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== Possible Sources for Maps ==
== Possible Sources for Maps ==
* FAA FAQ: [http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/faq/index.cfm?print=go#q2b How can I get out-of-date charts for collecting, historical or litigation purposes?]
* FAA FAQ: [http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/faq/index.cfm?print=go#q2b How can I get out-of-date charts for collecting, historical or litigation purposes?]
* U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "[http://melvyl.worldcat.org/title/sectional-aeronautical-chart/oclc/81984625?referer=br&ht=edition Sectional aeronautical chart]," 1956-66. [http://cluster3.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/indexes/G3700_s500_u5_index.jpg Index Map]
* U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, [http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b11020688~S1 Sectional aeronautical chart]," 1956-66.
* Klamath Falls (V-1) Sectional Aeronautical Chart 1944
* Klamath Falls (V-1) Sectional Aeronautical Chart 1944
* Klamath Falls (V-1) Sectional 1951 on Ebay does not cover the Gunnery Range.
* Klamath Falls (V-1) Sectional 1951 on Ebay does not cover the Gunnery Range.

Revision as of 21:22, 17 February 2013

"An undated list of Gunnery Range and Target Area Releases Since World War I1 by the Twelfth Naval District (12ND) states that the North Range (Lovelock North) of the Lovelock Aerial Gunnery Range consists 676,758 acres of Public Lands and 41,241.34 acres of patented lands. The land was granted to the DoD from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management(BLM) in a letter dated 13 January 1945. No records pertaining to the usage of this property from 1945 until 1949 were found. A letter Permit from the Department of the Interior dated 22 September 1949 granted 272,000 of the 718,000 acres to the DoD revoking the remaining 446,000 acres, stating that the 272,000 "is all that is available to the Navy." The DoD renamed the 272,000 acres to Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range." (FUDS Site Summary)

External Resources

Historical Resources

  • Nell Murbarger, "Navy Land Grab in Nevada's Black Rock Country," October 1956, Desert Magazine.
  • Reno Evening Gazette, "Navy Helicopter Down in Humboldt" October 3, 1957. A helicopter went down near in the Jackson Creek area.
  • Desert Magazine, "Here and There on the Desert," October, 1958. The Navy conducted firing practice for the first time since the end of WWII over the Basic Sahwave air-to-air gunnery range. Is this south of the Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range?. The source is given as the Lovelock Review Miner.

Possible Sources for Maps