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OTHER RESOURCES
A copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register with cross-references
to pilots and airplanes is available here.
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An excellent resource, and the source of many
of the photos you see in the links from this page, is a book
titled, "Airports and Established Landing Fields in the
United States, 1933". I picked up my copy at a library
sale a couple of years ago. It wasn't cheap, but the information
is great for this site.
AOPA Pilot magazine published a nice summary
of Metro's history in the September, 2004 issue. The article
described a new film being made about that history, and it
mentions several of our Davis-Monthan pilots (Howard Hawks,
Pancho
Barnes, Bobbi
Trout, Amelia Earhart and Wallace Beery. This link
tells more about the film.
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LOS ANGELES AREA AIRPORTS
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WORKING ON THIS, PLEASE HAVE PATIENCE
A MAJOR FOCUS FOR WEST COAST AVIATION
Los Angeles was a genuine hub of aviation activity during
the Golden Age. Among the factors which focused aviation in
Los Angeles were: the juxtaposition of aircraft manufacturers,
the motion picture industry, a growing population wealthy
enough to embrace aviation as a hobby or efficient means of
business transportation, and good weather.
In the database
that drives this website, there are over 1,000 visits to the
Davis-Monthan Airfield that list the Los Angeles-area as Homebase.
When you choose one of those locations, either from Homebase,
Arrived From or Destination menus, you will be linked to this
page. I want to build this page to include all the small airports
in the Los Angeles area during the Golden Age. If you have
information or photographs that might help me do this, please
use this FORM
to communicate with me. Try this link
to see some really great information and images of Los Angeles
airports.
LOS ANGELES AREA AIRPORTS
The table below lists many of the Los Angeles
area airports that were cited by pilots during the period
of the Davis-Monthan Airfield register (1925-1936). Click
the red links to see what I know.
I'm looking for photographs and information on all the Los
Angeles area airfields, including the ones tabulated above.
Please use this FORM
to share what you know.
UPLOADED: 5/6/05 UPDATED 08/22/05
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ANGELES DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION WAS MORE THAN JUST ONE AIRPORT |
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Davis-Monthan pilots arriving from or going to the Los Angeles
area may have been traveling to one or more of several Golden Age
airports in that area.
Mines Field (now LAX), LA Metro (now Van Nuys), Burbank (now Bob
Hope Airport), Clover Field (now Santa Monica Municipal), Fullerton,
Glendale, Griffith Park, Hollywood, Irvine, Long Beach, Santa
Barbara, and Burnley Field were a few.
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