Thunderbird Field was a military airfield in Glendale, Arizona, used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II. Created in part by actor James Stewart, the field became part of the United States Army Air Forces training establishment just prior to American entry into the war and was re-designated Thunderbird Field #1 after establishment of Thunderbird Field#2 at nearby Scottsdale, on 22 June 1942. Thunderbird # 1 is located southeast of the intersection of West Greenway Road & North 59th Avenue in Glendale, Arizona.
Thunderbird 1 Army Air Field emblem
Thunderbird Pilots Memorial Marker
Memorial plaque
Thunderbird Pilots Memorial dedicated to the pilots who trained there during WW II
Scottsdale Airport is a municipal airport located 9 miles north of downtown Scottsdale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Scottsdale Airport is SDL to the FAA and SCF to the IATA.
2006 USGS photo
The sculpture One with the Eagle by Pat Matthiessen, 1986, at the entry to the Scottsdale Airport
A Stearman PT-17, a historic World War II plane of the type used to train pilots in Scottsdale in World War II
The Volanti Restaurant at the Scottsdale Airport overlooks the airport's runway and taxi way. Camelback Mountain is in the background.
