ours. It’s just a bit of concrete in the middle of their fields now. You possibly got shouted at by my famously grumpy grandad.
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Small GA airports out in the middle of nowhere can come into being, but it's rare, and the whole GA field is aging out and disappearing (both the pilots, planes, and people).
A big part of that is the regulatory environment. For example - I have the interest and means to get my PPL. I'd love to do so, but the FAA considers ADHD to be a disqualifying medical condition.
I read about the clandestine midnight destruction of Meigs Field, Chicago - somehow the first one I happened upon. The mayor had the runway bulldozed in the night so that no one could have time to object. Unbelievable and mildly infuriating story. Apparently the main motivation was to have a legacy...
I discovered this website in the mid-2000s when I was obsessing over the history of a former airfield (Stengel Airport). This site combined with Google Earth got me hooked on aerial photography (also worthy of mention- USGS EarthExplorer, and FDOT APLUS). Very glad to see the site mentioned.