Battlefield Airport, the Glossary
The Battlefield Airport was the Gettysburg Battlefield site of the Battlefield Airways, Inc. west of the Peach Orchard between the Emmitsburg road and Warfield Ridge.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: All American Pathfinders, Camp Colt, Pennsylvania, Curtiss OX-5, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg National Military Park, Google News Archive, Lee-Meade Inn, Temple University, The Gettysburg Times, The Peach Orchard, Travel Air, Women's Air Derby, World War II.
- Defunct airports in Pennsylvania
All American Pathfinders
The All American Pathfinders aeroplane unit was a squadron with 13 aircraft and associated road vehicles used in the "1919 Air Service Transcontinental Recruiting Convoy" from Hazelhurst Field to California that began on August 14, 1919.
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Camp Colt, Pennsylvania
Camp Colt was a military installation near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania used for Tank Corps recruit training prior to deployment in World War I. The camp used the Gettysburg Battlefield site of the previous Great Reunion of 1913 and the preceding 1917 World War I recruit training camp for U.S. troops along the Round Top Branch.
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Curtiss OX-5
The Curtiss OX-5 was an early V-8 American liquid-cooled aircraft engine built by Curtiss.
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Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Gettysburg National Military Park
The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.
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Google News Archive
Google News Archive is an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid.
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Lee-Meade Inn
The Lee-Meade Inn was a World War II army site on the Gettysburg Battlefield in the area of Hood's Assault.
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Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Gettysburg Times
The Gettysburg Times is an American newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania owned by the Sample News Group.
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The Peach Orchard
The Peach Orchard is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road.
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Travel Air
The Travel Air Manufacturing Company was an aircraft manufacturer established in Wichita, Kansas, United States in January 1925 by Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Lloyd Stearman.
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Women's Air Derby
The Women's Air Derby was the first official women-only air race in the United States, taking place during the 1929 National Air Races.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Defunct airports in Pennsylvania
- Battlefield Airport
- Bettis Field
- Birchwood-Pocono Airpark
- Cherry Springs Airport
- Erie County Airport
- Gettysburg Airport
- Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility
- Hershey Airpark
- Husky Haven Airport
- Indian Lake Airport
- Kutztown Airport
- McGinness Airport
- McVille Airport
- Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster
- Stroudsburg–Pocono Airport