El Carmolí
Place in Murcia, Spain
37°41′N 0°52′W / 37.683°N 0.867°W / 37.683; -0.867
SpainEl Carmolí is an area in Los Urrutias, Cartagena 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] One noteworthy spot in the territory is a hill which name is also El Carmolí and is an ancient volcano that started erupting seven million years ago.[2]
The El Carmolí zone is part of a protected area called Parque Natural de Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor.[3]
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.[4] Some of the flying instructors based at El Carmolí were from the Soviet Union.[5]
After the Civil War the airfield was used by the Spanish Air Force as an emergency landing facility.[6]
References
- ^ El-Carmoli Murcia Airport Map
- ^ "LIG- Volcán del Carmolí - Región de Murcia Digital" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ 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)". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
External links
Media related to El Carmolí at Wikimedia Commons- Listado de aeródromos de la GCE y regiones aéreas
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