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- Abernathy
Airport
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- During World War II the
government bought a section of land four miles east of Abernathy.
They constructed two runways. On March 25, 1943, the South Plains
Army Flying School started using the air field as an auxiliary
landing field for training pilots of tow planes (gliders). Gliders
were the only type plane used in training here during World War
II.
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- In October, 1948, the
Air Force deeded the section to the City of Abernathy. The main
provision was that it be maintained as an airport.
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- When the Korean War started,
Reese AFB needed more practice landing strips, so the runways
were reconstructed to accommodate heavier planes and extended
to 5000 feet. The propeller driven planes used the airport mainly
for touch-and-go-landings.
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- J.W. Davis and Virgil
Rhodes developed an interest in flying but had no place to keep
their planes. In 1959 they worked out an agreement with the City
and built a hanger with spaces for ten single engine planes.
The next year they built a large, metal hanger/shop building.
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- Reese AFB again used the
airport for awhile in 1965. Starting in June of that year, twenty
single engine, propeller driven planes were in a training program
here.
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- Small, private planes
still use the airport today. Some of the local residents have
private planes, and students from other towns practice landing
here. The airport serves many people.
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