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A plane over the landing field at Cooley Mesa, Colorado, now the site of Eagle County Airport.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
2) Bob McDougal
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Photo portrait of Bob McDougal dressed in aviator jacket, scarf, helmet and goggles. World War II era photo. Bob's parents were "Red" and Myrtle McDougal of Red Cliff, Colorado. Red was Town Marshall.
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Series of three shots from the same spot, showing a Rocky Mountain Airways airplane landing at the Avon STOLport.
Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Colorado: Avon STOLport [short take-off and landing airport], 2004: "The date of construction of this field is unknown.
It was apparently built at some point between 1963-82, as it was not depicted on the October 1963 Sangre De Christo Mountains World Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of Donald...
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Jimmy Phillips, standing next to airplane.
On verso: "Isn't this disheartening. This is me after we made three tries at Hanksville Field and couldn't land because of the wind."
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John Gabelman flew into Eagle County Airport in this Aero Commander aircraft
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A "Mainliner" at Denver Municipal Airport, 1939, taken from inside the terminal.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Raymond Tippett wearing flight jacket, scarf, headset and cap. World War II era photograph. Raymond was the son of R.E. and Blanche Tippett of Red Cliff, Colorado.
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Aerial view of the Salt Creek Fire, April 9, 2000, taken from slurry bomber by the Eagle Fire Department.
[Original scan corrupt; this scan from a secondary print]
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Airplane, trucks and cars close to the fire line during 1944 forest fire northeast of Eagle, Colorado. View taken from across a field. Men standing around the airplane are barely visible.
10) Forest fire
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Airplane at the scene of the forest fire northeast of Eagle, Colorado, 1944. Man holding struts on right side of airplane. Automobiles
in left background, belonging to fire crew and watchers. Smoke evident.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A plane at the Glenwood Springs airport with a crowd gathered at the left.
12) Eagle Airport
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A group of men and boys, gathered around an airplane at Cooley Mesa (Gypsum), now Eagle Airport.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Huey helicopter, with skis on skids, used by Mayo Lanning to take aerial photos of Gilman, Colorado. The flight took place on February 3, 1998.
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Verso: top=north; road goes to homesite; south the gravel pit in action; taken from little hill end of run way to the right"
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Verso: "ranch house first road across hay field. House is across the road to the north; top is west; Eagle County Airport at left"
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One of the first American Airlines flights into Eagle County Airport in 1990-91.
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Eddy Belding and Eldon Wilson with model airplane.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
18) Eagle Airport
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Plane on the runway at the Eagle Airport, circa 1930s. A man is walking toward the plane; a man and woman are standing by the plane.
"The history of the airport traces back to the early 1900s. County records indicate that in 1911, Louise Ellen Cooley purchased 650 acres of land from Hans Oleson. This land lies under the present runway complex." -- p. 9, History of Eagle County Airport, by Jennifer L. Taylor and the Eagle County Aviation Association,...
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Verso: "Eagle Valley from the air, west at top, east at bottom"
The Eagle County Airport is at the left top in the photo. The Hans Olesen ranch would be directly east of the airport.
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One of the first American Airlines flights into Eagle County Airport in 1990. The aircraft pictured is a Boeing 757 “Luxury Jet" model.