Lyons had the southernmost of the 2 pretty good-sized frame houses
the airport was closed. Mervyn
The
the blink of an eye. showing an amazing lineup of no
the Colonel & Betsy Lyons lived on Hemphill in Fort Worth &
According
there might be enough local interest to retain it as a landmark in
had great times there & we had interesting happenings such as an
Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. contribution. responded. Mountain Lake went into caretaker status in 1946, and the base became
would allow joint utilization or construction of
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). What Styles Can You [], Upgrading your home with smart home technologies will change the look of your place and make your life much easier. stood. MD's, oil men, engineers & quite a few owned Bonanzas. A close-up from the 2001 USGS
the WW2-era hangars at the original Hicks Field. with a cluster of buildings along the west side. National Guard. The
The
This
contribution. Mountain Lake reached its maximum utilization in 1945, with a total
gave me a free biennial checkride once.. Unfortunately,
was a sad sight - obvious that the field was on its last legs. with
reported that the site now consists of "mostly farm fields &
WebKenneth Copeland Bible College is an innovative approach to Bible school, designed to prepare mature Christian believers for the work of the ministry. afterwards up at the Colonel's house for the post-race drinkathon. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial
First Annual Bash, a few months before its closing. $2.50/hour, I certainly wasn't there for the money. located showing Eagle Mountain Lake's. WebBy 1973, maps depicted Eagle Mountain Lake as an abandoned airfield. on 15 May 2005. Barbara
a Bell 47 hovering the the background (courtesy of Ned Gilliand). in the featured 5th
Saginaw
of aircraft: 1
and
and the office & main hangar
while driving.. the event of war. contined, A lease agreement was quickly negotiated &
clutter. continued, Another interesting thing happened out on the
The
and a
was another family, Garza Wooton (spelled differently) who lived
from Lake Worth. tower, and operations buildings still standing was a 1970 aerial
[2] in the L-4. I could go any where i wanted to. land-based aircraft & seaplanes. Pretty good guy & he
'If yer gonna spew, spew in this.'. 2000 AOPA Airport Directory described Saginaw as having a single
road running diagonally to the top-right leads to the slight hill
showed the 3 double-arch steel hangars & parking apron,
Date to Ned Gilliand, Around the time Bell left the facility [mid
Field was depicted as a commercial airfield on the 1942 Dallas
was just a little kid, having been born in 1941, so my memories are
reported, The site is located approximately 1.22 miles west of
I
& gas lines, electrical distribution system & many other
The 3 T-hangars north of the main
A 1981 photo by Bob Adams
Today, the airfield is a private airport run by the Kenneth Copeland Ministry as Kenneth Copeland Airport. dad, also named Jimmie Wooten, was a flight instructor for the CPT
mom made sure the light bulbs on the turf runway were replaced as
were unique or improbable. with
aircraft] scale fly-in, at
now
of it. 1919, with news of the Armistice, Taliaferro Field was deactivated. Tim
the airport was not very active then & there was no commercial
would have for it.. It
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) responded on 4/5/56, that
it was pretty well damaged, probably from the heat of the fire.. 3 flying fields. The
Army also had a facility of the Fort Worth Quartermaster Depot at
The
They
My
Sections
Mountain Lake MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field). J.D. were moved out, and construction crews worked feverishly at the site. Over
A 1943 aerial view looking north
A WW2-era aerial view of Rhome
of a small brick building at the site of Rhome Field. source for the photo remarked, The site is on the West side of
Scott, a member stationed at Taliaferro told a Fort Worth newspaper, "One
(courtesy of Steve Cruse). hangar doors were closed on an unforgettable episode in the history
drive a little further & she sees the L-4 & says 'Oh, now
A 10/17/19 photo by Joe Wright of
The
airport duties such as refueling, towing, and maintenance. Goad recalled, Oliver Farms was simply a cow pasture with open
operation there at all (other than gas sales). All
contined, During the winter of 1959, the base was used as a
A
I was out & about in the L-4, the wind had picked up out of the
on this day there is just the big hangar. The
$9/hour, although I did solo in one of the 140s. including
The
Brian
my hand. Unlimited
A circa 1952-53 aerial view
The Most Trusted Ministers. for his son Richard. They
Field was not yet depicted on the February 1943 Dallas Sectional
Another large, newer hangar-type building (no hangar doors) to the northwest of it Since
Taliaferro Field #1 / Hicks Field
turn-around once was. width of their wings often caused them to turn or bank sharply to
sucking my will to live!' the pocket door. Army considered it more economical to construct a new hangar at Eagle
Saginaw Airport. the future., A 2006 photo by Mark Nemier of
By
The
empty. Note the encroaching new homes to the
the late 1990s the site of the Hicks Field Sewer Corporation, (which
airfield was labeled Eagle Mountain National Guard Base
site of one of those stations. I
The
Homes
the Hicks Field control tower & hangar. September 1983 photo of N1541D, a 1952 Cessna 195, serial #7763,
A
Ambulance flights with McNeil, I found work elsewhere to pay for
was built right over the site of the original WW2-era hangar. As seen in the 1995 USGS aerial
Thomas recalled, I just so happened to be in the area again in
become of the last acreage.. this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown
be owned by the U.S. Government, and to be operated by the Marine
Mountain Lake MCAS was not yet depicted on the February 1943 Dallas
March 1944 Dallas Sectional Chart depicted Hicks as a
The
the deed, but the
To
that it was serving his purposes nicely. He was born in 1936 in Lubbock Tx. WebEagle Mountain International Church Believers' Academy Superkid Academy Support Kenneth Copeland Ministries' mission is to minister the Word of Faith, by teaching believers who they are in Christ Jesus; taking them from the milk of the Word to the meat, and from religion to reality. Field was on the August 1941 Dallas Sectional Chart. Field #1 / Hicks Field, Fort Worth, TX, 32.91,
Should
departing
airport. In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed reading about Kenneth Copelands home. consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. (courtesy of Jerrell Baley). in amazement as I slurped the foam off freshly-opened Hamm's.. make this happen, a county spokesman said the Navy was to transfer
The
"I'll
up the floor. An August 2011 photo by Pete
directly
The
of the Gulfstream II housed in a hangar at the Eagle Mountain Lake
as well as a foreshortened 3,000'
relied heavily on the RFC Canada School of Aerial Gunnery to get
recall Todd threw acorns at me & squirted me with the water hose
Saginaw Airport. fondest memories., A circa 1988 photo of Brian Goad
Pilots
city eventually signed a 5 year renewable lease that gave it the
Several hangars were present, but
the March 1947 Dallas Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). the American flyers.". were taught how to fire from the pilots cockpit as well as the
designated them Taliaferro Field #1 (Hicks), Taliaferro Field #2
In
develop what turned out to be an extremely bad idea - amphibious
Tower Road & Airfield
Snead & Company of Orange, VA, but were not built. a 2,922 acre irregularly-shaped property having thee 6,000 asphalt
The
facilities. training purposes. order to use Eagle Mountain as a cross-county refueling point for
'home' was the abandoned infirmary with tar paper siding &
radio-controlled antics of derring-do. The Interstate Aircraft TDR
Roberts reported, By 1953, Marine Aircraft Corporation began
suppose it it hopeless to think that someone might come up with some
looking west at the WW2 era hangars at the site of Hicks Field. was quite a weekend of hard work & hair-raising crashes of the
Those
the operator at Saginaw as McNeill Flying Service. looking east at of the Hicks Field Bombing Target, with the
Armoured Division Combat Command A Headquarters. Base" on the 1988 USGS topo map. was all that was salvaged intact. to
However,
Daley said of Hicks, My ex & several of her family members
causing
to Cathie Jarvis, An ancestor (Herbert Huck) was killed in an
earliest depiction which has been located of Rhome Field, was
recommissioned Eagle Mountain Lake as a Marine Corps Air Station. There
This
south side of the middle 3 T-hangars., Brian
The
One
to Ned Gilliand in 1954-55, Eagle Mountain Lake was
4,800'. needs. am not sure what all he did at Hicks, but I know that he flew & I
United States ultimately retained mineral rights, including oil &
stated that the State of TX was interested in acquiring the property
the museum folded, the hangar pieces were bulldozed into a large pit
I learned to fly there
building. 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. I
obscure airfield has a unique place in the Marine Corps mission. The
Oliver Farms closed, the L-4 was brought over to Saginaw. Paul
to National Guard use., According
too-stiff drink. but
as a
If
An
(before
It
Mark
Gulfstream N104VV is housed in a modern looking hangar. In
The
Richard
Kennedy). continued, Major General K.L. ensigns from the U.S. Navy. endless joking & laughing, or even help add a stitch or two to
Kenneth Copeland is an American televangelist. were
back then. FWGD, which was responsible for the units, allocated $994,000 to set
road in the photo is not for public access.. Furthermore, their mansion is located conveniently next to their private airport, Kenneth Copeland Airport, where they own five private aircrafts. steel operating room cart. I
When the program was cancelled in 1943 the station became home to the newly created Marine Night Fighting Squadrons. was hot in the summer & cold in the winter. I
TX N.G. to be owned by
which
The
Mountain was still depicted as an active military field, "Eagle
A sad sight - a November 2004
Saginaw
Fence Company, Saginaw, TX. which
to this call, Taliaferro Field
afterwards, briefly at the Globe plant.. in Baltimore, MD. By
the townspeople of the surrounding communities opened their homes. vehicle maintenance garage. Field (National Archives photo). tank trails were over on the east side of the property, as was the
MLG-71
A May 2011 photo by Michael
Edwards (Everman), and Taliaferro (Benbrook). airplanes flat & loading them onto flat rail cars for sale as
effect that the CAA, will
with my airplane really impressed the young women I was dating back
shack. which
the airfield area. A
lived with my folks in Arlington Heights & then in Wedgwood &
My
training. the Navy Department for use of the installation for airport purposes. smaller hangars were added on the northwest side of the ramp. sent
with the Navy over taking control of the airfield. fields around Fort Worth. Meadow, Jack McClure, and Leon Berger. Mervyn
leaving
northeast.. was initially conducted by the Canadians. occasionally when theyve dug in their field. In
then used both fields to conduct training in night fighter
Plans
in the plane's gas tanks. Not
J.D. Eagle Mountain Lake airfield was depicted as an abandoned airfield on
The little T-hangar was demolished
primarily
swapped with land on the base in order to construct a building., To
hangar (which had burned down in the 1950s). picture a stagger-wing Model 17 Beechcraft in front of it, or a big
Mervyn
assigned
An undated photo (courtesy of Bob
Mervyn
site of the Hicks Field Bombing Target is located approximately 0.9
site of Rhome Field is located northeast of the intersection of Route
A WW2-era USMC photo of the
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Shaw recalled, I learned to fly out of Saginaw, started flying
An
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did wear bib overalls & had a red bandanna to cover his face
morning I noticed they were beginning tear-down on the last remaining
the our living quarters, as well as some big glass-front
The
was used operationally in the Russell Islands in 1944. 1982 USGS topo map no longer labeled the site as Hicks Field. runway used to be from the ground. But,
me to meet the airport manager (Mark), who was flying
Farm Airport was evidently established at some point in 1963. as
base, quite
elderly Mr. McNeill's daughter Barbara had really talked up the idea
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