Airdrie Airport Traditional Cache
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The original Airdrie airport was built early in 1940 as part of the Canada-wide British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP). Airdrie served as a satellite airfield - designated as the No. 1 Relief Landing Field for No. 3 SFTS in Calgary
In 1945, the war's end brought with it closure of Air Force flying in Airdrie. Then in 1948, Gordon Bowers purchased the property from Crown Assets for the use of the wartime hangars and the runways fell into a state of disuse. But even as the runways slowly deteriorated they continued to serve student pilots who were now earning their civilian pilot's licenses in nearby Calgary. It also became a location for farmers to base their planes and to load pesticide and chemical fertilizers.
In 1969, Tom Conroy purchased the remaining airport and soon introduced a flying club (known as the Airdrie Country Club of the Air) and fuel services. The Conroy's contributions turned Airdrie's airport into a friendly base for area pilots. Among the dozens of tenants were the Conroy's own vintage Harvard trainers. These bright yellow planes had served with the RCAF and with members of the Conroy family at the controls, performed aerobatics at numerous local airshows and aviation gatherings.
Tom Conroy passed away in 1979, but his family continued to operate the airport until 1998 when the property was sold to its current owners - Airdrie Airpark Inc.
For any cachers that have geojets they can fly in and get the cache, for all the rest of us it will require some form of ground transport. This is the much used peanut butter jar, camoed for the site. Please return the cache to its hiding place carefully so it is there for the next cacher.
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