25 Nov 2007 - Added Lowry Field, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, and Stapleton Airport.
This page will be a catchall for various minor adventures that, by themselves, do not warrant individual trip reports. This page covers the time frame starting in August 2007. See Variation Authorized for similar material from 1994 through 2004, and Miscellany for similar material from 2005 through July 2007. Unlike my "normal" trip reports, this one is alphabetical rather than chronological.
Colorado Springs Administration Annex #16, Colorado (5446)
The Air Force used this building as the USAF Academy Construction Agency, then it was renamed on 15 Feb 1961. I don't know dates of first or final use of this facility by the AF. Visited 16 Sep 2007.
Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Colorado (GRRY)
Originally known as General Hospital No. 21, this hospital was built by the Army at the end of the first world war. In 1920 it was named Fitzsimmons General Hospital. It closed by direction of the 1995 BRAC process, and some of the Army buildings remain with lots of new construction mixed in. Visited 20 Oct 2007.
Lowry AFB, Colorado
I first visited the former Lowry AFB in early 2005, and at that time I had no idea I would live and work on the former base in the future. In August 2007 I moved here to start a new job. Here are some new photos to supplement my 2005 shots.
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Lowry Field (Combs Airport), Colorado
This was the first field named Lowry in Denver, used by the Colorado National Guard from 1924 until 1938. For several years after that, it was a civilian airport named Combs. Two possible hangars or maintenance sheds from that era are extant, one of them with "Combs Aircraft Corp." still visible on the metal skin. These structures are just east of the Park Hill Golf Club course, at 39-46-15, 104-55-54. Visited 25 Nov 2007.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
Built during W.W.II, this was a Chemical Warfare Service facility. Now the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, centered on 39-50, 104-51, it is temporarily closed to visitors. Hopefully someday I'll get to visit and explore. Visited 25 Nov 2007.
Stapleton Airport, Colorado
During W.W.II, this airport was known as Denver Municipal Airport or Stapleton. It served the adjacent AAF Modification Center #13, and hosted various AAF units and activities. After the war it prospered as Denver's primary airport. It shut down in the 1990s, and the property has been extensively redeveloped. I don't believe any W.W.II structures stand, and the only obvious remnants of the commercial airport are a parking garage and the control tower building. The airport was quite large, and the present I-70 highway cuts right across a former runway. The control tower is south of I-70 at 39-45-38, 104-53-31. Visited 25 Nov 2007.
