Flying Fortress Parkway in Kingman Arizona

 The Flying Fortress Parkway is a new road in Kingman Arizona which will eventually gof form the I-40 to the Kingman Airport.  The State is building the interchange off the freeway and the city is building the road.  There has been significant progress but it is not expected to be completed until late this year or early next year.  The road gets its name from the Kingman Army Air Field which is now the airport.  During WWII the airfield was used to train gunners for the B-17 Flying Fortress.  The road was previously called rattlesnake wash,

While there we went by to check on progress, and drove on the new road, which is not yet paved, as there was nothing saying we couldn't.  We drove from Airway to the freeway where we were obligated to turn around as we could not go further.  The interchange road is currently being used as the freeway.

Welcome to Kingman Eleven: Kingman Airport

 I have discovered that there are no commercial flights in our out of Kingman.  I understand you can charter flights or hire someone to fly you but this can be expensive.  However the airport is generally quite full.  This is because the airport is a designated place for storing airplanes.  Some of the planes are dismantled for parts or metals.  However many are just waiting.  I guess the climate here is conducive to not rusting.  There is a nice restaurant at the airport with a good view of the air field.  

The airport has a significant history with WWII as a gunnery training site.  The museum remembering this has been recently closed.

Welcome to Kingman Ten: Kingman Army Air Field Gunnery School Museum

 During WWII Kingman was quite a busy place with the gunnery school.  I noted there is a museum at the airport memorializing this event.  However when I tried to visit the museum, I realized I was a couple years too late as the museum has been closed.  I discovered it closed in 2016.  Personal items were returned to the owners and all other items were auctioned off.  It had been in an old hangar that was in use during WWII.  The radio tower still remains at the air field however.  The Mohave Museum of History and Art has a section dedicated to the Kingman Army Air Gunnery School.

A few pictures from the display at Mohave Museum of History and Art.