El Carmolí
| El Carmolí | |
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View of the El Carmolí area | |
  El Carmolí Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 37°41′N 0°52′W / 37.683°N 0.867°WCoordinates: 37°41′N 0°52′W / 37.683°N 0.867°W | |
| Country |
 Spain |
| Community | Murcia |
| Comarca | Campo de Cartagena |
| Municipality | Los Urrutias |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
El Carmolí is an area within Los Urrutias municipality in the Campo de Cartagena comarca, Region of Murcia, southeastern Spain. It used to be the site of a military air base, located near a homonymous hill in the flat Mar Menor area.[1]
The El Carmolí zone is part of a protected area called Parque Natural de Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor.[2]
Aerodrome
A military aerodrome was built in El Carmolí before the Spanish Civil War. It was used by the Spanish Republican Air Force for its High-speed Flying School (Escuela de Vuelo de Alta Velocidad), a training facility for fighter aircraft pilots.[3] Some of the flying instructors based at El Carmolí were from the Soviet Union.[4]
After the Civil War the airfield was used by the Spanish Air Force as an eventual landing facility.[5]
References
- ↑ El-Carmoli Murcia Airport Map
- ↑ Región de Murcia Digital - Espacios protegidos
- ↑ Memoria republicana — SBHAC. Estructura orgánica de las FARE
- ↑ Michael Alpert, The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, p. 250
- ↑ Ejército del Aire - Academia General del Aire (AGA)
External links
Media related to El Carmolí at Wikimedia Commons- Listado de aeródromos de la GCE y regiones aéreas