Cuddeback Lake

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"According to Jim Flint, “The lake was named for Leon Cuddeback, an early desert aviator & contemporary of Pancho Barnes.” The date of establishment of the Cuddeback Lake airfield has not been determined. The earliest reference to the field which has been located was in The Airport Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Bob Rambo). It described Cuddeback Lake Airport as a civil airport, with a 15,840' x 5,280' (more than 3 miles long) clay landing area. The June 1940 LA Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy)
depicted “Cuddeback” as an auxiliary airfield located in the middle of Cuddeback (Dry) Lake. The Cuddeback Airfield was apparently abandoned at some point between 1940-45, as the airfield was not depicted at all on the 1945 or 1949 LA Sectional Charts (according to Chris Kennedy)".
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