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Calgary air force stations
Several air force stations and other establishments, many of them training facilities, operated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s.
In 1935 the RCAF constructed a landing field on a section of the Canadian Army's Currie Barracks located in southwest Calgary. The airfield was known as Currie Field or the Calgary Military Airport. In 1938, the aerodrome was home to two RCAF squadrons: No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron with the Westland Wapiti and No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron with the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin and later, the Hawker Hurricane. No. 1 (F) Squadron was renumbered to 401 Squadron when it was posted overseas for combat duty. During the Second World War, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) established No. 3 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at the airfield. Aircraft flown at this school were Avro Ansons and Cessna Cranes. No. 3 SFTS closed on September 28, 1945.
After the war, No. 10 Repair Depot was located at the station until 1947 when No. 25 Air Materiel Base Calgary was formed. The base was renamed RCAF Station Lincoln Park. Among the station's functions, Lincoln Park was a training centre for NATO pilots. This training facility closed in 1958 and the station became an emergency landing field. RCAF Station Lincoln Park was closed in 1964, but portions of the base were retained to house military families. The former hangar line at Lincoln Park was taken over by the various Army field units garrisoned at CFB Calgary. The remaining property was sold to ATCO, the City of Calgary and Mount Royal College. The main campus of Mount Royal University now occupies a section of the old aerodrome while the old hangars are occupied by various businesses.
The airfield was one of the few double-sided aerodromes built for wartime training with six parallel runways formed in a triangle rather than the typical three runways formed in a triangle.
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°01′N 114°08′W / 51.017°N 114.133°W with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of 3,675 feet (1,120 m). Six runways were listed as follows:
The primary relief landing field (R1) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Airdrie, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°16′N 113°56′W / 51.267°N 113.933°W with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of 3,650 feet (1,113 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows:
The BCATP runways are all now[when?] abandoned and a new longer runway has been installed through the middle of the abandoned runways. The site now operates as Airdrie Aerodrome.
The secondary relief landing field (R2) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Inverlake, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°03′N 113°37′W / 51.050°N 113.617°W with a Var. 23.5 degrees E and elevation of 3,300 feet (1,006 m). The aerodrome was listed as a turf, triangular all way field with three runways as follows:
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Calgary air force stations
Several air force stations and other establishments, many of them training facilities, operated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s.
In 1935 the RCAF constructed a landing field on a section of the Canadian Army's Currie Barracks located in southwest Calgary. The airfield was known as Currie Field or the Calgary Military Airport. In 1938, the aerodrome was home to two RCAF squadrons: No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron with the Westland Wapiti and No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron with the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin and later, the Hawker Hurricane. No. 1 (F) Squadron was renumbered to 401 Squadron when it was posted overseas for combat duty. During the Second World War, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) established No. 3 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at the airfield. Aircraft flown at this school were Avro Ansons and Cessna Cranes. No. 3 SFTS closed on September 28, 1945.
After the war, No. 10 Repair Depot was located at the station until 1947 when No. 25 Air Materiel Base Calgary was formed. The base was renamed RCAF Station Lincoln Park. Among the station's functions, Lincoln Park was a training centre for NATO pilots. This training facility closed in 1958 and the station became an emergency landing field. RCAF Station Lincoln Park was closed in 1964, but portions of the base were retained to house military families. The former hangar line at Lincoln Park was taken over by the various Army field units garrisoned at CFB Calgary. The remaining property was sold to ATCO, the City of Calgary and Mount Royal College. The main campus of Mount Royal University now occupies a section of the old aerodrome while the old hangars are occupied by various businesses.
The airfield was one of the few double-sided aerodromes built for wartime training with six parallel runways formed in a triangle rather than the typical three runways formed in a triangle.
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°01′N 114°08′W / 51.017°N 114.133°W with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of 3,675 feet (1,120 m). Six runways were listed as follows:
The primary relief landing field (R1) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Airdrie, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°16′N 113°56′W / 51.267°N 113.933°W with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of 3,650 feet (1,113 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows:
The BCATP runways are all now[when?] abandoned and a new longer runway has been installed through the middle of the abandoned runways. The site now operates as Airdrie Aerodrome.
The secondary relief landing field (R2) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Inverlake, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°03′N 113°37′W / 51.050°N 113.617°W with a Var. 23.5 degrees E and elevation of 3,300 feet (1,006 m). The aerodrome was listed as a turf, triangular all way field with three runways as follows:
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