On Mar 26, 7:33 pm, vontresc wrote:
On Mar 26, 9:24 pm, GM wrote:

Hi all in US glider land,

I was cruizing eastwards out of Marfa, TX (only on Google Earth,
unfortunately), when I came accross this feature that looks like a
gigantic Airfield. Go to N30°15'35", W103°52'50". What the hey is
(was) this?? Anybody?
Just curious.

Uli Neumann

I believe that is the original Marfa WWII Army Air Force airfield.

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...s_TX_BigBend.h...

Pete

Flying commercial between PHX and San Diego a few years ago, I noticed
several "A" shaped patterns in the wide open deserts, and they weren't
marked on my aviation maps. The commercial pilots said they were
probably old WW2 training fields. They were similar to Marfa, and
quite a few airports today seem to have started as those old training
fields.