Warbird Information Exchange

In case any of you are wondering why you cannot reach http://www.airfields-freeman.com it is because the site has a new URL.

It's now http://www.airfieldsfreeman.com ...he just eliminated the hyphen.

Make a note for your website addresses.


JDV
http://www.fuselagecodes.com

He should have turned this into a print book years ago. Once that web address is turned off, all that info is gone.

I spoke with Paul at length on that subject back in 2004 when he and I were corresponding on several updates I was contributing while I was in Ohio. His biggest thing is he never feels the list is complete. His biggest thing is that he's getting info on a weekly basis for not only airfields he knows about and/or has published, but also new ones he didn't know about. Look at the site and I don't think there's a single state that's been sitting idle for more than 3 months. He didn't think it would be right to publish a book that would be out of date the minute it was published. He also is concerned about the size. Most likely, he'd need to publish in a large format (Coffee Table or Full Page size) and need multiple volumes because of the amount of media that he has for these fields. This would greatly reduce the reach of the book since many wouldn't be wanting to spend several hundred dollars on those books.

There actually was a series of books called Forgotten Fields back in the 80's by Lou Thole. Lou and I were the first people to put a shovel in the ground at Freeman Field.

Thanks JDV!

You can still see the original site through archive.org.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

I doubt this will be needed for a long time. Paul will be supporting/updating his site for many years to come if he has his way. Thankfully, there's enough people out there that help support his costs so he can spend his time updating the site and not worrying about funding it fully.

I actually just received an e-mail today that said the same thing, but thanks for posting it here. I actually wouldn't have had any idea except for the fact that I had been e-mailing Paul at length to inform him about a "Boyers Airport" in Northern Kentucky.


Those people at the Internet Archive are my heroes. The work they are doing is so utterly important for the preservation of history for the future. One fun fact that makes their website so amazing is the fact that if they don't have a webpage in their archive you can very easily add it! If you input a URL that is not in the archive, but still live on the web there is a link you can click after searching that will automatically add it. In addition, if that doesn't work for any reason, you can always just add "https://web.archive.org/save/" to the beginning of any URL and it will do the same thing. If there are any webpages out there that you are worried about disappearing I encourage you to add them!

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Tri-State Warbird Museum Collections Manager & Museum Attendant

Warbird Philosophy Webmaster

Me too - I gave him a bunch of info for Howell Field in Paducah (Western KY).


Yep - Case in point, Nathan at the Forgotten Jets site ended up deleting all the photos on his comprehensive aircraft histories this year (long story), but many of them are still viewable on archive.org's page captures.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)