Recent photo of the Warrenton Air Park, with two grass airstrips linked by the hard surface strip used for launching sky jumping aircraft and glider tow planes.
Zieger Field, as it appeared in the late 1930s. The original strip (at left) ran parallel to Green Road.
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Capt. Cliff Zieger was stationed overseas in WWII, likely in the China- Burma-India Theater of operations. A C-46 Commando transport aircraft is seen in the background.
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