Colorado Aviation Archaeology

7/7/2008      Return to Stormy Peaks

On Saturday, June 21, 2008, Ron Miller, AvAr field agent and orienteering instructor, conducted a reconnaissance hike up to the Stormy Peaks B-17 crash site.  The first return to this site for any Colorado AvAr personnel since June of 2006, Ron's mission was to determine if the steep climb through forest was free of read more »

6/23/2008      June work at Jimmy Camp B-24D site catalogs over 75 artifacts..

During the June field work at the B-24D Jimmy Camp site over 75 objects were retrieved and their locations cataloged. The objects were cleared from the cartesian grid system that is being setup at the site. No less than eight of the 20' x 20' zones were cleared by the read more »

5/13/2008      June 2008 Jimmy Camp field work date set

June's monthy field work in support of the B-24D project at Jimmy Camp for the City of Colorado Springs is scheduled for June 14th, 2008. 

June work will consist of generating our grid lines that were mapped out last month as well as understanding and indentifying parts and matching the read more »

5/7/2008      AvAr Bulletin #020

Subject: AvAr Class 801; Field Agent Tips; Jimmy Camp - May '08, FAT #2, Robert Jackson Collection

AvAr Class 801
 
Class 801 completed its training cycle on May 3, 2008, following a six and one half hour field exercise at Jimmy Camp. This is the third read more »