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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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The source for this page is the book titled, "Airports
and Established Landing Fields in the United States, 1933",
published by The Airport Directory Company, Hackensack, NJ.
Refer to page 29 of that book.
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SAN GABRIEL, MISSION AIRPORT
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In 1933, Mission Airport was described as, "...located
in the heart of the Los Angeles Basin withing a few minutes
of metropolitan Los Angeles, offering the aviator, ship-owner
and those of the industry a location from which to centralize
their effort -- every transportation need available -- Southern
Pacific Main Line, Pacific Electric interurban, bus and boulevards.
Manufacturers, distributors and ship owners are invited to
investigate."
Mission Airport was located at Mission Road and Delmar Avenue
in San Gabriel, CA about 10 miles east of Los Angeles. It
was rectangular area of 162 acres with three oiled runways
(hard to see three runways on the photo). There were modern
hotels and restaurants in town. Photo, above, by V.V. Stockton
in reference at left.
Telephone and weather reports were available on the field.
Fuel, oil, hangars and mechanics (daytime only) were available.
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UPLOADED: 05/05 REVISED: 10/30/07
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| One pilot
who landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield called Mission Airport his
Homebase (pilot Dean Banks was Pancho
Barnes' cousin). |
| No pilots
arrived at Davis-Monthan Airfield from San Gabriel, and one listed
it as his final Destination. |
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