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Sunday, January 9, 2011 - LoW-HI RV Ranch, Deming NM

Catching Some Rays, Western Scrub-Jays, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, January 30, 2010
Catching Some Rays, Western Scrub-Jays, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, January 30, 2010

Restructuring CoxonTool

The state of this old website has been bothering me for a while now and today I set out on a project to finagle the underlying structure a bit to make it easier to maintain and update. Bear with me. I'm doing this live and there will be some wacky looking pages here until I get the basics under control.

Night camp

Site 8 - LoW-HI RV Ranch, Deming NM

Norden Bombsight training at Deming NM

During the Second World War, Deming was again the designated location for a training base. This time, the Deming Army Air Base was established east of town to train young airmen in the use of the secret Norden bombsight. The trainees were processed in groups of 500 every 6 weeks, and they flew their missions in the 150 AT-11 Beechcraft trainers, designated the Kansan, each armed with up to 10 practice bombs.

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