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Jul 21, 2016 · We were looking for the Morton Air Academy, one of our checkpoints on the Rental Car Rally. We'd plugged all the addresses we could find into our GPS when we first departed LA close to midnight, but not everything was terribly accurate. Photo: Google Satellite View
Pictures, GPS Coordinates and Information about the Derelict Gary Airfield and former Morton Air Academy in Blythe, California.
The Morton Air Academy was one of many in California that trained men to fly on a Ryan or Stearman aircraft. Morton was located at Blythe Municipal Airport. In addition to the Academy, an Army Air Base was established at the Airfield.
Dec 15, 2018 · There was another airfield in Blythe, Gary Field, near the present-day golf course, which had a private pilot training school known as the Morton Air Academy. The school was contracted by the Army Air Corps early in the war to give primary training to Air Corps cadets.
Gary Field was a small training center contracted by the AAF during World War II to train Air Corps cadets. The ruins of the airfield can be visited these days. Do you have more information about this location?
Gary Field was the site of the Morton Air Academy, which provided contract primary flight training to the Army Air Corps during WW2. The date of construction of Gary Field is unknown. However, a 1944 class book from the Morton Air Academy (courtesy of Bob Alvis)
Aug 2, 2021 · We travel to Blythe, CA to visit the long forgotten World War II era Morton Air Academy.
