[GreenKeys] Old Airfields

[Sheldon Daitch]

 You are welcome, Gil.
I've an honorable mention in the North Carolina page, Southeastern section, for White Oak/Piney Green InternationalAirport, near Jacksonville.
73Sheldon
    On Monday, January 27, 2020, 02:12:27 AM EST, Gil Smith <gil at baudot.net> wrote:  
 
 Sheldon:  That was a fun site to peruse -Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
gil




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Subject: [GreenKeys] Old Airfields
From: Sheldon Daitch via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Sat, January 25, 2020 7:53 pm
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net, "groupsrichart at gmail.com"
<groupsrichart at gmail.com>



Changing the subject line -

Take a look at:

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/


Sheldon





On Saturday, January 25, 2020, 08:06:33 PM EST, groupsrichart at gmail.com <groupsrichart at gmail.com> wrote: 




The airfields with three runways were known as Class A airfields (they look like an A.) They were originated by the RAF during WWII and widely adopted by the U.S. Army Air Corps. There is a good description of a Class A airfield in this article. 
 https://www.asce.org/uploadedFiles/CE_Magazine/Home_Page/Content_Pieces/2018-11-history-lesson-paving-the-way-for-victory.pdf

 
You see variations of this in the U.S. often with just two crossed runways. Many current commercial airfields started out as USAAC airfields and will have two crossed runways in a V shape. One example is Wright Army Airfield at Fort Stewart near Savannah which is now co-inhabited by Mid-Coast Regional Airport.

 
Some of the reasons for the multiple runways are:
 Operational safety for all types of aircraft of that vintage
 The longest runway was usually oriented for aircraft to take off or land into the prevailing wind
The other runways allowed for operations to continue when the wind was blowing from other directions
 Allowed aircraft to be dispersed around the field in the event of an enemy attack
 
 
There were hundreds of USAAC airfields constructed during WWII. You can find a list of them arranged by state on Wikipedia. Many of the articles contain photos of the airport configuration in the familiar V shape. 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Airfields_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_the_United_States_by_state

 
73,

 
Tim WS4V
 






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