https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_Naval_Outer_Landing_Field
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_Naval_Outer_Landing_Field
Malabar Naval Outer Landing Field, Malabar, FL
28.02, -80.68 (Southeast of Orlando, FL)
A 1/15/43 aerial view looking northwest showing Malabar OLF under construction (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, via Brian Rehwinkel).
This airfield was originally built during WW2 as one of 2 satellite airfields for Melbourne NAS,
which conducted advanced flight training in SNJ Texans, F4F Wildcats & F6F Hellcats.
The Malabar airfield was evidently constructed at some point during 1943,
as it was not yet depicted at all on the January 1943 Miami Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy).
The earliest depiction which has been located of Malabar Field
was a 1/15/43 aerial view looking northwest (U.S. Navy photo from the National Archives, via Brian Rehwinkel), showing Malabar still under construction
Brian Rehwinkle observed, “You can see how isolated the field was in those days.”
Brian Rehwinkel reported, “According to Navy documents, the land (640 acres) was purchased in September 1943
and the Navy spent about $513,000 adding the four 4,000’ x 175' asphalt runways.
One interesting note is that this field (and its sister field Vakaria OLF) were both referred to by the Navy as 'Satellite Fields' rather than Outlying Fields (OLFs).
Although both met the definition of an Outlying Field, the Air Station & Navy decided to use another term.”
Just before 11 a.m., the Palm Bay Police Department said that they received reports of an explosion in the area of U.S. 1 and RJ Conlan Boulevard. The incident happened at the Far Research Plant.
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