Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site celerity.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!celerity!bobbyo From: bobbyo@celerity.UUCP (Bob Ollerton) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Strange Airports (Marana) Message-ID: <360@celerity.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 17:58:04 EDT Article-I.D.: celerity.360 Posted: Mon Oct 14 17:58:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 01:36:38 EDT References: <124@ulose.UUCP> <5300005@ccvaxa> <779@terak.UUCP> <1303@poseidon.UUCP> Reply-To: bobbyo@celerity.UUCP (Bob Ollerton) Organization: Celerity Computing, San Diego, Ca. Lines: 33 hey! Coolidge is next door to my home town, Eloy Az. You think Coolidge is a lost city! Heck, in Coolidge you can spend money after 6:30 at night. The Coolidge airport is like many airports in Arizona in that it was a former training field for WWII pilots. For a while, it was mostly used by crop dusters. I was there July 4th with a couple of buddies in a rented Trinadad. There is now a slurry bomber stationed there during fire season, and I was told the airport is the 3rd most active in Arizona during weekdays as it is once again being used for military training. There is a control tower in operation weekdays during daylight hours. The jumpers are still there, and were active during our visit even though it was about 115F in the shade that day! Eloy airport is not former military, as it was built in the late 60's. I believe its a concrete runway, with a couple of crop dusting operations and the home of the builders of the dragon fly. Both Eloy and Coolidge are interesting places to drop it, there is gas and pop at both, but not much else. They are not places to take the kids for a sunday cruise. Sedona is much more interesting and has a good resturant. . -- Bob Ollerton; Celerity Computing; 9692 Via Excelencia; San Diego, Ca 92126; (619) 271 9940 {decvax || ucbvax || ihnp4}!sdcsvax!celerity!bobbyo akgua!celerity!bobbyo