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| ID 47839 Views: 806 Photo Comments: 0 |
Airline / Aircraft Type | Location and Date | Photographer |
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USA - Air Force Boeing KC-135 R Stratotanker |
Tucson - Gilpin Airport/Freeway Airport (Closed) USA - Arizona, March 25, 2014 |
Cole Goldberg Contact |
| Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes | |||
| 57-1418 (cn 17489) "Written off on April 7, 1999, during ground test at Tinker AFB, OK when pressurization test wrecked rear fuselage. At previous maintenance, the pressure relief valves were secured shut and not released afterwards" (ASN).rn | |||
| ID 45130 Views: 384 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Desert Splash Adventures Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Tucson - Gilpin Airport/Freeway Airport (Closed) USA - Arizona, March 23, 2014 |
Cole Goldberg Contact |
| Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes | |||
| N1229X (cn 20800212) Desert Splash Adventures operated by Island Air Express | |||
| ID 36834 Views: 413 Photo Comments: 0 |
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Airport Buildings/Property Airport Terminal External View |
Tucson - Gilpin Airport/Freeway Airport (Closed) USA - Arizona, - -, - |
Cole Goldberg Contact |
| Registration/Serial No. | Remarks & Notes | |||
| None (cn None) Gilpin Airport founded founded by flight instructor Walter Douglas, had four unpaved runways and several hangars and a terminal. In 1958, his airport located in Northern Tucson closed. In 1960 it reopened as Freeway Airport with a single 4500 foot, paved runway. It still had several hangars and had added rows of new T hangars. Freeway Airport closed on June 5th, 1978. This picture of control tower & terminal building is from the late 1940\\\'s. Years later, after subdivision by Abrams Airborne Manufacturing Inc the building became the headquarters for The R.E. Darling fabrication company, which is now out of business. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/AZ/Airfields_AZ_Tuscon_N.htm | |||
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