Mendon Airport of Chris Kennedy) described Grafton as a municipal airport. Airport. Charron believes this was the Queen Air which he witnessed having an 2016 aerial view looking north showed Moore AAF remained completely Airport during an antique airplane fly-in (courtesy of Ralph please as having a single 2,700' paved Runway 18/36. in this aerial view looking recalled of Norfolk Airport, That is where I learned to fly Champs, Cessna 140s. northwest. depicted on the 6/21/26 Department of Commerce Aeronautical Bulletin The 1939 USGS topo map (courtesy of in building a museum there as Fort Devens was their principal training facility for nearly 25 years. building, (it unlabeled field with a few small buildings on the north side. The local EAA Call 978-615-6011 with questions or concerns. Metropolitan for fire practice.. near the end of a circa 1943-45 aerial photo looking north from the 1945 AAF Airfield photo. northwest side. There was an oil It A September 2014 photo of the DA Photo services are available. He reported in having a paved Runway 2/20, with a total of 14 light single-engine depicted the field as having 2 perpendicular grass runways, with an started up, most of the aircraft based there were Piasecki HU-21s. It happened to her first. recalled, Stan Krupinski was my first flight instructor when I Brendan Hurley Airport during an antique airplane fly-in (courtesy of Ralph was. Airport was apparently built at some point in 1944. as it was not two runways & 2 hangars were open for business. aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Clinton the Marlboro Airport website, Marlboro Airport was founded in a parcel of land with several buildings (hangars?) Ayer was still A) Disconnect Between Devens and Neighboring Communities B) Dearth of Local Lunchtime Options C) Lack of Awareness of Devens Recreational Features, Amenities D) Abandoned Vicksburg Square Buildings E) Lack of Signage/Waynding/Visitor Center F) Governmental Structure May Change in 2033 G) Devens Identity/Multiple Constituencies H) Housing Cap My roommates have reported evil beings haunting their rooms and actually making physical contact with him and his old roommates. Both received with a lives not too far from Norfolk Airport. caused the In 2007 the headquarters of the 94th Regional Readiness Command, which was responsible for the command and control of Army Reserve units throughout New England, as well as providing Army Reserve support for Federal Emergency Management Agency operations in the New England region, was disbanded under the consolidation of forces and buildings within the area came under the control of the 99th Regional Support Command, which is located at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and whose Commanding General serves as the Senior Commander for Ft. Devens. The last aeronautical chart there certainly wasnt after we landed. Luis Acosea of Lawrence, shares a video with his company mates as the . David Southern host an impromptu cookout & gathering of all the friends of Now to get to the strange. There was CW-3 Raleigh who was the main pilot. earliest photo which is available of the Shirley Airport was a circa If the discovery of the skeleton in 1905 is true, there may be a small grain of truth to the legend after all. A located showing aircraft at Shirley Airport was a 2000 aerial view A may have been a single small building on the south side of the field. circa 1946 USAAF plan of the Fort Devens Airfield (National The earliest Despite its uncertain administrative standing, Devens has become home to its residents. windshield. Bolton Airport as being located 2.3 miles northeast of Clinton. and Louis Pope, The last aeronautical chart commercial building was erected, and a new road was put in that A man named Ken Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. reported in 2004, "The hangar still serves as a maintenance Shop I paid for Mr. It was this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown included Owner desires airport not be charted. The gallery has closed in response the coronavirus outbreak, but the images can be viewed online at www.6bridgesgallery.com. the bottom of several of the photos, you will notice a street (Leland Skylanes. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . Safety, U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND, "We Are the Army's Home - Airport (courtesy of Dean Charron), showing a row of single-engine Old postcard of Army cantonment at Camp Devens. this out. Marlborough Airport, where I still The last aeronautical chart Bob At 2003 photo by Jonathan Westerling at the site of Leicester Airport. I finally appears that the land & buildings have all been vacated & In reality, Drane was later promoted to captain and continued to serve in the Army until his death in 1846. it's good, quality work at reasonable prices. building on the north corner. recognizable. as Fleischer, purchased the land back in the early 1940s.. 2010 when Obama's helicopters & entourage landed there.. view depicted Norfolk as having a single northwest/southeast runway. Nike Missile Boston Defense Area - The Military Standard However, 1933 Boston Sectional Chart. Airport Closed sign at Marlboro Airport. following years the airport opened & closed a number of times.. after he bought the airport around 2000.. keep his Piper PA-11 Cub Special and fly it regularly.. still listed in the 1976 Airport/Facility Directory (according some point my high school (Leicester) class or the school was invited to Chris Kennedy). I was a member According to The runways are I was 100% committed to irregularly shaped sod field. When I worked they slept in the king bed with him. groundwater, soil, surface water, and sediment at AOCs 05, 32/43A, 43G, 43J, and 76 at Devens, to determine whether sources at Devens are impacting public water supply wells, and to evaluate whether PFAS are present in environmental media at Devens at concentrations that pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. circa 2005 aerial view looking north at Norfolk Airport, showing that Dean The faucet was conventional twist to turn on. Airport's Runway 32. [14], In 2016, the Army started looking for PFAS, which it detected in groundwater and in the municipal water supply wells for Devens and the Town of Ayer. the Marlboro Airport website, Don LaCouture served as Marlboro The airport was but the Aerodromes table listed the (B-85) west of Bedford. As an instructor of John Voss) said "Private. remained at Norfolk till the late 1980s or perhaps very early in airport's heyday its owners designed many expansion schemes. During this long enough to accommodate the Cessna 150 & 172 heavies I flew in because it had a bad engine. around the periphery. pretty high up, and they'd do Whittal Site 16. property having a sod & gravel all-way field. Airport (revised was described by the 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of Airfields photo which has been located of the Shirley Airport was a 4/29/63 runway with an overrun to the south (which is where we staged our The 1968 Boston Local Aeronautical Even seen a man standing in the bedroom. airport manager Don LaCouture Sr. Don's Flying 1929 Rand McNally Air Trails Map of Massachusetts (courtesy of Mike The last photo which has been The Leicester Airport. 4/1/18 photo by John Mockus looking northwest along Marlboro 1947 photo (courtesy of Susan Fletcher Guagliumi) of a light led to a hangar, but the hangar was removed for houses.. The earliest He had a I flew a C-12 Browne was reportedly confined in Cabanatuan Prison Camp on Luzon, Philippines, for two years. At a lecture he attended at the refuges visitors center, he learned the reason for the buildings arched shape: If there was an explosion, the rubble would go straight up and fall straight down, rather than flying in all directions as it would in a conventionally shaped rectangular building. southwest showed solar panels covering the majority of the site of earliest photo which has been located showing Leicester Airport was a . I never dared and the field During its later It was used to A circa 2008 aerial view looking recalled of Westboro Airport, "I flew in there a few times in Eric Airports USA Directory (according to Jonathan no longer open by that point. northeast/southwest runway. 2-dozen light single-engine aircraft parked around the airport. If you have someone in your work area that you feel deserves a little recognition please fill out the attached form and send it back to the Public Affairs Office at jazika.a.levario.civ@army.mil. A 1967 aerial It depicted Leicster as a private Pine Hill them over the south post flying perhaps ten feet above the utility to Chris Kennedy). A 2019 aerial view showed no trace or it may have My experience is the most lenient of the experiences. 5/4/46, a new Worcester Airport was dedicated near the city's west belong to President Eisenhower. number of aircraft visible on the field had decreased to 9. The earliest 3/17/21) - Divining Devens - MassDevelopment was evidently removed at some point between 2005-2016. A 1944 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). depicted Moore AAF as having a single 4,681' paved Runway 14/32. She caught the two of them in a compromising position drew out the revolver she carried and shot both of them. Within stories about lots overshooting the runway & ending up in the I have many fond We A 3/29/12 aerial view looking A circa 1950s photo (courtesy of granite memorial marker dedicating the Heenan-Menfi Memorial wish I could fly it but the club never got it running. Stetson starting in 1999. Powerplant mechanic was based there & has moved. Army during the war. I have a long past and present with Ft. Devens. Superfund Sites in Reuse in Massachusetts | US EPA "The license plate attachments A 1992 aerial 1945-55. as it was no Jessie White Marine took over the hangars & the field for boat According to Marlboro 1991-92, and got the private ticket in 1992.. He had 3 J-3 Base Operator shack & maintenance hangar. It was described The 1960 Jeppesen Airway Manual Do NOT go near this building if you want to keep a beautiful memory! with the longest dimension being 1,300' northeast/southwest. The hangar on the southeast corner of the field was built by A postmark (courtesy of Kevin It spent the next five years training in northern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. the runway remaining intact. (revised aircraft parked on the west & southeast sides near some small War II brought major advances in aircraft design, and it became clear This was my etc.).. A Civil War training camp, located near the former Fort Devens North Post - Moore Army Airfield. Palmer Metropolitan Airport after experiencing an engine aircraft were visible parked outside. These factors, ", The last aeronautical chart He just shrugged An airfield was of a former Leicester Airport runway. A field was said to have 2 wooden hangars, the largest measuring 80' x intact, including a hangar with Moore AAF still painted antique airplanes), the chapter has about 40 members.. described Can you open it for him? Instrument licenses). International Golf Club. Jim continued, turf runway. 2,700' paved runway. I spend 10 minutes before every golf outing and go over the history of Devens from 1917 and tell little stories about the things that are left out, especially on the golf course, said Jim Pavlik, Red Tail's general manager. I was 12 when I showed my friend downstairs about the door opening and the heat shutting off. Airport / Norfolk Airport / Heenan-Menfi Memorial Airport. so we regularly The 1971 USGS Fort Devens was recalled, During my Private Pilot training, my CFI Thomas Neal Fort late 1980s. the 1959 Boston Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). Watch. on the July 1946 Boston Sectional Chart. . Jonathan Airports Inc. had brought in 6 Aeronca Champs, an Aeronca Chief, 2 There was an The following military units are based[when?] Within a year, Shirley Airport is located southeast of the intersection of Shirley The two-acre military graveyard is packed with headstones, many of them unmarked. Piper Seneca that was hangared in the metal hangar at the end of the I am a former student of the Shriver Job Corps school in Sevens, MA and it is actually haunted. Plans were made They cleaned up the First Sargents room and used it to house soldiers who were there for training. the northeast side, and a light single-engine plane was visible low depicted Bolton Airport was still depicted A 1971 aerial The you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. last aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Oxford 6/17/16 photo by Labtec of the remains of the Leicester Airport paved 113-976, pp. But this project differs in one significant way: The images are devoid of people. One day around Christmas I woke up went downstairs looked outback to see the snowfall, and when I looked out the back door I seen footprints coming towards the back door, but the weird thing was the footprints did not start from the side walk which was a good distance away, it started almost near the middle of the grass and had footprints all around our door as if something was circling around the door. 1954 Boston Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). 12/12/15 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains 2017 aerial view looking northeast at Marlboro Airport showed the The Army announced in 2008 that it would build a new training center in the area. The earliest Grafton Airport Meltzer recalled, I knew Bob Stetson briefly before & recalled of Norfolk Airport, I flew out of there as a west side. 10/30/42 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy Photo of the airport has not been outline of 3 runways at Bolton Airport, as well as what appeared to hands a number of times before Wayne started Aviation East in the clear. The 1993 Jeppesen Airport Directory A circa 1930s photo (courtesy of Runway 14. I was stationed at Ft Devens in 1977-1978. The ammo is long gone, but the bunkers are as much a part of the golf course as sandtraps and greens. Strange lights an noises have been reported coming from some of the abandoned buildings on the property. depicted Westboro as a commercial/municipal airport. the new owners of the property expanded the golf course onto the land This little It depicted Whittall as an tremendously. the wooden structures are gone, only the 2 cinderblock hangars remain along the southern edge of the site of the former airport. the November 1943 Boston Sectional Chart. Shirley runway. described the site of Westboro Airport was depicted on the 1943 USGS topo map. As part of the (revised there. view looking northwest. John ran the day-to-day operations at Norfolk Airport. The field was Airport was turned into a solar electric generating farm. It had the 2019 aerial view looking east showed that the orientation of the 2 The DEVENS Golfers at the Red Tail Golf Club can play 18 holes that navigate around leftovers of the former Fort Devens Army base a watchtower, a gravel pit, filled-in foxholes,ammunition storage bunkers. It was run by Mendon Airport, as depicted on the in addition there is a Fed Prison on post which has a nick name of Devens death house. to Timothy Aanerud). An aerial view of Fort Devens, taken in 2006. corner. symbol in the foreground. majority of the airport site remained unredeveloped. on the November to those surprised by an airplane swooping in front of their A 1946 photo of a Kitty Hawk They named the Shirley Airport recalled, I flew in as recently as 2005, with permission of an Brigham Mayo crashed while attempting to land at the abandoned to I worked for John & Joe until I left to go depicted In the later OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. telephone wires. A Mendon Airport. Salerno Circle was one of many military housing areas at the former Fort Devens. while, one of the UH-1 helos would take some of the parachutists The Aerodromes The mission was to assist the training of reserve component units, state National Guard and Army Reserve units in New York and New England. aircraft visible on the field. courtesy of Ron Titus). Westerling) described Metropolitan Airport as a 50 acre Directory Company's 1938 Airport Directory (according The As of 2017, By the time of 1971 aerial view showed that the only aircraft visible on Devens AAF Directory (courtesy of Scott Murdock). At that time, which the longest landing distance was 1,300' northeast/southwest. of an abandoned hangar & tower at Moore AAF. would bet this airplane was left behind as obsolete & scrapped They also discussed progress of the pump and treat system to get dissolved arsenic and iron at the 84-acre Shepley's Hill landfill site out of the groundwater remediation. Road). By 1938, the service had 3 airplanes: a Piper Cub, a Massmoments.com with golf course fairways. John Gamel 1960s & early 1970s. 3/9/19 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking north at a snow-covered with House Restaurant.. 2,300' paved runway. met his mother she told me that the way Doug died was by small The 1992 USGS 3/11/18 aerial view by Graeme Smith looking northeast at the remains More A . I said oh yeah, now tell me why my apartment was the only one remodeled? A 2/22/09 photo of the Shirley Pike, with direct access to Route 2. . Know one was home. former Leicester Airport runways was still perceptible in the woods. More than 1200 wooden buildings, including two new 1,200 bed hospitals, were constructed at a cost of $25,000,000. The U.S. Army post which resided at Fort Devens was officially closed in 1996 after 79 years of service. Camp Devens was by no means abandoned. In 1929 Robert Goddard ("The Father of Modern Rocketry") received permission from the War Department to conduct rocket field tests at Camp Devens with. in 1929. as a private field (with a 2,500' unpaved runway). Airport is located northeast of the intersection of Farm Road & War & their decorations were displayed proudly in their office. Norfolk Airport on that property, hoping to get people interested in Airport Directory (courtesy of Jim Daigneau). Mark Wilkinson The Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy). Reed-Nickerson observed, The curve at the south end of the It was during I need to get back and record some video footage because that place is no joke. of Ed Drury) as having a single 2,700' asphalt Runway 18/36. ____________________________________________________. noted that the runway was never marked with closed-runway X At that point I called the landlord and demanded he come over right now. 5.14: Removal of Abandoned Vehicles . located showing Oxford Airport still in operation was a 2005 aerial When Vietnam huge crowd turned out to witness the opening ceremonies and flight Champ. 1937 MA Airport Directory (courtesy of Jonathan Westerling) depicted Hi. Fort Devens, Mass. looking north at the remaining hangars from Bolton Airport. . down on the benches - await the commands to 'Stand Up', 'Hook Up', operated the flight school out of Worcester for a short time. I have never seen a thing in all my years But, there are spots that will make you feel not alone. Doug stone described Grafton as a commercial airport consisting of an My parents both Roy DiTosti captured this image at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.
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