My grandfather worked at the Downey plant as a machinist.
Nice. I thought it might be Hoover's Yellow Bird but couldn't say for sure.
When my father got out of the Navy his first job was with Zamboni Electric. Yup, that same Zamboni.
And yelling at all the kids to get off his lawn!
It was, considering in the 50s, you could buy them in a shipping container for 500 bucks. Lol I may or may not know in theory where legend has it, There are still a couple in their containers.I had a friend whose Dad had the opportunity in 1971 to buy a P-51D with a spare Merlin engine for $11,000. He passed. He thought at the time it was too much money!
I think that would have been about the price of a new Pantera back then...I had a friend whose Dad had the opportunity in 1971 to buy a P-51D with a spare Merlin engine for $11,000. He passed. He thought at the time it was too much money!
I'll dig around my moms things, We have pictures of my brother and sister standing at the bridge when it was shipped over, and all the blocks were stacked around on the ground, long before the channel was cut or the bridge was assembled.
Unlike the vast majority of desert dreams that never materialized, Havasu was a shining example of success.
Reefer farm?So nobody knows what that trapezoid shaped area is adjacent to the road on the north side of the runway ? Take a guess
That would have been "Reefer Madness" farm in '64
I personally have never owned property in Havasu ( wish I had a line on the property Dad Owned) but I've watched and followed the growth just because the images of the blocks , and then seeing it finished left an impression as a kid.
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Drive in movie theater?So nobody knows what that trapezoid shaped area is adjacent to the road on the north side of the runway ? Take a guess
Similar shape, but no sir
The circle almost looks like storage, and it's connected to the launch ramp right next to it.
Beachcomber?So nobody knows what that trapezoid shaped area is adjacent to the road on the north side of the runway ? Take a guess
The circle is where Sam's Beachcomber is today, not sure in '64 if it was that or still the "Site Six Resort" that had been started in the late 50's by the Spratt's ??
Leach field ? I dunno, but cool pics and I'm old enough to have landed many times on that strip before the new airportSo nobody knows what that trapezoid shaped area is adjacent to the road on the north side of the runway ? Take a guess
That's what I'd originally thought as well, I was surprised to learn it was a Sod Farm, although it wasn't mentioned who owned it.
It was called "The Sod Farm" but I don't remember it being more than an irrigated grass field. Not sure what the sod was used for. The first LHHS football games were played there.
Interesting, certainly large enough to accommodate that. Read it was also popular with the kids as a place to hangout toss a frisbee.
I certainly hope many of those stories and pictures being shared, live on. I really enjoyed the old steamboat pictures, like the "Searchlight" and others.
That is Bob Hoover standing on the wing of his P51.
At least in the ft mo area the trail is still there, but has returned to a typical desert trail. It is a pretty straight line pointing to Laughlin and the i40 95turn off. I found the name of the trail at one point but can't remember what it was.
