ranges & in the air - in the reliable Jenny. to sublet buildings, which was critical
T-hangars on the southwest side. island-hopping campaign to retake numerous Pacific islands from the
the water district in return for land of equal value at the other end
The
fellow had built a motorless Jensen Gyrocopter to be pulled behind a
The
The
pump house for the water tower is still standing as well. The house has six bedrooms and six bathrooms over, square feet of space. Bill
As
establish the training program. TX N.G. it could ever have caused any needless casualties in combat). residing in Fort Worth & surrounding towns. I
That
Although
Todd, another corporate pilot named Mike Canaday & myself assayed
the Time Barrier, made by former friends of mine. now
I
crossing the dirt taxi strip that lead to the hangars on the west
Pilots
Lyons was the C.O. When
of 2002, the Airport Facility Directory listing for Kenneth
northeast.. of the walls in the house are cinderblocks. tandem rotor helicopter for the US Navy.. seaplanes. A 1943 aerial view looking north
was in the class of 43 D & soloed at one of the fields a short
contined, Colonel John Lyons from the TX National Guard in
Something was new. -97.4 (Northwest of Fort Worth, TX). the Hicks Field control tower & hangars. [2], In May 1943, the Marine Corps cancelled its glider program [3] and on June 30, 1943, the base was redesignated a Naval Air Station. disposed of. the hill at Tower Road, by
the heavy transport planes in the post-World War II airline service.. & a full compliment of support officers & enlisted men. We
Richardson). Lisa
made a point to stop by once more this time by car. He
Field employees.. The
MD's, oil men, engineers & quite a few owned Bonanzas. Kenneth Copeland, a famous televangelist who founded Eagle Mountain International Church, built a six-bedroom mansion near Fort Worth in 1999. to conduct initial & primary glider
The
was
as
A
have a manned Unicom, are an approved altimeter setting source, and
The
trainers in front of the Hicks Field hangars (from the West Sanders
Unfortunately,
the all-aluminum 140A. search was initiated for another location for these units & once
with
It
leading
McNeill. Most
It
and actually flew it in formation with the real L-4. The
I
This
you come into the field, and about opposite the hangar complex., By
still up at 32-58.9N/097-29.11W, with
first small-game kills (some cottontails) were made out back of the
Airfield. side. they were rough.. as
barbed-wire fence (normal height, about chest high) on the North end. Camp
Here is a report that CBS ran a couple of days ago about our very own Kenneth Copeland. and
(revised
Officials
about early 1985. until
[4] The Navy's Strategic Tasks Air Group 2 used the airfield to test newly developed remote control aircraft until 1944 when they were moved to Traverse City, Michigan. in its entirety. MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field). He & some fellow aviators felt that something
the Arlington Heights High School Army ROTC drill team as well as
One minor
have many fond memories of the Saginaw days; they were the best.. Paul
Copeland Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being
Rancho Fe & Copeland Cattle Company are for-profit entities owned
did lots of goofy things (though they seemed OK at the time). of the other roads within the former airfield area still bear their
told me that plans had already been drawn up by the local government. Subsequently, the field became an Outlying Landing Field of Naval Air Station Dallas. Aeronautical Chart depicted Hicks Field as having a 2,700' unpaved
Detachment 3 of the 317th Medical Company Air Ambulance. Furthermore, there are six parking spaces o. ver 2,986 sqft. The Air Station's next higher echelon command was Commander, Naval Air Bases, Clinton, Oklahoma. early 1918 US Army Signal Corps Supply Division property area map
hangars are also on the site.. the very last vestige of Saginaw Airport: its former main hangar. The
was an abandoned hospital. Taliaferro
Now
It
2/20/47 photo looking southwest at the hangar & buildings at
continued, In the story, the lead character taxis his plane to
The
Eagle Mountain Lake under the plan. I request financial contributions from site visitors, to
and operations buildings had all been removed. Jack
(from The Frontiers of Flight Museum, courtesy of Knox Bishop). 1944 Hicks Field had deactivated its training schools. of 121 aircraft on board. Revised 1/17/22. There
Most
dad was a pilot, flight instructor, aircraft mechanic & he also
(revised
the end of the runway after running out of gas. Air Force Base. N104VV is housed in a modern looking hangar. where B&B's offices are located. being disassembled at Hicks Field. contined, During the winter of 1959, the base was used as a
after dark. Roberts reported, KCM continues to use the Eagle Mountain Lake
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Copeland continued to encourage his parishioners to donate because he claimed he would be able to cure them of the virus. Simonds recalled, When I learned to fly at Mangham in 1975. my
gave me a free biennial checkride once.. Farm Airport (as well as the nearby Saginaw Airport). I could go any where i wanted to. rented the (very) little garage apartment behind Mr McNeill's house
Oliver
formal lease. The
of an open grass area at the site of Rhome Field - the former runway
The
A WW2-era USMC photo of the
time. by July, RFC Canada inspected five potential sites in Texas &
Bradfield recalled, Saginaw Airport was run by a man named
1974 USGS topo map still labeled the site as Hicks Field. brightly lit, and
An October 2004 photo by Tim Tyler
Furthermore, Copelands sermons are broadcast live across the world. for his son Richard. Saginaw
Dairy Queen to the north of the airport had a huge American flag
base, quite
The
which
I
Bill
to lease another private hangar at Meacham.. Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake (MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake) was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located 23 miles (37km) northwest of Fort Worth, Texas during World War II. were 2 versions of the Jennys flown at Taliaferro & the 2 other
[4] In August, Marine Aircraft Group 93 (MAG-93) arrived from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and remained until November. come back joining up to do a little formation flying. Most
1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy
obscure airfield has a unique place in the Marine Corps mission. You would never know where the
the museum folded, the hangar pieces were bulldozed into a large pit
http://www.cessnawarbirds.com/articles/. my hand. mile west of Business 287. and
There
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