The Birchwood-Pocono Airpark is a former airport located in

Tannersville, Pennsylvania Tannersville is a village in Pocono Township, Pennsylvania. It is the site of the Camelback Mountain Resort, a popular ski and waterpark resort in The Poconos. Elevation is . As of 2000, the population of Tannersville ( ZIP Code 18372) was 2,784. ...

that operated alongside the Birchwood Resort from 1968 until its closure in 1996.

History

The resort and airpark were originally owned by a

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pilot and founder of

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, the late Walter E. ("Wally") Hoffman Jr. and his former wife Gail. The location is identified by the

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as the Birchwood-Pocono Airpark The site is now derelict and the airstrip closed. It is currently owned by the C. Castle Group, which at one time had ambitious plans for redevelopment that were not popular with some local residents, and which have since been modified. In 2014, fugitive Eric Matthew Frein was captured near an abandoned hangar at the former facility after an extended manhunt.

References

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