Top Airports in Hitchcock, Galveston county, Texas, United states

HHI Hitchcock Heliport

Address: Hitchcock, TX 77563, USA

Johnnie Volk Field

Address: Hitchcock, TX 77563, USA

“I kept a plane at the grass airstrip known as Volk Field in Hitchcock, Texas when Gus "Doc" Anagnostos owned it in the 1980's. He was a chiropractor with an office on 45th St. in Galveston. He was a WW2 veteran, Airborne, and kept parachuting into his 50's. He smoked and unfortunately died of lung cancer. He flew a Cessna taildragger. The rest of the pilots there were great older men with many wonderful stories. Hoot Gibson once did a few fly-bys in a small BeDe. The picture shows the dirt driveway. Along that dirt driveway you can see on the right what were open air hangers with roofs. My corrugated tin was used to wall one in. If you proceeded along that driveway the grass strip was on the right, along with the hangers. Gus let me paint my plane in one hanger. A fellow named Scooter had a red Smith biplane in the adjacent hanger. He welded a metal cup-holder into the Smith's cockpit. Hilarious guy. He asked me, "What color are you painting your plane?" I said, "B.M.W. red!" He said, "You should paint it yellow so when you crash in the swamp they can find you!" Good memories of Volk Field. R.I.P. boys!”