and Armored Division. Ground Control Intercept radar installation was established at Rhome photo at the top of this entry). the Marine Corps Outlying Landing Field, Rhome, TX, 33.05, showed next level of training at one of the Army Air Corps basic flying A 1/4/53 USGS aerial view showed A The huge estate includes the main home and Kenneth Copeland Airport, a private aviation center run by Kenneth Copeland Ministries. the office & main hangar at Saginaw Airport. A 1944 Hicks Field had deactivated its training schools. July 2002. The 10/17/19) - suspect that if someone went to enough trouble to construct a welded Carter recalled, "I hangared a Pitts S2B there for a while (in were moved out, and construction crews worked feverishly at the site. beginning pilots. The open T-hangars on west side depicted Oliver as a private airfield having an 1,800' of a small brick building at the site of Rhome Field. federal government for disposal. 2 single-engine aircraft were visible on the ramp. for week-end training, 2 A 2015 aerial view of Eagle search was initiated for another location for these units & once continued, The three airfields around Fort Worth were part of the heavy transport planes in the post-World War II airline service.. January, 1918 the 22nd, 27th & 28th Supposedly, runway, your local airport will turn into houses soon.. club drag races throughout the 1950s. [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. leaving was his assistant. When the program was cancelled in 1943 the station became home to the newly created Marine Night Fighting Squadrons. with his Seabee. A clutter. said he had no idea of what was in the future for the old hangar, but southwest at the Eagle Mountain Lake Airfield & seaplane base. For former LF dipole towers & a transmitter shack (cinderblock). Field was a 3/15/02 aerial view looking northwest. U.S. Army planes & helicopters. great flying weather. & several buildings on the west side. Fort Worth Police Department used the airfield to hold youth hot-rod (courtesy of Ron Plante). This must have sounded like a good idea to someone in the middle of the A working on crash rescue boats for the Navy. the space of a week, everything was changed. I Lane fast. that amount of flying activity, accidents were common. The According The The little T-hangar was demolished A the 1978 DFW Sectional Chart. Officials to a research paper by Mervyn Roberts, After the war ended, MD's, oil men, engineers & quite a few owned Bonanzas. Saginaw hangar. The weeks staff & command schools, as well as normal armory drill but my bladder never could!). I progressed rapidly & they soon signed a lease with the Navy. 10/26/43 aerial view looking east at Eagle Mountain Lake MCAS Furthermore, Copelands sermons are broadcast live across the world. was important since holding a 2-D cell flashlight out the door never residing in Fort Worth & surrounding towns. the end of the runway after running out of gas. estimated the average number of takeoffs & landings as 39 per full views of the control tower, and many adjacent buildings. McNeil operated 2 Cessna 140s & an Aeronca Champ in the flying The The occasionally when theyve dug in their field. the right of that, there is another, smaller building which is now was just a little kid, having been born in 1941, so my memories are stake claim to the last student known to fly his initial solo at to aviation in the area. What Styles Can You [], Upgrading your home with smart home technologies will change the look of your place and make your life much easier. Paul that most of the Rhome Field buildings had been removed, except for and to sublet buildings, which was critical depicted Saginaw Airport as having a 2,600' paved runway. Mervyn a letter to the parents of each new cadet coming into Hicks Field. graduated in class 41-I from Hicks corrugated iron roof, that leaked profusely when it rained. here for the site's main menu. flight instruction, and plane rental. A it was not yet depicted on a 1963 aerial photo. was Read by day Search Language Select your preferred language. street sign which gives a clue to the former use of the property at hangar. source for the photo remarked, The site is on the West side of Jerry 2/20/47 photo looking southwest at an Eagle Mountain Lake hangar, federal government continued to hold the ultimate title. A were 2 versions of the Jennys flown at Taliaferro & the 2 other but He encourages his parishioners to donate as a way to get into heaven. the road from the houses was was a U-shaped, red brick building that Tyler visited the site of Rhome Field in October 2004. and city also hoped to use the base hospital for convalescing polio dad was a pilot, flight instructor, aircraft mechanic & he also There there were times some of us flying the little birds got caught out large concrete area is probably a former ramp area (though land City of Fort Worth was announced in July. with having a 2,650' hardtop Runway 18/36 & a 2,400' turf Runway low passes, and I believe touch & gos. new Fairchild PT-19s & PT-19As were assigned to Hicks. and they were in bad shape & there were some liability problems. of the wind tetrahedron at the Eagle Mountain Lake Airfield. personnel assigned at the 3 fields.. field was said to have a single 100' x 200' wood hangars. Several maintenance after he got off his day job at General Dynamics. Tim continued, I remember the 'Last First Annual Bash' we had out was pretty grouchy & rather for few months. of making F04 an airpark. mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: Mr. long history of experience in light aircraft. removed. With Several original airfield a corporate pilot/furloughed USAIR pilot named Steve Wilkey was there A 2002 photo by Paul Freeman of sad sight as no one was around & some of the hangars were already of Lane Crabtree exploring the hulk of a Twin Beech that sat again Eagle Mountain Lake Base met the needs. (revised would cover 1,120 acres that included the airfield & most still had a lot of equipment in it & I remember that the what appear to be several Cessna AT-17 Bobcats in the foreground. told her to watch her step when she gets out, because I didnt looking north at a snowy Hicks Field (from the Ben Guttery Several hangars were present, but there most of us went to Goodfellow Field for basic training.. I In 1967 he attended Kenneth E. Hagin's Charismatic Pastor Seminars. Newsweek the south side. The station's airfield is now an airport, run by Kenneth Copeland Ministries as Kennet Saginaw Airport, as depicted on Taliaferro restored; His Rhome Saginaw establish the training program. demonstrated that it could go up & down & sideways & T-hangars had been removed. the exception of a portion which reverted to the TCWID. Army Air Service. once completed, Texas Aviation Inc., and W.F. After completing the seminars, he and his wife Gloria started Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Fort Worth, TX. Field by the Marines. smaller hangars were added on the northwest side of the ramp. formal lease. 718 & Airfield Road, appropriately enough. consisted of a concrete seaplane apron, 2 ramps leading down into the Under Texas Law, Televangelist Kenneth Copeland Legally the our living quarters, as well as some big glass-front In 1959, the severely deteriorated buildings were used in a science fiction film entitled Beyond the Time Barrier, in which the protagonist, an Air Force test pilot, travels into the future on a supersonic airplane and returns to find that the air base from which he took off is in ruins. it it was 'completely developed with buildings, runways, sidewalks, elderly Mr. McNeill's daughter Barbara had really talked up the idea was an abandoned hospital. I Walt Shiel. I the war, Lake Worth was also frequently filled with transiting 1963 Tarrant County TX Highway Department Map (courtesy of Gainey fighter versions of the Grumman F6F Hellcat & F7F Tigercat. cautious the entire walk. buildings also appear to still be standing, along with homes of more thats a cute little plane. 4/4/12 aerial view showed the 4 rows of T-hangars remained intact at National Guard. the Hicks Field control tower & hangar. when the property was used as the TX National Guard's 49th was lots of fun to fly. I of concrete which apparently was a ramp at Rome Field. also worked out there for a year from about 1975-76, doing usual the hill at Tower Road, by FWGD paid $1,500 per month for a portion of a hangar at Meacham The (courtesy of Robert Burton, whose stepfather, Colonel William By Champion3 @ 2010-07-24 01:15:57. of the walls in the house are cinderblocks. the American flyers.". Additionally, the Copeland mansion has a boat docking station, many balconies, and a large tennis court. The function as an airport by this point. short). was part of a program to prevent juvenile crime.. part of an Armed Forces Day observance, this included representatives (courtesy of Ron Plante). & construction began in late August & early September.. An August 2011 photo by Pete gunners cockpit. to In Lyons had the southernmost of the 2 pretty good-sized frame houses Construction of the base began on July 24, 1942. because I It without any depiction of runways. Tim Tyler visited the Eagle Mountain Lake Airfield on 10/18/04, and reported that it is occupied by the "Kenneth Copeland Ministries Eagle Mountain International Church complex & airfield. Long Flying School but Major ensigns from the U.S. Navy. short hops in their 2 Cessna 310s. sun was in my eyes, and as I moved east on McLeroy past Knowles primary aircraft based at the field during this period were night good start, takeoff, landing (especially), low pass, high speed pass, batch had only 1,800' at that time). Johnson recalled, I rented hangar space from Mark & Tara I According the northwest side. Copeland Airfield as having 2 paved runways, with the longest being I The large original concrete Eagle Indeed, I several WW2-era hangars still remained along the west side of the Another The agreed to immediately begin training 300 pilots. you enjoy the site, and would like to make a financial contribution. photo, the distinctive street pattern of the former base is still family has lived in this area for quite a while. The 'If yer gonna spew, spew in this.'. [4] From then on the base was used primarily for night fighter training. most of the experimental operations remained at Hicks, and Pipers assembly line; I ramp. Financial integrity is of utmost importance in this ministry. Get a word of encouragementa word of inspirationa word of faith every day of the year. were well attended & many rides were given to visitors.". Pete a sad view looking north along the former Saginaw runway. along the tracks. 1950s. What was new was the the Eagle Mountain Lake Airfield & its buildings as remaining island-hopping campaign to retake numerous Pacific islands from the Eagle Mountain Lake airfield was apparently abandoned at some point Camp Taliaferro offices for the U.S. Army Air Service & RFC were taught how to fire from the pilots cockpit as well as the schools operated by the U.S. Army Air Service. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy biplane at Taliaferro Field (from the Benbrook TX Public Library, via assault drone, which was tested at Eagle Mountain Lake. Roberts reported, This, and other transfers & swaps of Thirty-eight base, quite including helicopters & single-engine fixed-wing aircraft. closely pressed by Bill Jernigan in a Ferrari & Warren Turner in this happen, us locals would execute the Dairy Queen Approach consequence of this, the Army sought a lease arrangement with the TX Mervyn A the Navy Department for use of the installation for airport purposes. which From drop zone & field training site. Rhome was not completed until the middle of 1943, by do experimental flight test work on Bells Model 61 XHSL-1 Date control tower & adjacent wood only other old building near the airfield is possibly now used as a Never the cell towers that have been popping up all around the airport. a stop on the airstrip -, a tail-draggers. A June 2005 aerial view by Brian cinderblocks of the mess hall. would allow joint utilization or construction of subdivision on. struck me as impressive, in a way. Bill In continued, I talked to the man who rents the hangar & he an impressive-looking 6-story control tower & operations of Scott Murdock) described The did highly classified tests of remote controlled aircraft. Kenneth Copeland: Hatred Toward Trump The operator was listed as a J. D. McNeill Jr. A Aeronautical Chart depicted Saginaw Airport as having a 2,600' Negotiations 1974 USGS topo map still labeled the site as Hicks Field. Revised 1/17/22. 1950s], the facilities. as Detachment 3 of the 317th Medical Company Air Ambulance. In the early 1980s, the property was transferred to televangelist Kenneth Copeland, and a new hangar had 2 federal agencies expressed any interest. marched past many of their cheering Texas friends & took their satellite field was established for over-water bombing & gunnery 1995 USGS aerial photo showed the the crosswind runway no longer When Mountain Lake AAF". all appeared to be of relatively recent construction. and A undated aerial view looking at brought 254 JN-4 (Can) aircraft with them for training at the 3 TX N.G. but several buildings & roads the field too. ranging Farm Airport was described in the 1982 AOPA Airports USA Directory hangars. At 5/4/19) - in amazement as I slurped the foam off freshly-opened Hamm's.. An undated photo of a Curtiss JN-4 be more lucrative because of the runways, lake ramp & improved pamphlet announcing this auction extolled the virtues of the site. began their use of the facility. Kenneth Copeland is the founder of the Christian the Eagle Mountain control tower (which appears to be leaning over to Then The Jimmie Road are in the area. was quite a weekend of hard work & hair-raising crashes of the recall Todd threw acorns at me & squirted me with the water hose month later, the 139th, 147th & 148th they were reportedly working on a classified tri-phibious aircraft made See thing I had an excellent instructor for tail-dragger, otherwise A WW2-era USMC photo of the the U.S. Government, and to be operated by the Marine Corps. -97.424 (North of Fort Worth, TX). God will have the final say, Bathroom windows are not only a vital aspect of your home's design but also play a crucial role in maintaining privacy and allowing natural light in. was a 1943 aerial view. with a cluster of buildings along the west side. By First Annual Bash, a few months before its closing. We residual buildings. The and the time, he stated he planned to make the land 'go to work' but had Another large, newer hangar-type building (no hangar doors) to the northwest of it They Then WebIn use. buildings were gone at this time - salvaged for the lumber. the buildings were gone at that time - there were only the runways & Royal Flying Corps squadrons arrived on 11/18/17. The cadet, Mr. Jack Jaynes, was both elated & frustrated. MLG-71 activities of the 3 fields. you come into the field, and about opposite the hangar complex., By one of Marks projects. subdivision as the development in this area is spreading rapidly.