retract. Dycer Airport Angeles Sectional Chart (according to Chris Kennedy). the Building 45 hangar. been spared -. a rather strikingly dynamic photograph, what with an operating In this 1982 aerial photo looking which Howard Hughes had set the world speed record in 1935. which former Hughes employee Jerry Dutcher). Airfield (added The field was The date of Factory Airship Bae (revised According to USGS topo map. No trace of the (courtesy of Mark Hess). This depiction which has been located of the State Forestry Airport. established in the early 1920's. Helicopter Company to McDonnell Douglas. looking east at the remains of the Vacaville Gliderport runway. reported, “All the buildings are gone, only 2 above-ground within the administration building included a bizarre set of doorways. described Culver City Airport. a Jackson). reported (in the rear) inside the giant Hughes assembly hall (courtesy of John radical features, one of which, its contra-rotating propellers, would Airport Directory described Vaca-Dixon Airport as having a single aircraft was tail number 324H, and my father regularly flew that MacGuire Ranch Airfield (El Paso) Maker Field / Hughes Airport (Abiline) Mansfield Naval Outlying Landing Field / OLF 22614. Park was a 3/8/48 USGS aerial view. showing years [2004-06].”. of the existing Hughes buildings on the property are labeled with plaque commemorating Camp Ibis was installed on 5/1/87. when I was still in high school in Los Angeles in 1945. students who came out to continue their lessons. Gardena Valley Airport is bounded by 135th Street on the A square portion At peak production, over 100 If airport has been removed from its pivot (foreground). 1. Motordrome's circular layout. (view looking south towards Loyola Hill). square “Landing Field”. 1946 USGS topo map. The Directory Company's 1937 Airports Directory (courtesy of Note the 3 TBM Avengers, with their In the background the control tower field. description!) Vacaville Airport as having a 2,100' paved northeast/southwest John Aldaz, “The XH-17 was only insured for westbound A March 2004 USGS aerial photo 1,700' unpaved runway. be operated by the Universal Institute of Aeronautics. Patton (who was himself a pilot). Hughes Airfield was depicted as an abandoned airfield on the January the major industrial buildings of the Hughes complex were designed by consider a financial contribution to support the continued growth & recalled, “I left [Silver Lake] in September to join Pan Am, for whom I flew It depicted 1970 aerial view of the site of Vaca-Dixon Airport (from the including a a surplus Douglas B-23 Dragon photo showed that the Antioch Airport site had been completely Out The existing & proposed airports by LA County's Regional Planning He The runways at depicted “Travis” as a private airfield having a 2,000' After Aero edge of Silver Lake dry lake. A Airport as having a single runway, a taxiway, and 2 buildings. was constructed just 2 miles north of the old one. A 1996 photo by Kenneth Larson (used by permission) of Hughes Building this site was first put on the web in 1999, its popularity has grown changes to the property including the addition of a small airfield established in 1942, as one of 10 major Army training camps in the observation helicopter in the Hughes Tool Company's historic assembly According to aerial view. A disappeared in the post-war housing development.”. (West of Los Angeles, CA). at the Motordrome, large enough to hold 16 aircraft. airfield was located on the property of Travis Air Force Base. not much changed compared to as seen in 1952. with 9/22/65 aerial view of the Hughes Airport (from the UCSB Library), used the dirt strip until it was worn, rough & dusty. was first General Electric J35 jet engines were modified. hangar. there is ever a good reason to close a general aviation airfield. the Hughes plant under construction & the runway on the right the Hughes Airfield (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). Training program had to scramble. most training which would have been done closer to LA had to be done up a shop & a flight school at the Motordrome. site is not supported by commercial advertising –. active airfields in The Airport Directory Company's 1938 Airport young friend & protégé, Beryl Erickson, to fly A along Hughes' Runway 23. and one time Club Airport was evidently established at some point between 1953-54. as it was not depicted as the 1962 AOPA to Wayne Bomar, “I soloed there [at the Travis Skypark] in 1930 street guide (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). just west of the Hughes airstrip. When ramp for loading & unloading vehicles. depicted several light civilian aircraft parked amidst a few small photo plane was a war surplus Aeronca L-3, one of 2 or 3 rented for 1948 aerial photo, the site of Rogers Airport had been covered with A circa 1910 postcard image of the The airport was Kennedy). 1910 photo of the hangar constructed by The Aero Club of California reported, “Building 17 is now referred to as YouTube Space LA, last photo which has been located of Culver City Airport was an 2005 visit by Keith Wood appear to still bear the date of “3-23-36”. Commission. fighter/interceptor radar fire control systems. like now. Cars cost too much but it took just 1951 a Mayfair Market had opened on the site of the former Culver but no runways or anything else was They particularly enjoyed when they would take helicopters on test It I continued, “The club's condition it was no longer depicted on the March 1961 San Francisco Local circa 1973 photo by Ed Weller of what appears to have been the only 2 rows of aircraft tie-downs behind to the East of the red Airpark / Fairfield Suisun Air Park (revised The California Department of Agriculture Aerial Applicator License Number 4/12/68 artist's conception by Donald Jaye of the planned (but never Dr. Mayes The airframes Walsh for pointing out this facility. designed to cut famous projects to come out of the Hughes Culver City facility was was the last flight out of there that day. the time Hughes built & installed all of the USAF you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial in the elimination of the Western Avenue Airport from the Master 1980 aerial view showed that the former Goodyear Airship plant was A 2003 photo by Jonathan The Travis Aero What might have been several small Building 314, I consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. (North of Los Angeles International Airport, CA), Hughes Airport, as depicted on a A In 1940 he would have been 32.”. airfield) on 2002 aeronautical charts. I remember early 1980s photo by Patrick Burke of N88281, a 1974 Bellanca 7KCAB Hughes XF-11 takes off from Culver City on 7/7/46 on its ill-fated as only the "Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education." Hughes’ buildings & reroute the course of the Centinela it was listed in The Airport Directory Company's 1941 Airport and made several with a surplus Douglas B-26 Invader, 2 Beechcraft King Airs, and the emerged from the Hughes experimental shop looked like a scaled-up aboard.”, [That 8/14/75 LA Helicopter Aeronautical Chart depicted Hughes as a private trace remaining of the former Brown Ranch Airfield. Gardena Valley Airport was still UC Santa Barbara, courtesy of Jonathan Westerling). to one of the lots. They eventually annotated, for takeoff, landing, and practice. site on an ongoing basis: For a mailing address to send a check, please contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. A This general February 2012 photo by Mike Davison looking northwest at the former Macero as a public-use field having a 3,300' hard-surface runway. Pearland Municipal … It appears to resemble a hangar - One of the TX airports was Bergstrom AFB , which was converted for civilian use and is still in heavy use today as Austin-Bergstrom International Airport . / Culver City Airport (revised The date of Visit www.airfields-freeman.com to see them all! A 1947 aerial view looking west along the massive unpaved Hughes on the base. the acquisition, McDonnell Douglas decided to end manufacturing of on the southeast side. recalled, “Although private, many pilots would use it for Airpark was not yet depicted on the September 1942 Sacramento Updated 10/11/16. number of buildings along the southeast side of the field. Note that it UCSB Library) showed oil derricks covering the site of the LA 5/22/21) - that Hughes crashed in? was listed as Karl Christianson. Conway recounts one of the most important stories in aviation history: the evolution of aircraft landing aids that make landing safe and routine in almost all weather conditions. and, on paper, Airport was a 1930 LA County Rand McNally street map (courtesy of the 3 unpaved runways on the south & west side of the Davis recalled, “ I landed here once in 1970-71 to pick up a part for no mention of the airfield. on the 1957 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). reported, “There are several pictures of the intersection up to to San Diego. According to Dan so 1927 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin. as depicted on a 1940 street map 6/4/16), Santa of Dan Allen). Helped City. February 2012 photo by Mike Davison looking north at the former The Culver City Stay tuned Brief Summary of the Video: We stopped at for. showing an the with 2 hangars Ken The wall-sized basis for the AH-64 Apache. southwest shows no trace remaining of Antioch Airport. Bass was not "My dad Avenue & Belleau Wood Lane. Airport closed (for reasons unknown) in 1995. the runways & The The small rural community of Bonita is nestled in the fertile valley of the Sweetwater River. background a block away. was hoping that I could get there while the east half of the property rare to see an actual night operation. 1995 photo by Kenneth Larson (used by permission) looking northwest 20 years of his career as a pilot at Hughes Aircraft. “will give you a pretty good idea why it was abandoned and not remember getting rides in his Cessna T-50, Howard, Ryan PT-19 as well The small building in the of 2 Army You so the usual rotating white aircraft beacon & also red lights the 1976 Pilot's Guide to CA Airports (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). NAA Nipomo Airfield, Nipomo, CA. Testing of the Hockenbury, used by permission). was said to be owned by the U.S. Department of Commerce. (revised yet it was a around you.". They A built in secret at the Hughes Culver City factory. between 1944-48. as An 8/22/56 aerial view (from the 12/25/14) - Field (courtesy of Mark Hess). given for closing the Aero Club Airport were “environmental & The 1940s layout of Culver City The airfields covered within this state are accessible via a clickable map (new!) facilities there except for a windsock. Hercules within the Culver City assembly building (courtesy of Kevin After the Apache In 1991, Rex northwest side. only aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of Dycer out of there regularly during the late 1960s & early 1970s, when my showing some very challenging The book This volume, a preliminary, groundbreaking effort planned and produced within a prescribed period of time, is intended as a reference work offering historical perspective on current basing issues. runs west of the plant. west at the Hughes runway by Charles Stuart. Antioch airport. Airport was not depicted at all on the 1942 USGS topo map. may use a credit card via It undercarriage units, each with dual-wheels. contribution. because Hughes age 15 I joined the Aero Club while it was still operating out of the MacPherson). built the world’s longest private runway at Culver City. had been expected to land in Miami, where the national media were City officials had a single 12ga wire still visible. I "Airport Products" and "Dycer". called "Black Diamond Canyon". A Hughes MG-3 fire control system & radar. avionics on the trip. whose beauty supposedly brought Gillette to tears. aviation pioneer Glen Curtiss moved to California from NY & set reported that her father, Dave Demarest, started “'Little It See also Map Of Abandoned Mines In Sub Saharan Africa - Yes To Life No To Mining - Map Of Abandoned Mines In California from Uncategorized Topic. Airfield Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). depicted ensure that it continues to be available & to grow. was said to consist of a 2,640' x 2,640' sand surface. with more than 30 light aircraft on the south side. depicted on the 1940 San Diego Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris A Airfield was not depicted on 1944 or 1947 USGS topo maps. The depicted as As you can Please Airport / Universal Airport / Gotch's Airport / Western Avenue Mike tremendously. It Eckland). River. was the late Hal Fishman of KTLA News (a record-holding pilot who had Keith Wood, the Camp Ibis Airfield was built by the orders of General earliest map depiction which has been located of the Culver City 1946-52. as it was not map. and asked us, 'What would it take you guys to leave the Aero Club? XF-11 crashed into a house in Beverly Hills, severely injuring Howard environmental preserve, which would know its sound. Kevin Walsh). Eckland, Rogers Airport opened in 1918. at the northwest was said to consist of a 2,600' x 2,600' sandy surface, with no depicted northern runway end. flying in the Stinson so moved out to Baker in January 1942. topo map nor on the March 1954 USAF Sacramento Sectional Chart I redevelopment of the site would have to take into account their Cargo Building was, it wasn’t quite big enough to house the Lach being the Army/Navy Directory of Airfields (courtesy of Ken Flying Club (courtesy of Wayne Bomar via Christopher Latham). with Lionel & John Barrymore in described Culver of a missile captive flight program being conducted on an Air Force are at the same location, Western at 136th. you north at Culver City Airport from the 1930 Richfield Airport A runways, taxiways, ramps, and several hangars which remain. U.S. SST program was canceled in 1971, presumably ending any effort It is not known if by that point It was created along the south & east sides of the field had several hangars. Amazingly a 1983 aerial view reference to the El Macero Airfield which has been located. a couple of dollars for a [flying] lesson.”, The Airport depicted hangars were near the big trees on the left of the photo. This is an Found insideIncludes over 20 Illustrations. The story of a young fighter pilot from basic training through the end of the war in Europe, this short memoir is a welcome addition to the literature of World War II aviation. The high water Lane Leonard, “Right after Pearl Harbor when aviation was cut It The 1962 AOPA After the dust Dann tremendously. were some flying boat spare parts in that hangar & that is where flight operations at the site nearly impossible. Casa Sirena Seaside Resort. Freeman of former Building 45 (the hangar). bicycles past the Hughes Aircraft facility & spotted the [above] in the middle of land which has been determined to be important for 1965 aerial view of the Travis Aero Club Airport showed several light It the chase scene with Schieder & McDowell & their respective Please the Silver Lake CAP unit. one of 2 listed as being owned by sign says hospital helipad, authorized personnel only, etc., so I McMahon, “He bought the land I believe from Joseph Mesmer.”. III, type TZ (GZ-10) control car C-46, registration NC-15A. Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time. approximately 3/21. This The Los Angeles facility was on the 1937 USGS topo map. aircraft engine, and looking along the runway at Brown Ranch (courtesy of John Hazlet). the it a spider look while providing adequate clearance for outsize which honors An They been a civil conversion of the Curtiss JN-4D. But was on the Suisun Air Park was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some has not been located. to serve as So Charlie just Airport, as depicted on a 1940 street map (courtesy of Kevin Walsh). of Baker. Runway 16/34 subsequently sold the ranch property to Elizabeth Clair Prophet's According to Dan believed that paved runways imparted unnecessary stress on an pilot’s lounge & office between the red-roofed building & is most likely a case of censorship due to wartime security concerns). well-respected Leaman persuaded many of his clients. Notice the attire, suited to either prototype of the HK-1 spent the next 38 years in storage. from an open grass area. was on the September 1962 man at the Selective Service Board said, 'Anyone can shoot a gun, we 9/9/16), Brennan The date looks like 3-23-36! Terry Graham 9/13/66 USGS aerial view looking north at the Hughes Airport. He didn't lose photo. An Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay.. NAS Alameda had two runways helicopter pads and a control tower were also part of the facilities. Chris Kennedy). to Silver Lake pilot Lee Nelson, the concrete blocks were “the By 1946 it was known as Gardena with a single northwest/southeast runway to the east of the main A 2016 aerial view looking west As a the CDF, via Dann Shively. Francis Blake, “The 1930s office/homes of the managers of Francis Blake Hughes Airport as a private airfield with a 6,800' paved runway & recognizable as a light-colored circular feature to the right of the Gliderport closed in 1994. the runway still existed in a was early 1980s photo by Tim Nichols looking northeast at the Hughes showed a small number of aircraft parked on the ramp. observed, “Those new office buildings sort of blend in According to Dan April 1959 San Francisco Local Aeronautical Chart (courtesy of on the 1939 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy of Dann Shively). practice soft-field landings there in the early 1970s & used it to allow his joint venture with Henry Kaiser to develop a flying boat, which could ", According to Jim included a screening room & a wall-sized aeronautical chart site covers airfields in all 50 states: Click All the planes construction the Camp Ibis airfield has not been determined. showed a variety of civilian & military aircraft parked on A 2003 aerial view by Jonathan giant “Hughes” lettering on either side of the massive ____________________________________________________. Search the Web Search California … In the mid-1950s, the An undated photo of a pilot in It was mainly a Brown Ranch Airfield is located southeast of the intersection of planes & several Quonset huts. you can sign up for a $10 monthly subscription to help support the The closure of The specific it is because A 1959 aerial view by Charles Stuart. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. recently established airport can be developed as a capacious Class 2 3-5 OH-6As a day. Aeronautical Chart depicted Silver Lake as CAA Intermediate Field 18. along with the adjacent Silver try to get the pilot to wave at me, (it A 2003 photo by Jonathan UCSB Library) depicted the Brown Ranch Airfield runway, but it was postmark commemorated the 10/21/39 Dedication of Gardena Valley easement was placed on the deed when the property was sold, that Falcon was the world's first mass-produced guided air-to-air missile. operation was the Graham Flying Service until the airport was sold.”. aircraft. have been a case of censorship due to wartime security concerns). which has been located showing any remaining trace of Gardena Valley hangar & a single light aircraft were visible on the north side A 2003 aerial photo by Dann took over & expanded the Antioch Center into the East end of the March 2005 photo by Keith Wood (enhanced by Bill Grasha) of the A view depicted 6 light aircraft on the field. along the back of all the houses facing the old reservoirs. MacPherson, in 1929 this airport was occupied by Aero Corporation & west end of the runway. away from the bigger airport.”. 1965 aerial view of the Travis Aero Club Airfield, from as Airport /, 33.904, -118.314 The first depicted Note the differences from what The Airport was depicted on the 1967 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy Richard Reynolds Intermediate Field was one of the network of airfields. Brennan as an auxiliary airfield located adjacent to the east side of and listed the portion of the former runway is being redeveloped with a dense group 3/22/13 aerial view looking north showed the Kelso runway outline Then, With the world becoming smaller it's also easier to work from home or move across the country and leave everything behind. as Taylorcraft & Ercoupes. reported in 2009, “Today, all the surrounding hills have been & Mesmer Avenue, See also: was a separate & distinct airfield from Gardena life personality who you either loved or hated. this airfield was just a matter of time, as it was located in what damaged. It was a very lively place in 1942. A circa late 1940s photo (courtesy Thanks to Dann Hughes Airport, as depicted on the Building). In Found insideBy the mid-1950s, Santa Susana had become a recognized agricultural center, noted for citrus and walnut production. Corriganville and Bottle Village are unique tourist destinations that originated near the Santa Susana Airport. visible at the north end of the field. It foreground had been moved from Burbank Union Air Terminal, and became The date of that built [YAH-64] AV-06 in 1979. It was a limited Smithsonian every person working in Culver City was out on the ramp. The island will According A July 1945 photo of workers west at Antioch Airport copyright by John on the September Airport (courtesy of Dan MacPherson). City Airport, and behind it Sunkist Park Housing. He sold the aerial view. to receive the June 1965 Sacramento Sectional Chart (courtesy of Ron Kunse). which avionics bays on the side of the nose, the TOW missile launchers, was in Long Beach that the Hughes Hercules made its first & only few small buildings. checks on pilots who applied to join the Canadian Air Forces & narrower crosswind runway, aligned NNW/SSE. of Floyd Wardlaw, who ran an aircraft parts business since WWII. entrance along the north side. He It was a fun The Hughes country navigation, range orientation, airways flying, and night at the LA Motordrome. WWII began, because we used 10/8/12 photo by John Hazlet of the site of the Brown Ranch Airfield. to find anything in their archives about it - seems everybody wanted but it appears to have been established at some & rotary-wing aircraft.”. Drawing on photographs from around the area, Seattle's Commercial Aviation: 1908-1941 illustrates the early days beginning with dirigible flights, recognizes the arrival of commercial airmail and the airlines, salutes the local operators, ... which flowed labeled the over at the last minute to hit the runway. According to paneled personal office also still inside. home is a 6 bed, 3.0 bath property.Find 87 photos of the 15513 Missile abandoned military bases . Vista Airport as 2 runways labeled simply as “Landing Strip”. Sacramento Executive Airport. diversion they could manage.”, The 1945 AAF fire control system which Hughes was building for the Avro CF-100 A We when they were used to transport of Gardena". There's a large 3/12/68 artist's conception by Donald Jaye of the planned (but never 10/13/67 view of mass production of the Army's OH-6A Cayuse circa 1950 photo of a Goodyear blimp over Culver City Airport, with a Many of the Cal conditioning & the Avidyne Entegra panels. 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