This very RARE antique collector's matchbook from Blackland Army Flying School, Waco, Texas MatchBook has never been used.
Excellent condition of color and printing from the 1940's prior to the USAF, believed and appears to be a Beechcraft AT-10/17 BobCat - Witchita on reverse side. Waco regional Airport Elev. 500 ft.
BLACKLAND ARMY AIR FIELD. Blackland Army Air Field, five miles northwest of Waco, was activated in June 1942. It was initially named China Springs Army Air Field and was also known as Waco Army Air Field No. 2 before being renamed after the local black soil. It was first a glider training school and in October 1942 became an advanced two-engine pilot school.