Cool Spot For A Photo

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  1. azblackhemi

    azblackhemi Well-Known Member

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    I drive past this place all the time and finally pulled in for a photo op. It used to be a hanger at an airstrip used by crop dusters here in the Phoenix area. As you can see in the background a housing subdivision has taken over the site as has happened to a lot of the farmland in the area. I figured l'd get pictures before it becomes a bunch of cookie cutter homes.
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    Cool photos.....
    Doesn't look like it's going to be a 'hanger' much longer..........
     
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    Probably not Krash. 3 months ago it was a complete building. Little by little it's being scavenged for building material it seems.
     
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    Looking at Google Earth, I found an old airstrip on the west side, in Surprise, Az. Runways / taxiways in sort of a triangular shape. Now in the process of being developed, including a new Surprise, Az. City Hall. This might not be where your old hanger is though. Couldn't find it there.
     
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    This would've been in Litchfield Park. In fact the subdivision built on it is called "The Landings"
     
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    very cool spot/photo indeed!
     
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    Was still in use, late 2021, per street view. (On Camelback Rd., correct?)

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    Yup that's the place. Was still being used until recently but not for airplanes. Houses had already been built on the airstrip. I hear now they are using GPS and treating the farm fields on the ground instead of using aircraft.
     
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    That is indeed a cool spot. Great photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.
     
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