THEY LET ME ON THE TARMAC - COOLIDGE AIRPORT<br /><br />#corkboardtv #coolidgearizona #travel<br /><br />Hello my peeps!<br /><br />Today I took a short drive to the Coolidge Arizona. There I found this little airport with some interesting little plans. This airport is used, primarily, for recreational pilots. (Single and twin prop planes) <br /><br />Today they let me on the tarmac to video some planes and helicopters. Every 1st Saturday of the month, from October to May, they have a breakfast where planes travel here from all over drop by the airport and you can come and watch. I plan on taking this in while here in Arizona. (Weather permitted of course)<br /><br />Don't forget to share, like, comment, and subscribe!<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Scott<br /><br />Per Wikipedia:<br /><br />Facilities<br />The airport covers 1,268 acres (513 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 5,528 x 150 ft (1,685 x 46 m) and 17/35 is 3,861 x 75 ft (1,177 x 23 m).[1]<br /><br />In the year ending July 31, 2005 the airport had 6,490 aircraft operations, average 17 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. 41 aircraft were then based at the airport: 61% single-engine, 24% multi-engine, 7% jet, 5% helicopter and 2% glider.[1]<br /><br />History<br />Coolidge Army Airfield<br /><br />Coolidge Army Airfield 13 June 1943<br />Coolidge Municipal Airport began in 1941 when the War Department began acquiring about 1,277 acres for an Army Air Corps flying training school. Property acquisition began between December 1, 1941 and May 21, 1943, when 873.85 acres were acquired from the state of Arizona in an exchange for an offer of Public Domain Land from the Department of the Interior (DOI). Additionally, 394.33 acres were acquired by fee from three private individuals between February 3 and May 27, 1943, and easements totaling 9.31 acres were obtained from the state and two private individuals between February 19 and April 19, 1943 for the installation of an electric transmission line.<br /><br />The original airfield was built with three runways in a triangle. Two remain: 17-35 and 5-23. Support facilities were built, of which a 120-foot (37 m) by 80-foot (24 m) hangar remains. 85 buildings, a sewage treatment plant, utilities and a firing range were built. Three buildings were ordnance related.<br /><br />Coolidge AAF had originally been designed by the War Department as a single-engine aircraft flight training school, however, the facility initially functioned as an auxiliary field for Williams AAF as Williams Auxiliary Field No. 3.<br /><br />The entire personnel of the 572nd AAF Base Unit stationed at Sky Harbor Airfield in Phoenix were moved to Coolidge AAF in May 1944. Coolidge AAF then was a ferrying service station for Air Transport Command, providing refueling and maintenance to Army, Navy, and Marine Corps planes en route to other bases, although Army Air Forces Training Command continued to use the field.<br /><br />Coolidge Mun<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WqlUShJllI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WqlUShJllI</a>