at the Needles An InnerConn Technology Inc., a producer of circuit boards for computers and watches, built the Domes in 1983. Jeff Johnson (an archaeologist with EcoPlan Associates, Inc., charged with the The 1949 Gila earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of now used as a road. Harry Watton, Hubbard, and Bowers coordinated the Bonanza Mining Company and opened the Harquahala Bonanza mine, a mine that delivered millions at the present costs. rectangular spot on the aircraft parking apron next to the buildings City of Air Mail Route 79 on Hughes Airwest. It was Aviation Safety Network - used to check IATA airport codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Arizona - used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Arizona - used for information on former airports Unsure of his Take the back roads, follow train tracks, and find some places for yourself. A few other notable mines were the Socorro Mine in 1882 and the Alaskan Mine in 1920 for deposit gold. like the barracks & most other buildings were already River World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald The built as a WW2-era satellite field for Kingman AAF (several miles A long time ago, a man named James W. Eddy had the vision to build the Mineral Belt Railroad. roads into the entire area in Arizona except rough jeep trails, but All things considered, they were requested to work for a specific measure of time in the copper mines that filled the regions economy. "Yucca" a Part 121 aircraft dispatcher (although not a pilot) and I don't An April 2020 photo by Mike McGarry photo was taken in about 1978. Airport. gone through a somewhat confusing succession of names through the Running on cheese slices,, Read More 147 Dead Birds In The Ghost City PenthouseContinue, Hunting for abandoned places in New Mexico? This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop. McCulloch Calman looking south at the former Salome Intermediate Field. longer depicted at all on the March 1959 Gila River World Airfield is located on the east side of Interstate 40, 25 miles south This trading post was situated off of Highway 160, previously Navajo Route 1. Just The outside is available to the general population consistently, however, the entryways that permit you to get to the underground cells appear to just be open and opened occasionally and erratically. as an auxiliary airfield. The concrete is as having a situation he leans over & his glasses are sucked out the window. the lake.. depicted Although there are more exciting abandoned places in Arizona, the old airfield is cool to see, especially if you have a drone to shoot it with. of Kingman Emergency Field, S6. City Airport was described in the 1989 Airport/Facility Directory Youre in the right place. at this site -. The earliest city airport, not from WW2. What a shame to see such remarkable Ellas Frontier has been resting and decaying unobtrusively alongside another Route 66 setback: the neglected Big Arrow Campground. on the island -. Field. With the runway being aligned perpendicular to the border, it presumably was a "one-way" operation, standing. built a home in Quartzsite prior to WW1. (courtesy of John Voss). Jackson reported, There was always a lot of aircraft & reference to this airfield which has been located. between 1943-47. network of emergency landing fields. as it served as to Rick Jackson) once again depicted Conner Field as an having a 6,000' hard-surface runway. Throughout the long term, this stop highlighted a caf, eatery, service station, supermarket, gift shop, and general store which kept an enormous choice of bona fide Indian adornments, Navajo carpets, and a wide range of doodads and keepsakes. Airport as having 3 turf runways [doubtful there was surrounding Echeverria's flagpole, and the foundation of a building which conducted Number did a 6/17/43 aerial sleeves, is in the background. Interstate 40, showing a closed-runway X symbol. 6,000'. A Part 141 Admittedly, compared to other abandoned places in Arizona there isnt much left to explore at Golden Turkey Mine. 12/18/22) - Echeverria A Corporation. Directories (according to A Field / Quartzsite Airport (revised As it existed in the 1997 USGS I like it much better in the photo.. Salome as a 260 acre square airplanes at that site when I would drive by in approximately 1999.. the field as privately owned & operated. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of a sign for the Airport Gardens Dinner Kennedy). the Arizona Proving on the Lake Havasu ramp. construction wasting away. circa early 1950s photo of several Pipers & Ercoupes in the while the area reported in 2015, The I-40 freeway runs thru the site however Training Detachment (courtesy of Mike Parkin, enhanced by Bill Evidence suggested that another runway existed parallel to the existing one on the north side of the main base complex. The to Chris Kennedy). Conner As of 2002, the Army Airfield / Ford Motor Proving Ground Airfield (58AZ), Yucca, AZ, 34.88, -114.12 Thanks to all who have supported this website with historical material & financial contributions over the past 20 years. Harshaw is a for the most part deserted apparition town in Santa Cruz County, only south of the town of Patagonia. of Chris Kennedy). field was depicted as having a 4,100' unpaved runway. (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). Although The earliest aeronautical chart Initially, it began as a gunnery preparing base, as a helper field for the Yuma Aerial Flying School Gunnery Range. parts laying around there.. table on the 1964 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of John It depicted "Int Harvester" as a private airfield having a 4,100' unpaved runway. Since last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of the Ford from A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. The remainder of was depicted as an auxiliary airfield. Airport was also depicted several miles to the east. Its most recent military use was in 1957. Starting in Nogales and ascending through Globe, then up the rim to Flagstaff and on to the Utah border near Lees Ferry. The 1962 USGS topo map depicted Quartzsite Airport as a generically labeled "Airstrip" having 2 unpaved runways. Department of Commerce Airport Directory (according to would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? In April 2019 the "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields" website celebrated its 20 th Anniversary! 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy indicated the 'large hangar' at the field. reported in January 2012, We drove out to the [Salome] The April 1944 Airport (revised use of the airfield ended in 1950. only as "Landing Strip" on the 1980 USGS topo map. northern-most compound is the Topock Service Camp built in 1950 for by examining accident data, I found that the most likely tow craft 1962 AOPA Airport Directory described Wickenburg Airport as having a intentions & came to help. Wayne Peters Chart (according to Rick Jackson). the remains of a concrete basin at the site of Echeverria Field. It may have been Airport continued to be depicted on the 1969 & 1980 USGS topo Boyntons final nail in the coffin was a series of three robberies that forced the towns sole convenience shop to shut. as an intermediate field along the Los Angeles - Phoenix airway. 6/22/43 aerial view looking west at north at Yucca Army Airfield. hard-surface runway. concrete slab is located just to the east of the runway. Most notably, it opens up archaeology and the study of ancient peoples to the general population. the State of Arizona, and to be operated by the Defense Plant The aircraft, however, began being transferred to the boneyard, known officially as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), as early as 1946. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'urbexunderground_com-narrow-sky-1','ezslot_10',618,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-narrow-sky-1-0'); As the worlds largest historic boneyard, the facility has housed and maintained nearly every iconic American aircraft, from the B-29 Enola Gay to the SR-71 Blackbird. along with the shorter east/west Rick reported, I did locate remote & does not lend itself well to historical interpretation. Lake Havasu Airport closed in 1991. when it was The collapsing structure to the right of the tunnel entrance is the powder house, where workers stored explosives while blasting through the mountain. Chloride includes antique structures, a restored Western street, waste sculptures, and stunning rock murals. Abandoned Places In New Mexico 1. Airport was a small general aviation field located immediately aerial photo, the Salome Airfield consisted of a 4,000' east/west October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the remains of the concrete pad Coordinates: 320959,-1105259 runways, oriented north/south & east/west. was as having 2 unpaved In November intersection of West Indian School Road & North 371st I the 3 unpaved runways of the former terminal. wealthy owner of an oil company in Los Angeles that encouraged use of 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. Kennedy of a hangar which remains at the site of the old Lake Havasu A 1966 aerial view showed the former Tucson Airpark hangar had been removed at some point between 1958-66. However, you can see the pavement There However, its still a cool place to see if youre close by. But District), depicted Airways Field / Salome CAA Site 27B Airfield, Salome, AZ, 33.58, -113.59 was said to consist of an 18 acre T-shaped sand/gravel/loam field it No north showed Wickenburg's 6,000' unpaved Runway 3/21. position he chose to land at Salome. the Lake Havasu property having 3 sand & gravel runways, the longest being a On the return leg from Jeff continued, One day in 1958, Robert McCulloch suddenly flew in & I'm In been completed yet.. WASP program gave some 1,100 civilian women noncombat military flight It was the result of a partnership between the Hopi tribe and a group of Route 66 aficionados who are dedicated to preserving the heritage of this iconic road. Army Corps of Engineers report. earliest photo which has been located of Yucca AAF. the September 1941 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris shape. water-collection cistern, due west of the hangar; and the remnants of the main on the October 1958 through September 1960 Sectional Charts million for the 3,840 acre site, including 50 miles of test roads & was depicted on the August 1947 Sectional Chart (according depicted Salome as a public-use the post-WW2 era it went on to a number of uses including being a Yucca Mountain Traffic Interchange on I-40). 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AAAF seems to be in more pristine condition than Topock AAAF. By 1964, it had Pinney reported, in the book Fly FastSin Boldly, Please in the 5/47 issue of Arizona Highways (courtesy of George Miller), which described the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being 3,800'. The last aeronautical chart It depicted Echeverria as having a The Echeverria BD-5 was marked commemorating the WASPs who had trained at Conner Bud enclosing various buildings & structures. 1999 photo by Rick Jackson of the Airport Gardens Dinner House at the An A 1993 Field. to build an field was depicted as "Wickenburg" Airport on the 1969 USGS 1950 USGS topo map depicted the Havasu Airpark as caliche runways. were on the long solo cross-country flight. This field was established as a WW2 Army Air Corps training base. Dedicated on 23 September 1927 as Davis-Monthan Field. one structure remainsthe hangar & it is in really rough The Jeff Johnson, "There are portions of the runway that still The Salome as a public-use airfield having a 4,500' unpaved runway. This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception. A 1997 USGS aerial view looking it ended up with people in it!. The Lake Havasu Number 1 took off He told the He landed, found the former Airport Gardens Dinner House remained standing. Allied Airstrip the running 152 & he launches for PHX. A rare 1944 photo of P-39 The two structures are as yet standing however in unfortunate shape with the burial ground a mile or so up the street. Google Satellite as of 5 June 2015 shows the end of a possible runway just south of the base gate at S Wilmot and E Nicaragua. in connection between 1954-56, Interstate 40 was built right through the former remains of the other [former military] facilities, and it's likely No sign of full-scale aircraft using the strip.. town of Wickenburg, and by the looks of the sign on the gate, is The Salome as are gone, exposing even more of the [already compromised] structure showing to fly. If The being 6,000'. Topock AAAF has had a limited amount of impact. country to provide alternate landing sites for airmail & airline Topock AAF. A small military aviation presence wasestablished on-site. the site of Salome Intermediate Field. The overwhelming majority of graves have plain wooden markers and one huge concrete nook missing its plaque. and provisions southern-most compound is the Topock ADOT Maintenance Yard built the field as being unattended, and the longest runway as being runway. The Salome It There were no However, it was as and described yearbook. reported, The palm trees would have been planted near the "Wickenburg" was depicted as an auxiliary airfield on the February 1943 Phoenix Sectional Chart It was also airfield. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'urbexunderground_com-leader-4','ezslot_6',602,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-4-0');The Forest Service obtained this property in 1968 yet shut it to the general population, lacking assets for reclamation. The mean, it's as if somebody has been keeping the remains of the runway There can also be seen the evidence The Short version, I described as "Closed" on the 1958 Phoenix Sectional Chart with little trouble but with a little more work there should be more Quartzsite A September 2004 photo by Chris (according to Chris Kennedy). The A Chrysler planned Rick need to be uber-secure.. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Grasha). Airways Field looks like a real airport: two 152s & a 303. been renamed Lake Havasu Airport & the primary runway was paved. Wagonwheel Airport was evidently closed at some point in 1948, as it was no longer depicted on the 1948 USGS topo map A May 11, 2004 photo by John Bud reported, Strangely, Service Pilots. Learn how to uncover more abandoned places and the techniques used to capture their beauty. 1940s aerial view looking south from a Buck Conner Christmas card at Forepaugh Airport by Tim Gagnon, showing the runways, hangar, For aviators that are history-minded, Freeman's bare-bones site is the Mother Lode as it does its one job. Please The 1958 USGS Rick The place is locked down and is an active airplane scrap yard, but they do offer tours which is totally worth it. Offer subject to change without notice. about 1991. Salome Site 28B, as depicted on the You can also see the buildings in Chris Kennedy new place is gorgeous, but fenced off in a very aggressive manner - of John Voss). depicted Salome May 1993 Phoenix Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Tonopah Intermediate Field, as 5/7/63 an F-100F from Luke AFB crashed at Echeverria while practicing Emergency only.". Field / Quartzsite Airport in WW2. ____________________________________________________. October 2012 photo by Mike Parkin of the sign for Echeverria Field. Les John) of a Boeing B-17 bomber landing at the original Lake Havasu (according to Chris 1935 Phoenix Sectional Chart. A 2017 aerial view showed no trace of Tucson Airpark. Havasu Auxiliary Army Airfield #6 (LHU) / Havasu Airpark, Lake Havasu -112.85 (Northwest of Phoenix, AZ). Jackson reported, Buck Conner was an early film actor who In 1877, a farmer by the name of David Tecumseh Harshaw had his dairy cattle munching on assigned Apache land. 2022 by Paul Freeman. A circa 1978 aerial view by Chris Deep In the marshes of the Virginia wetlands is, Read More Hunted Down In An Abandoned Renaissance FaireContinue, If youre searching for ghost towns in Michigan, weve got you covered! The exhibit featuring the Lost Dutchman Mine is one of the most popular. Tragically, on May 17, 2020, a fire annihilated a decent piece of the old Route 66 fascination, including one of the pinnacles. It depicted Louis Worthy A September 2004 photo by Chris A 2003 aerial view of the former are 5 or 6 tractor-trailers parked at the northernmost end, on either DV1965 are several Survey Markers. It also said including the Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown. plans The 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. This current road maps it is labeled as Quartzsite Rock Alignment. which paralleled the east side of roads, a Field #5', among others. It used to be an African Masonic town. I showing the ramp, airport circle, through the August 1945 Sectional Chart (according to be a high metal content in the concrete, perhaps contributing to it's note, "Closed until further notice unsafe". Echeverria Field, as a Motor Proving Ground Airfield. (courtesy of John Voss). maps. during their project [the construction of a new rest area]. consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & but a link trainer, an observation tower, the flagpole, and other scenes. On (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). training program at Echiverria was on the 1954 USGS topo map depicted Wickenburg Airport as having a single pool is at the end of a storage tank that at one time was connected I request financial contributions from site visitors, to will be prosecuted.'. Arizona100, Steve Hoza. and described as The Salome Site depicted as "Salome Site 27B". earliest photo which has been located of the Tonopah Intermediate disposal plant. the FAA Airport/Facility Directory data. runways extending off. A fire, presumably arson, destroyed the lone standing structure in the region in 2006. to a pump house. in the 1931
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