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The '''Birchwood-Pocono Airpark''' is a former airport located in [[Tannersville, Pennsylvania]] that operated alongside the Birchwood Resort from 1968 until its closure in 1996. |
The '''Birchwood-Pocono Airpark''' is a former airport located in [[Tannersville, Pennsylvania]] that operated alongside the Birchwood Resort from 1968 until its closure in 1996. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The resort and airpark were originally owned by a [[Pan Am]] pilot and founder of [[Pocono Airlines]], the late<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oakridgefuneralcare.com/obituaries/print?o_id=6231588 |title=Walter E Hoffman|website=Oak Ridge Funeral Care |access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> [[Walter E. ("Wally") Hoffman Jr.]]<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=On top|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CgR1efvGE0C&pg=PA102|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=April 1969|accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> and his former wife |
The resort and airpark were originally owned by a [[Pan Am]] pilot and founder of [[Pocono Airlines]], the late<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oakridgefuneralcare.com/obituaries/print?o_id=6231588 |title=Walter E Hoffman|website=Oak Ridge Funeral Care |access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> [[Walter E. ("Wally") Hoffman Jr.]]<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=On top|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CgR1efvGE0C&pg=PA102|magazine=Flying Magazine|date=April 1969|accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> and his former wife Gail. |
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The location is identified by the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] as the Birchwood-Pocono Airpark<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1211935|title=Birchwood-Pocono Airpark|accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> |
The location is identified by the [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] as the Birchwood-Pocono Airpark<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1211935|title=Birchwood-Pocono Airpark|accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:53, 1 February 2020
The Birchwood-Pocono Airpark is a former airport located in Tannersville, Pennsylvania that operated alongside the Birchwood Resort from 1968 until its closure in 1996.
History
The resort and airpark were originally owned by a Pan Am pilot and founder of Pocono Airlines, the late[1] Walter E. ("Wally") Hoffman Jr.[2] and his former wife Gail.
The location is identified by the United States Board on Geographic Names as the Birchwood-Pocono Airpark[3]
The site is now derelict and the airstrip closed[4].
It is currently owned[5] by the C. Castle Group, which at one time had ambitious plans for redevelopment[6] that were not popular with some local residents [7], and which have since been modified [8].
In 2014, fugitive Eric Matthew Frein was captured near an abandoned hangar at the former facility after an extended manhunt.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Walter E Hoffman". Oak Ridge Funeral Care. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "On top". Flying Magazine. April 1969. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Birchwood-Pocono Airpark". Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Mullen, Melissa. "Birchwood Resort". Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Tax Parcel Assessment Search". Search for PIN 12638300863959. Monroe County. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Pedersen, Brian (11 June 2015). "Firm wants to restore former resort, create haven for Pocono visitors". Lehigh Valley Business (LVB). Bethlehem, PA. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Strunk, Brianna (20 October 2015). "New Resort Proposal Causing Controversy in the Poconos". PA Home Page. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Tatu, Christina (8 November 2014). "Once a lovers' getaway, now a fugitive's getaway". Pocono Record. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Keneally, Meghan (31 October 2014). "This Is the Abandoned Airport Where Eric Frein Was Found". ABC News. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Freeman, Paul (31 October 2014). "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northeastern Pennsylvania". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 3 November 2014.