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词条 Cuero Municipal Airport
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  1. History

     Present  Future 

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox airport
| name = Cuero Municipal Airport
| nativename = {{smaller|Cuero Army Airfield}}
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| image = Cuero Municipal Airport - Texas.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = 2006 USGS Photo
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| ICAO =
| FAA = T71
| type = Public
| owner = City of Cuero
| operator =
| city-served =
| location = Cuero, Texas
| elevation-f = 214
| elevation-m = 65
| coordinates = {{Coord|29|04|57|N|097|15|58|W|display=inline,title}}
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| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cuero Municipal Airport
| pushpin_label = T71
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| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-f = 2,800
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| r1-surface = Asphalt
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Cuero Municipal Airport {{Airport codes|||T71}} is a public airport located approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} east-southeast of Cuero, Texas. It provides general aviation service.

History

{{Prose|date=January 2012}}

Opened on 1 April 1941 with 5000ft all-way turf runway (same location as present day Dewitt County Prison, hangars still used). Began training United States Army Air Corps flying cadets under contract to Brayton Flying Service, Inc.

Assigned to United States Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center (later Central Flying Training Command) as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield.

had four local axillary airfields for emergency and overflow landings.

Flight training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few old Curtiss P-1 Hawks and Airco DH.4s assigned.

Deactivated on 4 August 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program.

Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945.

Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.

Present

As of February 2015, there are 2 hangars and 4 tie downs for general aviation aircraft.

Future

See also

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
  • Texas World War II Army Airfields
  • 31st Flying Training Wing (World War II)

References

{{AFHRA}}{{Commons category|Cuero Army Airfield}}
  • Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  • Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC

External links

  • {{FAA-procedures|T71}}
  • {{US-airport-minor|T71}}
{{USAAF Training Bases World War II}}

7 : 1941 establishments in Texas|USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields|Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas|Buildings and structures in DeWitt County, Texas|Transportation in DeWitt County, Texas|USAAF Central Flying Training Command|American Theater of World War II

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