Part 3, Started, help needed

[MoCat]

Hello All!

After a short break, well, kinda, I released Flyboys scenery, I'm back to work on NAT. There are 13 airports left to complete, and I'm going to try and have them complete by the end of March....But, I need help finding photos of the fields.

Here's a List of field that information is needed on:

Oklahoma City, Ok; Municipal Aviation Park (Will Rogers World)

Ponca City, Ok; Taylor Field

Chanute, Municiple

Kansas City, Ka; Fairfax

Lincoln, Ne; Union Havelock

Omaha, Ne; Municipal

St. Joseph, Mo; Rosecrans

Davenport, Ia; Cram

Joliet, Il; Municipal

Kalamazoo, Mi; Municipal

Akron, Oh; Municipal (Complete)

Dearborn, Mi; Ford Field (Complete)

So, I'll be busy for a while.........

Regards,

MoCat

[314clipper]

Hi MoCat,

You've probably already seen many of these pics/links (especially the postcards from The Beacon - thanks Kevin! , but hopefully it will save you some time on research, or prove to be of help in some way.


Oklahoma City, Ok; Municipal Aviation Park (Will Rogers World)
www.airfields-freeman.com/OK/Airfields_OK_C.htm
www.swaviator.com/html/issueJA04/curtissright.html
www.taxi-strip.com/WileyPostHangar.html
oldbeacon.com/airports/airports-1.htm

Ponca City, Ok; Taylor Field
www.cardatabase.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00002357
(circa 1947)

Chanute, Municiple
(couldn't find squat)

Kansas City, Ka; Fairfax
www.airfields-freeman.com/KS/Airfields_KS_E.htm

Lincoln, Ne; Union Havelock
www.airfields-freeman.com/NE/Airfields_NE_NE.html

Omaha, Ne; Municipal
oldbeacon.com/airports/airports-1.htm

St. Joseph, Mo; Rosecrans
www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/airport/history.cfm

Davenport, Ia; Cram
cramfield.homestead.com/

Joliet, Il; Municipal
www.indiodesign.com/airfields/joliet/index.htm
(circa 1939 v 2005 - cool "mouse over" graphic)
oldbeacon.com/airports/airports-4.htm

Kalamazoo, Mi; Municipal
(couldn't find squat)

Dearborn, Mi; Ford Field (Complete)
www.airfields-freeman.com/MI/Airfields_MI_Detroit_NW.html#ford
(I know you're done with Ford Field, but this is worth a look if you haven't seen it)


And this I'm sure you have probably used extensively, but others might find it useful. The website is for the 2003 re-creation of the NAT (which I saw when it visited Fort Worth Meacham). On the sidebar, it has a link ("Read the book online") to download a PDF copy of The Ford Air Tours, 1925 - 1931 by Lesley Forden, a "complete narrative and pictorial history of the seven National Air Tour competitions". Very good reading for the upcoming FS NAT event!
www.nationalairtour.org/

Or, if you prefer, the direct links for each document are here:
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/intro.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_1.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_2.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_3.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_4.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_5.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_6.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_7.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/chapter_8_10.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/index.PDF
www.nationalairtour.org/pdf/ford_pdf_files/data_charts.PDF


A few more links of interest:
(news story - NAT day 2)
home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimag118.htm

And these probably don't belong here but what the heck. Kind of helps build the historical context. Plus maybe Lionheart will see this and make us some more cool cars to drive around the NAT scenery. ;D
Aviation 1931
www.asmrb.org/michaelb/CthulhuAviation1931.html

Notable or Exotic Automobiles of 1930
www.asmrb.org/michaelb/CthulhuAutos1930.html

Headlines of 1930
www.asmrb.org/michaelb/CthulhuHistory.html

Cheers,

Wayne

[MoCat]

Clipper,

You are on it, you were right, I had some of it, but these are some great finds! I'm working hard trying to complete Oklahoma City, keep running into problems with GMax. I want it to do things it does not want to do, and it's winning......

Thanks again, I'm going to try and have NAT P3 complete by the end of the month.....Then we'll wait a couple of weeks, and I'll start the Race.

I'm going to create a scoreboard like the one in "Flyboys" Hangar, and when you get to the next field you'll recieve the file by e-mail and the times will be on the scoreboard.....

That's about all for now!

My next project, is a fictional airfield called the "Old Hangar".....It's going to take awhile, because it's going to rival most good payware and be absolutely free!

MoCat