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Sequoia Field Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located eight nautical miles (15 km) north of the central business district of Visalia, a city in Tulare County, California, United States.〔 ==History== Activated 4 October 1941. Original airfield had 2,300' turf runway. Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics conducted basic flying training for the United States Army Air Forces West Coast Training Center (later Western Flying Training Command) under contract until inactivated in October 1944. Sequoia field had possibly had up to six axillary airfields in local area. The only one located is Three Rivers Auxiliary Field , which was an all-way open field and no remains of it exist. Primary use was basic flying training of flight cadets. Ryan PT-22s were the primary trainer used. Also had several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks assigned. Transferred to Army Corps of Engineers 5 May 1945. The airfield was turned over to civil control in February 1947 though the War Assets Administration (WAA). Several wartime hangars still remain in use. 〔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〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sequoia Field Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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