Eastham Airport
Eastham Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Operator | Private |
| Location | Eastham, Massachusetts |
| Built | Unknown |
| In use | Around 1946 |
| Occupants | Private |
| Elevation AMSL | 35 ft / 11 m |
| Coordinates | 41°51′3.15″N 69°59′36.04″W / 41.8508750°N 69.9933444°W |
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  Eastham Airport (Massachusetts)  Eastham Airport (the United States) | |
Eastham Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century. The airfield was described as being located in a small field off Herring Brook Road in Eastham, Massachusetts.[1][2] After his service in the US Navy, George S Duffy ran the airport before its closure. He was the person that showed Jim WHite and others like underwater explorer Barry Clifford. For Clifford, the location of the Whydah Pirate ship. Clifford has never thanked or credited Duffy with the information. George Duffy knew of its location from his cousin Jack Poole who dove on the site many times. Jack secretly made off with the majority of the Gold. I suppose that's why Duffy didn't care if Clifford found what was left. His cousin Jack Poole was the Navy Diver that first explored it and had a secret stash of Gold in his attic rafters. later that Gold disappeared with the same level of Mystery of the location of the Whydah. Duffys Son Tommy remembers seeing George and Jack pry up the rafters and saw a large pile of stamped Gold Coins. Jack kept one of those stamped coins on his key chain. SO there is a secret connection to the Eastham Airport and the lost Gold of the Whydah.
References
- ^ "Obituaries". Cape Cod Times. 13 December 2001. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.