Aviation...................is big for the Illuminati.............Robert Redford takes Meryll Streep...........a dutchess from Denmark.........up in his monoplane.........to see Africa.............from the air.........

Carlingtonian     Location: Taxmanistan 4,748 posts, read 4,872,901 times Reputation: 2492

An error in Google Maps led me to do some research and stumble upon this interesting site, about the old Beacon Field Airport, which until 1959 was where the Lowe's is now. There was also a Hybla Valley Airport nearby--and another at Skyline Drive, on the Arlington/Alexandria border. Looks like they also tore down the City View Mansion in 1959--what a shame!

08-20-2012, 12:35 PM

CAVA1990   Location: Everywhere and Nowhere 14,141 posts, read 18,324,295 times Reputation: 6549

and then there was Hoover Field in Arlington: Hoover Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or is that the other one you were referring to on the ALX/ARL border?

08-20-2012, 01:15 PM

Carlingtonian     Location: Taxmanistan 4,748 posts, read 4,872,901 times Reputation: 2492

Quote: Originally Posted by CAVA1990  and then there was Hoover Field in Arlington: Hoover Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia or is that the other one you were referring to on the ALX/ARL border? No, I think the latter was called something else. It predates my time here. I think it was around into the 60s, for general aviation.

08-20-2012, 03:16 PM

car54   4,104 posts, read 7,279,702 times Reputation: 2698

Hoover Field was where the Pentagon is now. It was the first airport to serve DC.....(Reagan) National Airport replaced Hoover when the Pentagon was built. The airport on the Arl/Alex border was called Crossroads Airport originally...later named Washington-Virginia Airport, but many continued to call it Crossroads. Skyline is the name of the development that was built on the old airport site. A plane coming in for a landing at Crossroads hit the screen at the Sunset Drive-in theatre across the street. I remember Crossroads well....used to ride my bike there and hang out talking to the plane owners and employees. One highlight was when one of the aircraft manufacturers...Piper or Cessna was offering demo flights for five bucks to drum up customers for flying lessons (and eventual plane sales, I suppose). Had a heck of a time getting my mother to sign permission for me to go up for a ride. But I finally wore her down. There was another general aviation airport in Falls Church....where Loehmann's Plaza is now on Arlington Blvd. I much preferred Crossroads. Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Virginia: Northeastern Fairfax County

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