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Trying to find out more about an old, no-longer-existing airport in California
I recently bought a 1-year subscription to http://www.keyhole.com - it's
a service that lets you browse aerial and satellite photo imagery, world-wide. I have spent more than a few hours perusing the aerial views of current and abandoned airstrips. (and by the way, Fallujah, Iraq is depicted in very fine detail - jeez I wonder why? But that's another topic...) I am pretty familiar with the airports surrounding my location (San Jose, CA) but Keyhole shows what it calls "historical" airports, and one of them has me stumped in terms of finding out more data about it - "Hilton Airport", located southeast of San Jose. I have done a pretty thorough web search looking for its history, and unlike most other abandoned/old airports that I've web-researched, I have come up with only one link on that site - which doesn't tell me anything more than its GPS coordinates. I have taken a screenshot of the Keyhole view of this area, and it's found he http://blave.smugmug.com/photos/15627055-L.jpg Using Keyhole to zoom in on the area of the supposed airport shows nothing to indicate that an airstrip was ever there... BTW as an "abandoned airport enthusiast/mourner", I have found this site to be very interesting: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/. But I can't find anything there that mentions this particular location. Can anyone help? Thanks, Dave Blevins |
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Anything here?
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/ -- Gene Seibel Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html Because I fly, I envy no one. |
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wrote in message ... I recently bought a 1-year subscription to http://www.keyhole.com - it's a service that lets you browse aerial and satellite photo imagery, world-wide. I have spent more than a few hours perusing the aerial views of current and abandoned airstrips. (and by the way, Fallujah, Iraq is depicted in very fine detail - jeez I wonder why? But that's another topic...) I am pretty familiar with the airports surrounding my location (San Jose, CA) but Keyhole shows what it calls "historical" airports, and one of them has me stumped in terms of finding out more data about it - "Hilton Airport", located southeast of San Jose. I have done a pretty thorough web search looking for its history, and unlike most other abandoned/old airports that I've web-researched, I have come up with only one link on that site - which doesn't tell me anything more than its GPS coordinates. I have taken a screenshot of the Keyhole view of this area, and it's found he http://blave.smugmug.com/photos/15627055-L.jpg Using Keyhole to zoom in on the area of the supposed airport shows nothing to indicate that an airstrip was ever there... BTW as an "abandoned airport enthusiast/mourner", I have found this site to be very interesting: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/. But I can't find anything there that mentions this particular location. Can anyone help? I have a fairly good collection of old sectional charts. I can't find a "Hilton Airport" in this area but I do find a "Boulder Creek Airport" in the location specified in your screenshot. Boulder Creek Airport appears on sectionals dated August 1943, August 1947, April 1958, and January 1965. It is not on the April 1972 chart. The coordinates given for it are 37 09 N, 122 10 W. |
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Thanks so much for your help, Steven. I have a 1949 sectional that I had
previously not thought about checking, but the airfield is on it. It is *not* on my 1967 one, so presumably it was a short-lived landing site. cheers, Dave Blevins On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:45:11 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" I have a fairly good collection of old sectional charts. I can't find a "Hilton Airport" in this area but I do find a "Boulder Creek Airport" in the location specified in your screenshot. Boulder Creek Airport appears on sectionals dated August 1943, August 1947, April 1958, and January 1965. It is not on the April 1972 chart. The coordinates given for it are 37 09 N, 122 10 W. |
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wrote in message ... Thanks so much for your help, Steven. I have a 1949 sectional that I had previously not thought about checking, but the airfield is on it. It is *not* on my 1967 one, so presumably it was a short-lived landing site. Do you mean you found a "Hilton Airport" on the 1949 sectional? |
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http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/index.htm
did you try looking here? BT wrote in message ... Thanks so much for your help, Steven. I have a 1949 sectional that I had previously not thought about checking, but the airfield is on it. It is *not* on my 1967 one, so presumably it was a short-lived landing site. cheers, Dave Blevins On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:45:11 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" I have a fairly good collection of old sectional charts. I can't find a "Hilton Airport" in this area but I do find a "Boulder Creek Airport" in the location specified in your screenshot. Boulder Creek Airport appears on sectionals dated August 1943, August 1947, April 1958, and January 1965. It is not on the April 1972 chart. The coordinates given for it are 37 09 N, 122 10 W. |
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Yes. AAMOF I have been in contact with the webmaster (made a donation,
etc. etc.) and sent him the info I have on the field. BTW it is listed as "Boulder Creek" on my 1949 sectional. Dave Blevins On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:11:34 -0800, "BTIZ" wrote: http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/index.htm did you try looking here? |
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I wonder if the guy who owns CL77 knows.
Don |
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wrote in message ... BTW it is listed as "Boulder Creek" on my 1949 sectional. How did you verify that "Boulder Creek Airport" and "Hilton Airport" are the same field? |
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