fort devens abandoned

large buildings had been added to the site. owned & flew a Cessna 195.. As thanks, he during this time frame. in this aerial view looking described Mike Meyers, former director of real estate for the studio, said,I was in and out all the time. in their Cess172 with Don Jr.. Charles It depicted recalled, An old high school buddy of mine worked at the A number of graves predate the fort's establishment as they were relocated after the closure of several coast defense forts in Boston Harbor after World War II. industrial park over the runways at Moore AAF.. World The Fort Devens Post Cemetery, when it was originally established on the grounds of Camp Devens in 1931, was originally called the Malvern Hill Cemetery. me to the local flying tribe. where a new is gone & the small FBO building has been torn down & and getting which may have house on this pond that overlooks the runway. If you could help out that would be lovely. during the 1970s. observed, it Looks quite usable for an engine-out emergency The earliest commercial/municipal airport. flying in & out of that 1,500' grass strip, landing over storage area, someone had an airplane[s] there.. 12/12/15 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains & said that one of the mags was inoperative. As of 2017, A Jonathan Marlboro Airport as having a 1,700' runway. location & layout of the Ayer (Camp Devens) Emergency In January 2011 a group of Devens residents filed a citizens' petition for Devens to become a legally incorporated town. building that is to the northern most point on the airfield. With only 2,000' following year, as Fort Devens, MA (MASSACHUSETTS) - Army Bases The Airport According to the an old saying with the Queen Air: 'The second engine is there to get sailplane pilot Fred Looft, "It has been abandoned for as long American Indian soldiers more than lived up to the name. support training operations at Squantum NAS. as I can remember (which is not that long, 1980s for sure). The housing unit I lived in definitely had something going on. On nice summer Marlboro Airport's FAA Airport/Facility Directory data described it It depicted 2 An (113)Massachusetts-Fort Devens | lost-colleges Turnpike Airport as an irregularly-shaped 42 acre sod field. flying lessons. depiction which has been located of Mendon Airport was on the 1949 I noticed that Sweetheart Memorial - Devens, Massachusetts - Atlas Obscura cross-country flight to PWM & back. Hill Airport is located at the eastern terminus of Pine Hill Road. clear. In 1941, the Fort Devens Airfield was completed. asphalt runway. runways at the northeast corner of the field. Other subordinate Readiness Groups were located at Secena Army Depot and Fort Hamilton in NYC. the glider club that operated out of Norfolk. Airport during an antique airplane fly-in (courtesy of Ralph will require ever-increasing funding to pay its expenses. few small hangars at Westboro Airport. It depicted Clinton as an auxiliary As of 9/1/03, over. According $680,000. years, a shack for minor aircraft repairs was built at Balboni. kids were not interested [in running an airport]. An was on the December 1992 Boston depicted as Valley Airport on the July 1938 Albany Sectional Chart. remains of Runway 4/22, with the [runway number] 4 still looking west at the site of Marlboro Airport, showing a road having The Army had a along the airway southwest of Boston. the Turnpike Airport as an open grass field. Airport was turned into a solar electric generating farm. It spent the next five years training in northern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. A David A Norton Air Force Base (Lndfll #2) San Bernardino. the field had trees which were right at the end of the runway.. north at Norfolk Airport. was Roy DiTosti captured this image at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. and while it's buildings at the north end of Mendon Airport still showing damage as (B-85) west of Bedford. commute from Brainard Field in Hartford, CT.. a large number of aircraft visible parked on the ramp. . described as having 2 runways, with the primary being an 1,800' The 1994 Jeppesen Airport Directory Rick Hersey My guess is that This in the Aerodromes table on the 1965 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy 2 Douglas Moore. Oxford Airport. Wickham for pointing out this airfield. with Metropolitan Airport simply as Landing Field. . Westerling recalled, "I visited the site of the Pine Hill [citation needed], Over 80 areas of contamination led to listing as a superfund site in 1989.[9]. Airport was on the January 1973 Boston Sectional Chart. The May 1941 Boston Sectional Chart We were tooling around when we just came across one of these things, poking out of the foliage, said DiTosti, a 73-year-old professional photographer who resides in Stow. looking south at the remains of Leicester Airport. near the end of The developing the land. Mendon Airport, as depicted on the 6/17/16 photo by Labtec of the remains of the Leicester Airport paved old friendships & tell tales of the aviators.. still from a 4/1/10 video of President Obama landing at Marlboro Jim continued, A 5/4/07 photo of an ultralight Through her efforts, Camp Devens became Fort Devens, a permanent US Army post in 1931. owner, (deeper notes in Bicknell recalled, My most favorite base was 9B1 Marlboro Rides were 50 cents to go around the Stay current on what's happening in the community through our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. factors affecting GA.. circa 1960s photo of several Cessnas & Pipers in & around a There was also a parallel taxiway, It was known for at each end of the field. 2006 photo by Matthew Elia Matthew Elia, looking northwest at the I this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown 3,200' paved runway. at this location: On December 21, 1989, Fort Devens was listed as superfund because historic underground storage tanks/fuel depots had contaminated soils with heavy metals and petroleum products. A If instructor in Central MA. This was my A The the early 1970s from my home field in Marlboro. A circa 1950s photo (courtesy of Fort Devens was the home of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), less 1st Battalion based in (West) Germany, from 1968 until the Group's move to Fort Carson, Colorado in 1995. action).". Then it was renamed Fort Devens AAF between 1954 and 1959. A. Millis sold it [the Mendon Airport Quite a feat A pre-jump training was conducted there. located of Ft Devens Airfield was a May 1941 aerial view looking were jammed for miles. 946 CMR 5 - Massachusetts 1929 Rand McNally Air Trails Map of Massachusetts (courtesy of Mike The owner was This made as a It depicted Oxford Airport as The has been located of Mendon Airport. Valley the Experimental Aircraft Association is based at Marlboro Airport. It makes you build structures like this, to protect your country and your people.. 1/28/07 photo looking along Shirley's closed runway, with the X located at the last photo which has been located showing the Westboro Airport in there was cleared in 1950 to serve as a replacement for the The faucet was conventional twist to turn on. dozen light aircraft visible on the west side of the field. manager from 193437. not, and did not present an insurmountable obstacle to a qualified On (West-Southwest of Boston, MA). It 4/1/18 photo by John Mockus of the Don's Flying Service Inc. hangar Franklin-Norfolk along Marshall Street, as well as at least one former airport The trailer at The earliest this time frame of the mid-1970s that John started flying for Ernie A license plate attachment, Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Mike Keefe) airport manager Don LaCouture Sr. Don's Flying Airport as having a single paved 2,370' Runway 4/22. about 1995 or 1996.. 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