You might remember the runway ran across a small lake. More than one groundlooper ended up in the lake.
Cox field is a private airport with several houses plus 8 or 10 non-resident airplanes in hangars. Bobby Cox, who built the field, was an early homebuilder, who built at least three, and perhaps more, HBA. A local EAA chapter had a clubhouse there, provided by Bobby.
The 2450 foot runway has a little change in elevation: the west end is about 60 feet lower than the east end, and about 50 feet lower than the middle, so, unless there was is gale force wind, landings are uphill and departures are downhill.
Several of us were sitting on the clubhouse porch one morning when an Ercoupe pilot forced the plane down well above landing speed a little east of mid-field. Fortunately, the pond stopped him from hitting the trees and doing significant damage to the airplane. It floated, and was immediately pulled back onto the runway.
I haven been there since I retired to Florida, but there were some interesting machines in the hangars, basements and workshops there, including a pair of Stutz Bearcats, a dozen other antique automobiles, Bobby’s CoxHawk
In the Media – The Cox Hawk , a Prowler, a White Lightning, a Midget Mustang with an IO-360 and a constant speed prop, plus the usual RVs, Pitts, and spam cans.
A neat place to visit.
BJC