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Post by scubakobe on Mar 18, 2008 22:01:52 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I'm looking for any information on Rochester in the time period of 1930-1940. Freeman's ever helpful site brought some photos, but not quite enough (For me anyway) to discern the lay out of the field which apparently had no paved runways. The most I know is a location and dimensions of 2,600 x 2,475 feet. The field was irregularly shaped according to Freeman's info, so I'm not sure how to work with those dimensions. Going by an aerial photo I layed out the airport as so: (With north facing the bottom left corner) Anyway, if you have any more information please let me know. Thanks, kobbe
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Post by AirCoaster on Mar 19, 2008 10:05:09 GMT -5
Just curious, is this Rochester, N.Y. you are speaking of?
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Post by scubakobe on Mar 19, 2008 14:46:42 GMT -5
Rochester, Minnesota. Sorry I wasn't specific, didn't think about there being two Rochester's. Thanks
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Post by AirCoaster on Mar 20, 2008 8:23:43 GMT -5
During the creation of Old Ohio Airports, I came across many of the same type descriptions for airfields of the period between 1920 and 1940. The Aeronautical Bulletins are a good resource to get you to the general location, and a fair description of the field layout, but most of the informations is very general, and doesn't give very specific details of the fields. The best information I received on airfields of those times was from a family member of the owners of the airfield, a local resident at the time, or a pilot who flew out of the airfield in question. I realize these are sometimes hard to come by. From there you use your imagination along with the information at hand.
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Post by scubakobe on Mar 20, 2008 21:05:20 GMT -5
I was afraid it may come to that, creativity.
There's enough information that the airfield would be relatively accurate, and a nice picture of the hangar to model.
Just got to keep looking..
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Post by Chris B on Apr 13, 2008 22:13:59 GMT -5
Rochester, Minnesota. Sorry I wasn't specific, didn't think about there being two Rochester's. Thanks Oh, my first thought when I browsed through was Rochester, Kent, England
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