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Morton Air Academy (Byron Airport) Abandoned since the late 50s. The property is now privately owned since the 80s and looks that way. The property is pretty beat up with broken windows but has barbed wire fences that surround the property. History: Opened on 29 June 1942. Known as Blythe Field and Gary Field.
21 de jul. de 2016 · We were looking for the Morton Air Academy, one of our checkpoints on the Rental Car Rally. We'd plugged all the addresses we could find into our GPS when we first departed LA close to midnight, but not everything was terribly accurate. Photo: Google Satellite View.
2 de ago. de 2021 · We travel to Blythe, CA to visit the long forgotten World War II era Morton Air Academy.
Morton Air Academy by Justin Ruhge The Morton Air Academy was one of many in California that trained men to fly on a Ryan or Stearman aircraft. Morton was located at Blythe Municipal Airport. In addition to the Academy, an Army Air Base was established at the Airfield.
3044th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School, Primary), April 1944 Southwest Airways Co. Gary Field, Riverside, California; 10th Flying Training Detachment Operated by: Morton Mfg. Company/Morton Air Academy. Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California; 9th Flying Training Detachment Operated by: Cal-Aero Academy
15 de dic. de 2018 · There was another airfield in Blythe, Gary Field, near the present-day golf course, which had a private pilot training school known as the Morton Air Academy. The school was contracted by the Army Air Corps early in the war to give primary training to Air Corps cadets. Gary Field had a total of three auxiliary airfields during World War II:
5 de nov. de 2015 · Gary Field was the site of the Morton Air Academy, which provided contract primary flight training to the Army Air Corps during WW2. The date of construction of Gary Field is unknown. However, a 1944 class book from the Morton Air Academy (courtesy of Bob Alvis)
