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LA "METRO" AT VAN NUYS
Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport in Van Nuys was called "Metro"
by Golden Age aviators (photo, right, from AOPA Pilot, September,
2004).
Metro was dedicated December 17, 1928, twenty-five years
to the day after the Wright brother's first flights.
By 1929 two hangars were open, one of which still exists.
As the Great Depression deepened, the film industry helped
keep Metro afloat by filming "Test Pilot" and "Lost
Horizons" there. Metro's control tower starred in "Casablanca"
with Humphrey Bogart.
UPLOADED: 05/06/05 REVISED:
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