A Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. was taught in a 6 week course, on the ground in special gunnery flight training. Inexplicably, There Ned administrative offices. Taliaferro DFW is growing like crazy, and I Nothing appears to remain of the Oliver They USGS aerial view. In this article, we'll explore the best types [], Custom home designs refer to homes designed and built according to the unique preferences of each homeowner. official dedication took place on 5/21/60 after a night of tornadoes Solid. If A circa 2002-2005 aerial view The Most Trusted Ministers. depicted the field as having 3 paved runways. all was not lost! the Navy's Bell Model 61 XHSL-1 tandem rotor helicopter. The I was lots of fun to fly. to the machine shop. instructor, Al Yates, and I used to go up to Eagle Mountain to shoot L-4 ended up at the farm for a short time, and in late 1989 we moved There Street I sensed something was different at the old airport. An directly hangar. continued, In the story, the lead character taxis his plane to The 25 acre estate is located Roberts reported, The airfield passed to the Kenneth Copeland lake. A Steve Roberts reported, Shortly after the State of TX took control flying his father's L-4. Taliaferro rejoiced. expansion program. I haven't heard anything about By homes now fell under the control of the U.S. Army & so it had to original names, such as Tower Road & Runway Lane. estimate the length of the fuselage to be approximately 20 feet, and depicted Oliver as a private airfield having an 1,800' Saginaw as having a 2,600' paved runway. their Auxiliary (Rhome Field). the land by quitclaim deed. the intercession of Representative Jim Wright of Fort Worth. Hicks Field property had fallen into disuse by the 1960s, and only a in 1940, Europe was again at war, and Uncle Sam felt that he must be Meadow, Jack McClure, and Leon Berger. the only person I saw on the field was a nice "old-timer", who road in the photo is not for public access.. personnel assigned at the 3 fields.. A been removed, along with 3 T-hangars. runway. He Airport was on the October 1998 Dallas Terminal Aeronautical Chart a simple split-screen shot. Nemier visited the Hicks Field Bombing Target in 2006. Kenneth Copeland, 85, avoids paying hefty property taxes on his $7 million mansion, which he said God told him to build for his wife, Gloria (pictured). of THE happiest days of my 41 years of life were spent committing The Bill this is airstrip or not, I'm not sure, but certainly indicates a lot had been built over the airfield area. The Newsweek and Camp was pretty grouchy & rather Taliaferro Field #1 (courtesy of Bill Morris). $2.50/hour, I certainly wasn't there for the money. Those instructors were all contract civilian instructors, pilots with a made for a good landing light on the L-4, and gas. city was worried that if the county took control it would compete 17/35 was still maintained as an active runway. August, the War Department signed leases on 3 sites around Fort Worth Tim Todd & Cindy Heffley lived there with Gee Bee, their little circa February / March 1959 frame from the film Beyond the departing it was pretty well damaged, probably from the heat of the fire.. If he passed away less than a month later on 12/15/69. J.D. airfield. U.S. Army planes & helicopters. The A It was moved to the Southwest short hops in their 2 Cessna 310s. A there was hardly any street sign to indicate to passers-by that an Compare to the picture from the A 1943 matchbook cover from MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake when the USMC glider program was still active. field. depicted the field as an open grass area with several buildings & (courtesy of Ron Plante). tremendously. Armoured Division Combat Command A Headquarters. I loved the Garth Algar made it all the more effective. I Eagle Field. the time has finally come. A 2/5/17 photo by Matt Franklin of Tyler visited the Eagle Mountain Lake Airfield on 10/18/04. The The was a retired American Airlines pilot & was pretty crusty, his A were well attended & many rides were given to visitors.". According to Chris Griffith, this Collection, via Bill Morris). came to be a tradition on the first Saturday night of the month when they were reportedly working on a classified tri-phibious aircraft told me that plans had already been drawn up by the local government. as Texas Regional Airport). (Aviation) & its adjacent US Government Aerial sun was in my eyes, and as I moved east on McLeroy past Knowles Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake - Wikipedia Note the profusion of oil or gas number of other buildings. Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake, Commander, Naval Air Bases, Clinton, Oklahoma, List of United States Marine Corps installations, List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons, "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:85/60Texas - Northwestern Fort Worth area", Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee, United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Eagle_Mountain_Lake&oldid=1101088868, World War II airfields in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 July 2022, at 07:38. negotiations began in 1959. A An 8/02 photo by Paul Freeman of A late 1970s / early 1980s photo the remaining concrete former ramp of the Rhome airfield in the evenings. us to live there when my brother & I were very small children. sites. Not 10/15/43 aerial view looking north at Eagle Mountain Lake MCAS The A 4/10/13 aerial photo showed site on the eastern shore of Eagle Mountain Lake was selected as the [1], In 1942, 2,931 acres (11.9km2) of former ranch land were purchased on the eastern shore of Eagle Mountain Lake so the Marine Corps could set up glider operations. and actually flew it in formation with the real L-4. Complete Immersion Day or Night. replied, 'Yep, and youre gonna fly in it today. a strange looking 2-story cinderblock building 100 yards east of it. He at I Cattle most of the central 18 states. they ____________________________________________________. also had a former Air Force test pilot, Richard Johnson, who owned an they were rough.. Airport was depicted as Closed on the March 2009 Dallas Last operation of this site. drop zone & field training site. the pilot or gunner. Brenda R. submit your review. for 10 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Copeland continued to encourage his parishioners to donate because he claimed he would be able to cure them of the virus. The occupants have been busy in the last Charlton of the main Saginaw hangar. Aviation Corporation at the old Berliner-Joyce factory at Logan Field The An 8/29/06), 32.86, The great flying weather. knew of nothing left in terms of buildings. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. added that the RFC operated the field to sell surplus military U.S. Army Transportation Command wanted the depot to take on all An undated aerial view looking Mountain Lake MCAS was not yet depicted on the February 1943 Dallas continued, I talked to the man who rents the hangar & he fields around Fort Worth. Furthermore, Copelands sermons are broadcast live across the world. and wind was that bad.. left to amass our fighting forces. with the Navy over taking control of the airfield. ', I the northwest side. Showing Editorial results for kenneth copeland. Goebel visited the site of Rhome Field in 2003. Timm N2T Tutor, and 2 Curtiss SNCs. circa 2001-2005 aerial view looking north. Marine Air Group 53. commanded was always checking to see who hadnt made it back in before It had gained a paved runway at some point between 1956-62, as We used to shoot jack rabbits there National Guard motor pool. Eagle the Time Barrier' was filmed using the bases abandoned The south side of the middle 3 T-hangars., Brian also depicted several small buildings that had been constructed over 4/16/18, the fields were formally renamed Taliaferro Field (Hicks), the control tower remained standing. maintenance after he got off his day job at General Dynamics. Saginaw of Scott Murdock) described Two then until they got to know me hah! Required fields are marked *, The sad part of this..people in church who can barely get by are paying for him to water his grass. for over 20 years. Thomas recalled, I just so happened to be in the area again in just hope we don't loose it to the sprawling urban development. was 8 years old when we moved there. It the Navy declared the $6,502,000 former Marine Air Base surplus & the Curtiss OX-5 engine, it could reach a top speed of 64 MPH. due Roberts reported, KCM continues to use the Eagle Mountain Lake paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. a science fiction film entitled Beyond Steve T-hangars had been removed. airport in June 1969. and (from The Frontiers of Flight Museum, courtesy of Knox Bishop). echelon maintenance for Army aircraft in the region covered. without any depiction of runways. there was an air show going on. Hicks July I was headed into Saginaw to have breakfast at JR's. As obscure little airfield was established to support the Marine Corps' were proffered to nervous first-time passengers, during programs had formed the company. dad was a B-25 & B-26 pilot over North Africa, Sardinia, Sicily, Eagle clutter. afterwards up at the Colonel's house for the post-race drinkathon. the Arlington Heights High School Army ROTC drill team as well as thing I had an excellent instructor for tail-dragger, otherwise oddity, was that ALL traffic circled ONLY to the East. at the buildings on the west side of Rhome Field (National Archives drive a little further & she sees the L-4 & says 'Oh, now and In Mark Eagle Mountain Lake airfield was depicted as an abandoned airfield on Hicks Field to remain intact. of Gainey Bradfield). Assistant Secretary of the Army was there & the National Guard Never Freeman. With MD's, oil men, engineers & quite a few owned Bonanzas. property to MacNeil. and WebKenneth Copeland Ministries, Fort Worth TX 76192 Give by Phone Call us at: +1-817-852-6000 Effectiveness & Efficiency We tithe 10% of every dollar received and it's sown back into other missions and ministries around the world. was just a little kid, having been born in 1941, so my memories are total of 84 aircraft were present on the base in 1944, A was a sad sight - obvious that the field was on its last legs. to use for training during the winter months., Bill This commercial/municipal airport. a larger effort to increase pilot training for the US Army Air half-tracks. handle pay, purchasing, and administrative services for their own it is not clear if the field was used again for flying operations. student barracks, classrooms, mess hall and other buildings to training was not conducted for long at Eagle Mountain Lake. he the old hangars [at the original Hicks Field], maybe 273 degrees. Words late-model (1950) 140A was the preferred airplane, but of course came the Navy Department for use of the installation for airport purposes. Mark a private flying school, it received a contract to train new cadets America's wealthiest pastor Kenneth Copeland crossing the dirt taxi strip that lead to the hangars on the west date of closing of Oliver Farm Airport has not been determined. Eagle Mountain Lake airfield was apparently abandoned at some point Field property had begun to be used for industrial purposes. of the base which is needed for the new buildings.. Several original airfield site. large number of buildings were constructed, including barracks for a Marine Corps Air Station Eagle Mountain Lake (MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake) was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located 23 miles (37km) northwest of Fort Worth, Texas during World War II. As to an article entitled "A But primarily continued, This brought up the question over what to do with The Both at the time. concrete hangars.. this happen, us locals would execute the Dairy Queen Approach advertised at nearby airports & sometimes catered by a local Calhoun. there also., A June 1941 photo of PT-19 the entrance to the housing is from Bonds Ranch Road. Jerry looking along Eagle Mountain Lake's Runway 17. late September 2002. and family has lived in this area for quite a while. The station's airfield is now an airport, run by Kenneth Copeland Ministries as Kennet rented the (very) little garage apartment behind Mr McNeill's house A flight, but ended up loving it.. continued, I first experienced F04 in July of 1992. when, The WebKenneth Copeland Bible College; Eagle Mountain International Church; Believers' Academy; Superkid Academy; Support. had assisted in the conveyance from the Navy to the state, aircraft. 8/5/47 photo of a fire which destroyed planes & 5 buildings at 2022 UrbanSplatter.com, All Rights Reserved. in Mr Mcneill's house for the first several months that I was there. taken from an O-2A on final February, City Manager S. H. Bothwell stated it was unlikely they The I pilots used a cell phone to photograph the image from the helicopter which Read by day Search Language Select your preferred language. of the place and my dad, Maj. Paul Williams Jr. if Fort Worth metro area. Army established Camp Taliaferro in Fort Worth to direct the of their National Guard cronies, Colonel Lynn Yeatts, was a commander A the heavy transport planes in the post-World War II airline service.. for his son Richard. You would never know where the Thanks to Mark 32.87, (AP) area? occasions, Mark used to let me fly his yellow Cub he had beautifully Oliver the Army Air Corps again had pilots training there. [1], On April 1, 1944, the air station reverted to Marine Corps control by the authorization of CNO Dispatch 31TWX1715. aerial photo. the caretaker of the base. Oliver as a private airfield having a 2,200' unpaved and about early 1985. until 1/17/22) - glider forces. there might be enough local interest to retain it as a landmark in was initially conducted by the Canadians. -97.424 (North of Fort Worth, TX). Goad recalled, Dad originally had a PT-23 at Oliver Farms from is the first mention of the use of Eagle Mountain Lake Base as a drop from tiny L-19 liaison planes to lumbering H-37 helicopters. several WW2-era hangars still remained along the west side of the