Corsicana Municipal Airport Hangars -- Corsicana TX USA - Quonset Huts on Waymarking.com

It's appropriate for the Corsicana Municipal Airport to use Quonset huts as their airport hangars, including for their newest hangar built in 2012. Why?

Because the airport got its start back in 1941 as a US Army Flight School training pilots for duty in World War II. Although the flight school closed in 1944, remnants of that past remain today both in the old gates, the memorials to those who came through here learn to fly, and the memorial to those who learned to fly here and died during World War II.

The original 1941 Flight Training School gates, as well as several Quonset hut hangars and other 1940s accessory buildins remain from this airport's days as a Army flight training school. In addition, there is a large memorial dedicated to those who died while training here. All of these sites may be photographed.

The public is welcome to visit the airport building and the associated WWII Flight Training School memorials, but must stay off the flight line, away from parked airplanes, and out of private hangars.

The waymark coordinates are located at the airport office, on the flight line side near the state historical marker.

The marker reads as follows:

"AIR ACTIVITIES OF TEXAS CORSICANA FIELD

Prior to the United States' entry into World War II, the U.S. Government contracted with a number of civilian flying schools to assist in training military pilots for the Army Air Corps. In December 1940 the Air Activities of Texas, Corsicana Field, was authorized to provide primary flight training, the second phase of a three-level process.

Construction of the facility on a 400-acre tract of land began here in February 1941, and employed more than 250 laborers in addition to a landing strip, they built hangars, barracks, offices, maintenance buildings, and a mess hall/kitchen. In March, 51 cadets arrived to complete 10 weeks of intense training. By 1943, each class contained more than 300 cadets. By 1944 8,480 cadets received flight instruction in 37 training classes. The flight school employed more than 550 civilians by January 1944, and provided a significant impact on the local economy.

As the war drew to a close, the need for the flight school became unnecessary, and it closed. Post-war use of the property began in 1946 with the opening of Navarro Junior College, which occupied the site until 1951. The City of Corsicana purchased the site in 1963 for a municipal airport.

(1996)"

In 2012, the State of Texas gave the city Corsicana a $550,000-dollar grant to build a new hangar, Hangar 5, at this airport. The city decided on a Quonset hut design.

Additions: Hangar doors Hut Type: Modern Year of fabrication (if known): 2012 Is the Quonset Hut currently in use?: Yes Physical Address: Corsicana municipal Airport 9000 Navarro Road Corsicana, TX USA

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