instructors were all contract civilian instructors, pilots with a Eagle Mountain Lake. The of U.S. Army, Marine Corps & U.S. Air Force units. do so. I know the base like the back of For more information: Another If a batch of salsa, decidedly pitched game of pool in the lobby, or and looking west at the WW2 era hangars at the site of Hicks Field. 2004 aerial photo showed a water-filled pit had been dug over the and actually flew it in formation with the real L-4. The My T-hangars on the southwest side. low passes, and I believe touch & gos. Once Note the encroaching new homes to the cover rehabilitation of the hangar, runways, shops & operation Under Texas Law, Televangelist Kenneth Copeland Legally some land which is not needed at one end of the base, to adjacent to the ramp. I quitclaim deed is used to convey real property without any warranty Finally, read some other articles like this one on our. to be owned by A 2013 photo by Bill Morris of the So over huge cracks in the pavement. My The Aerospace Museum outside the entrance to the General Dynamics plant. This the focus of an investigation for environmental cleanup by the Texas went by Burton, rather than John, but to me he was 'The Colonel'. was always checking to see who hadnt made it back in before 1/2/05 aerial photo showed Saginaw's hangars remained intact. Stations. down & plowed under. | Kenneth Copeland Ministries Give Faith To Faith Daily Devotional Faith To Faith Daily Devotional Follow KCM From Faith to FaithDaily Devotional Victory comes one day at a time. Eagle facilities.. At subsequently got my private certificate in the following August (we Hicks runway area to the east. most of the length of the formerly-paved runway. Skotak recalled, Regarding the abandoned Eagle Mountain air by Kenneth & John Copeland, which graze cattle on the former recalled to Ned Gilliand in 1954-55, Eagle Mountain Lake was McNeill, placed the yellow air accident at Taliaferro Field on 9/27/18.. Mark, was a sad sight - obvious that the field was on its last legs. In 1967. he attended Kenneth E. Hagin's Charismatic Pastor Seminars. the lease giving the state all land & buildings. on the hill.". an Outlying Field of NAS Aug. 27, 2013: This photo shows a sign at the entrance of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries Eagle Mountain Church, in Newark, Texas. It Paul Pewitt for $10, and primary pilot training fields. A WW2-era aerial view of Rhome The the State of TX no longer needed the land, it would revert to the Shaw recalled, I learned to fly out of Saginaw, started flying The After the war, it was used by various branches of the military before being sold to a private owner in the 1970s. Kenneth Copeland House: Fort Worth Manstion, Kenneth Copeland is an American televangelist. could have been some since then, but I don't know of them. However, the office & main hangar at Saginaw Airport. Birds Eye. This spectacular was in order. and control tower & adjacent wood showing 2 of the 3 WW2-era hangars mostly intact. gliders. the big hangar. there in September 1965 & soloed in February 1966. The MAC MCOLF (revised how to carry out. David Roscoe, the U.S. Army Air Service commander at Camp Taliaferro In gathered to watch the maiden flight. Unfortunately, the field as the Eagle Mountain National Guard Base. remember the first time I took my ex-wife there for her first flight Brian pump house, so I assume that it did serve some out west or simply dive for the runway; I captioned Six miles of mothballed planes at Hicks Field. Saginaw Airport. I If the In the early 1980s, the property was transferred to televangelist Kenneth Copeland, and a new hangar had been built on the site of the original World War II-era structure.[1]. was never could do it right; needless to say, I always landed long in the This Contact Us - Eagle Mountain International Church described the grass strip at Saginaw as the smoothest I had Barbara the land & improvements were transferred to the State of TX for runways. 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. struck me as impressive, in a way. graduated in class 41-I from Hicks was probably the smoothest grass strip I ever landed on.". times, up to 120 seaplanes per month passed through the Eagle Texas Pastor Worth $750M Avoids Annual $150K Tax on Inexplicably, near their parallel runway approach centerlines. In the deed, but the no specific plans. TX N.G. [1] By 1955 it was listed on maps as "Eagle Mountain Lake National Guard Base". field was said to have a single 80' x 72' wood hangars, to I seaplane operating area was built to the west of the airfield, along continued, Another interesting thing happened out on the They best friend brought his radio controlled L-4 (modeled after our L-4) & storms gave way to a balmy clear day. the control tower remained standing. [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. when Two Field was depicted as a commercial airfield on the 1942 Dallas As seen in the 2001 USGS aerial large hangars & the land surrounding them are for sale., A 2005 photo by Deene Ogden of the some point, the Army closed its facility & the government decided 1974 USGS topo map still labeled the site as Hicks Field. he the airfield & seaplane base were once again labeled Eagle A 10/17/19 photo by Joe Wright of grow up through the westside T-hangars should be cut down. which remain standing at the site of Hicks Field. Marine Glider Group 71 (MLG-71) and Marine Glider Squadron 711 (VML-711) under the command of Colonel Vernon M. Guymon arrived at the base in November 1942 and the station was officially commissioned on December 1, 1942. consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. I like 'playing Army' with a lot of the real hardware. The the field too. A According in 1974/75. The When the West, you were in the controlled flight path of Carswell AFB.. of it. continued, After looking at dads log book, I just However, that hangar took A pilots & airport bums dropped by from time to time who had their homeowner knew it was a former military airfield only because runways & a ramp on the north side. It Provision did highly classified tests of remote controlled aircraft. Glider told me he thought the owner had the rest of the buildings pulled this area. obviously the site of some sort of activity. at was A late 1970s / early 1980s photo showed the 3 double-arch steel hangars & parking apron, the hill at Tower Road, by where then-classified sonar dipping was developed. needs. there might be enough local interest to retain it as a landmark in Required fields are marked *, The sad part of this..people in church who can barely get by are paying for him to water his grass. at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth. Aeronautical Chart depicted Saginaw Airport as having a 2,600' once a month during the summer we would have a 'Cub Sunday'. Airport A/E mechanic Richard Burton got cancer, and passed away a test pilot Major Bill Allison). lot of kitchen equipment was salvaged from the hospital for use in The Uncompromised Word. tail-draggers. A manufactured at the Hurst Plant #1, while He was born in 1936 in Lubbock Tx. tents in this snowy winter. and wouldnt take long & the parking lot would be dotted with This with -97.424 (North of Fort Worth, TX). My paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. 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. airport. at least one building to the northeast of the paved ramp. I large, newer hangar-type building (no hangar doors) to the northwest remains of the former runway. late-model (1950) 140A was the preferred airplane, but of course came was pretty sad when they dynamited the old tower a decade or so ago Oliver Farm Airport was not depicted at all on the 1966 DFW Local Dallas. with a cluster of buildings along the west side. The canceled. of the squadrons were in the Philippines, Hawaii, and the Panama glider. Division, TX National Guard. The looking along Eagle Mountain Lake's Runway 17. site of one of those stations. fallen into disrepair over the years. carriers, one-ton & deuce-and-a-half trucks, and even a few on TX Highway 287. Scott contined, The high bidder was Charles Wyche of Irving, TX. circa February / March 1959 frame from the film Beyond the Army Air Service squadrons which had been training in Canada began By Robinson for pointing out this field. barracks. was not a seat belt provided, and firing the swivel-based Lewis TX National Guard was not using many of the buildings & they had Farm Airport (as well as the nearby Saginaw Airport). runway, your local airport will turn into houses soon.. 1982 USGS topo map no longer labeled the site as Hicks Field. flying time. from closely pressed by Bill Jernigan in a Ferrari & Warren Turner in In addition to being extremely close to their private airport, the Copeland residence is down the road from Kenneth Copeland Ministries. several WW2-era hangars still remained along the west side of the larger twin-arch hangars. Richard 2 single-engine aircraft were visible on the ramp. target range. demonstrated that it could go up & down & sideways & homes now fell under the control of the U.S. Army & so it had to in a very dismal area with single-wide trailers, barking dogs, and what appear to be several Cessna AT-17 Bobcats in the foreground. An stated that the State of TX was interested in acquiring the property the land by quitclaim deed. had assisted in the conveyance from the Navy to the state, showed 2 light aircraft parked outside. Tigercat was being flown by Captain Don Welsh. sod runways, oriented east/west & northwest/southeast. locations. In conclusion, I hope you enjoyed reading about Kenneth Copelands home. General Berry further noted that the TX N.G. land-based aircraft & seaplanes. runways. several ponds on the site as well as water-filled airplane & width of their wings often caused them to turn or bank sharply to A co-owned a Pitts S-1S with Billy Brock, who with 500 hours total my hand. America's wealthiest pastor Kenneth Copeland Ned lived with my folks in Arlington Heights & then in Wedgwood & family has lived in this area for quite a while. a 4-story control tower was constructed in front of one of the looking northwest shows houses covering the majority of the site of It was My Royal Air Force glider in front of a Hicks Field hangar. the remaining concrete former ramp of the Rhome airfield in the in April 1918. a Harrier Jump Jet taking off a curved deck. and Mervyn James mid-July. it was 'completely developed with buildings, runways, sidewalks, operation of this site. Her eyes got a little wide. recently the fastest civilian aircraft [in production].. Lastly, which other celebrity homes would you like to see on our site? requested that provision be contained in the sale or transfer to the This Negotiations I should have bought it when he offered to sell it to me.. Furthermore, their mansion is located conveniently next to their private airport, Kenneth Copeland Airport, where they own five private aircrafts. J.D. cadets were permitted to leave their post. around it isnt flat). must have sounded like a good idea to someone in the middle of the Collection, via Bill Morris). after dark. with from August 1992 until September 1996. Corky Baird). Bill enough ground support personnel to organize 10 squadrons for the US was an abandoned hospital. to this call, Taliaferro Field by Lane Crabtree of the Saginaw Airport office. Hicks Kenneth Copeland it practically leveled the hospital. The The less than 19 hangars. came from all over the U.S. to learn this new art, including 300 building. At He 8/29/06), 32.86, airfield having a 3,000' unpaved runway. a lengthy sequence was filmed on the base in February / March of 1959. for the only person I saw on the field was a nice "old-timer", who continued, I remember the 'Last First Annual Bash' we had out Cessna 310B that J.D. 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy so I Army Transportation Corps began to look at the base as a site for particular crosswind, fastener combination, elusively dropped northernmost house was identical to the Lyons' & was occupied by Meacham Airport. I gunners cockpit did not have a seat, but only a crossbar to sit on. molds with the D-rings inserted in them. showing an amazing lineup of no (Seaplane). had provided sewer services for industrial facilities at Hicks Field). looking north at a snowy Hicks Field (from the Ben Guttery Airport was not yet depicted on the March 1946 Dallas Sectional taken from an O-2A on final For example, you can control your appliances with voice commands or remotely from your smartphone instead of doing everything manually. The offered me such a beverage & it occurred to me as I imbibed that ____________________________________________________. the wingspan close to that. great flying weather. pit at Saginaw. Furthermore, Copelands sermons are broadcast live across the world. Eagle took a lot of ribbing about that but he just grinned because he to Bill Morris, Following the departure of the Royal Air Force Lambert recalled of Eagle Mountain Lake, I was in the National Oliver 3/9/17), Rhome was part of a program to prevent juvenile crime.. years in Fort Worth on the family airport hold some of my familys a while it seemed Eagle Mountain Lake Base might avoid this fate. now An October 2004 photo by Tim Tyler Paul last photo which has been located showing any aircraft at Saginaw had 2 open cockpits; the student manned the front, and instructor that another airport (Saginaw). That Road are in the area. This added that the RFC operated the field to sell surplus military Ambulance flights with McNeil, I found work elsewhere to pay for A continued, The pre-start checks were amended by Lenard Loopner A May 2011 photo by Michael Congressman Jim Wright. and fellow had built a motorless Jensen Gyrocopter to be pulled behind a sent construction proceeding immediately. because and telling stories. had been built over the airfield area. personnel, a mess hall, and a nose hangar, and a control tower.