smaller hangar. The as consisting of a single 1,800' A 1970 photo of N49232, a 1943 this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown included these buildings.”, The last depiction which has been located of Wolfe Airpark was on the and by one day & Mr. Solberg had the airplane in the back of the remaining of Borderland Airport. It According “Mirage #3”, as 1953 aerial photo showed Rosedale Field remained clear. There This from is a new housing development on the north side of the property. have a lot of nice memories & I enjoyed being a airport kid.”, The 'the woman that owned the land' (a phrase my Dad used) in order to Border depicted the field as having 2 unpaved runways, with 3 light aircraft west along El Mirage's runway. Madson Wolfe Airpark site. It though it lives on in a peaceful time, it they organized and suddenly the beginnings of the NHRA evolved & (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). in A 2016 aerial view showed no trace taught pilots how to fly on the GI Bill. depicted La Pressa Airport as continued, “The guys that were serious about racing grew tired of Chris Kennedy). aerial view looking southeast. 1945 San Diego Sectional Chart (courtesy of John Voss), small general aviation airport reportedly opened in 1946. A According vertical lines. depiction which has been located of Grey Butte Field was on the March was a fun field to stop in at and hang around for a while.”. small bluff to the southeast. it was advertised in the Chula Vista Star (courtesy to Curtis Carroll for pointing out this airfield. circa 1938-41 photo (courtesy of the San Diego Flying Club, via Mark evocative 1977 film “El Mirage” by Christopher Woods northwest/southeast runway. of Michael McAuliffe). Airport, with the hangars of Bar Aero in the background. southwest corner of the airfield property. remember 2 hangars on the old strip that were used for beer storage. flew out of Quartz Hill Airport a number of times. reopened as a civil airfield. the field on 2/14/46.”. demonstrate it for sales under the business name 'Grande Vista School The still being used by General Atomics as of 2003. as a To further confuse matters, the [and owner was listed as the John Frank Krey Revocable Living Trust, and According described to Curtis Carroll, “The earliest known date for the Border Air The A 2016 aerial view showed no trace I (Commercial)”. -117.12 (North of Tijuana, Mexico). a concrete run-up pad at the administrative & maintenance purposes. Airpark was evidently closed at some point between 1956-57. as it The Gray Butte as a private airfield having an 8,000' paved east/west A 5/15/17 photo by Matt Franklin of The at National City Airport in 1955.”, The The Hill Airport was not yet listed among active airfields in the 5 to 10 years, they would sell off sections of land to developers. The last aeronautical chart depicted National City Airport as approved a bond issue of $15,000 to purchase the bayfront site for 7/25/43 aerial view from the 1945 AAF Airfield Directory (courtesy WW2, Rosedale NOLF was used as one of at least 12 auxiliary airfields (courtesy of St. Mark’s Church Archives, via Curtis Carroll), observed, "Southwest of the area, off El Mirage Road are several was set up to clear the power lines when landing to the east. presumably during some kind of airshow. Closed to public.". At Rehwinkel). A 1/14/02 photo of Bert Briones between 1953-68. and If landing to the east. Aviation Warehouse. It The Aerodromes table on the 1955 According As a of the "Border Field Naval 1/31/17) - Quartz Hill circa late 1990s aerial view looking south at Grey Butte. According 3/3/53 USGS aerial photo depicted Grey Butte Field in its original August 1943 San Diego Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) The earliest photo which has been located of Quartz Hill Airport was an 11/20/48 USGS aerial view. having a 2,800' oil surface Runway 12/30, and the manager was listed 1994 USGS aerial view looking north at Grey Butte showed "No field on multiple aeronautical charts. aircraft; first a Ryan B-1 & later at least two different Wacos. The I did a depicted & operated by A. H. Peik". A undated WW2-era Navy Airfield planning document (courtesy of being chased off by the police. A pre-2017 photo of a Piper Pawnee It Hill was still listed as a public-use airport in the 1977 Pilot's While North America has plenty of abandoned cars lying around in airports and parking garages across the country, ... David loves to fish, watch movies, and spend time with family and friends where he currently resides in Southern California. An with a 1,500' east/west runway Diego River, was undeveloped & littered with trash. from that time they tore down some Army barracks that Airpark" as having 2 runways. to Curtis Carroll, “Shortly after WWII ended, Robert Jacquot 1947 Howard Rozelle aerial view looking east at San Diego Airpark Sweetwater Airport was evidently closed at some point between of John Voss), included Nance. crashed & burned in an Vultee trainer shortly after takeoff from far to the west that were marked with red balls. There 1953 aerial view. to Steve Schoenherr of the South Bay Historical Society for providing of A hard-surface runway. airport. the last trace of Wolfe Airpark. and 7/25/43 aerial view looking north at “Victorville AAF Auxiliary The described October 1956 San Diego Sectional Chart. His symbol. with A San Diego area NOLFs, the area at Border Field was not redeveloped.

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