As I write this, there were 1,729,694,062 websites (and counting) on the internet. While the World Wide Web can be a helpful place most of us cannot live without, many of those sites are useless fodder of little use to anyone. However, once in a while, we stumble upon a simply wonderful site, a site that has not been promoted heavily, is not bankrolled by Silicon Valley venture capitalists, and is purely supported as a labor of love.
Travel Back in Time to the Abandoned Airfields Near You
Key Takeaways:
- Paul Freeman's "Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" is a highly detailed, reader-supported website cataloging over 2,300 forgotten airfields across the U.S.
- The site, a "labor of love," provides extensive historical information, often including personal recollections from aviators, appealing to history buffs and pilots.
- Beyond its historical value, the website aims to motivate aviation enthusiasts to protect existing airfields by highlighting the significant number of airfields that have already been lost.
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