River Airport
River Airport is an abandoned airport located 8 miles (13 km) north of Caledonia, Mississippi.
History
The airport was built about 1942 as an auxiliary airfield to the Army pilot school at Columbus Army Airfield. It was designated River Auxiliary Field It had a single sod 4,000-foot (1,200 m) runway, and did not have any hangars or structures. It was apparently unmanned unless necessary for aircraft recovery.
It was sold after the war in 1945 and during the postwar years was used as a civil airport and also by the USAF during the 1950s for occasional touch and go landings. It was closed in the 1960s and abandoned.
Today, the outline of the runway is visible in aerial photography. The airport itself is cleared agricultural fields.
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References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Biche
Biche is a flourishing agricultural village in east Trinidad and Tobago exactly 18 kilometers south of Sangre Grande and 18 kilometers north of Rio Claro.
Overview
Situated along the Cunapo Southern Main Road, Biche was first inhabited by a hunter and his teenage wife in 1874. There is little historical data to support the origins of this couple; however, the hunter's wife was believed to be named as Maria Gomez.
The name Biche derives from the French word biche, meaning deer or wild beast. In those times, hunters from Arima wandered into the area via the Nariva River and Nariva Swamp in search of wild animals.
Biche falls under the jurisdiction of the Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation, and has a population in excess of 4000.
Biche also boasts of its own cable service and high school. The Biche Secondary School (formerly Biche High School ) was opened to students on September 5, 2011. There are presently students from forms one to five attending this school.
In recent times, the exploration of oil has given hope to the residents of Biche which over the years have seen the increase in the brain drain of its youths because of its location and lack of job opportunity besides gardening.
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