A website, Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields, we recently discovered, features Paul Freeman’s collection of history, charts and photos of airfields in the United Stated that are little known and no longer exist.
The collection includes all 50 states and lists 2,260 airports.
“As a pilot, a particular interest of mine has always been the abandoned airfields that dot the landscape of much of this country,” Freeman told officials with the Recreational Aviation Foundation.
Freeman notes that these airfields could have value in an emergency.
He also finds value in their “sometimes fascinating history,” he said, adding he “always tries to land at as many airports as possible, to learn a little about each one.”
Freeman added he depends on the pilot community for information on location, history, photos, and other useful information about these airfields.
Yes, my site’s been on the web since 1999. Thanks to material contributed by many readers, it continues to grow in scope, and I’ve learned a lot in the process.
In case interested there is a similar site covering European fields.
Breaking news! Columbus just discovered “America”!!
Lighten Up folks, re-read the article. I didn’t see anywhere in it that it was NEW information. It did say ” recently discovered” not recently developed. Since I didn’t know about the site it is new to me and probably lots of other folks.
Bill, the article when first posted read, “A new website…”
Yeah, not remotely new. I’ve been visiting it for years.
So much for this site’s credibility. Even if it somehow received misleading publicity, a journalist’s job is to investigate, not regurgitate press releases.
“New,” as in “New in the last 16 years?” Paul’s first copyright on the home page is 2002.
This site is hardly just launched — it has been up since 1999!