Discontinuity of aquifer(s) makes for good ground water drafting = wells
Long the home of Ohlone Indians as evidenced by huge maddens at head of wet land beneath Pilar point.
Site of shore whaling operations. Signals from top of point to boats rowed off shore. Try pots on beach to render whale oil.
Rich fertile soil supports productive farming, then and now
California State Highway Department built Airstrip to Army Air Corps specifications with rock from the Quarry in 1942 as an auxiliary airbase to Salinas Army air base.
Gunnery school opened in 1944 across from Point Montara lighthouse; airport used to tow targets by and launch drones doing so
R. Guy Smith, long time developer of Moss Beach had a plan to privatize the airport and sold stocks in an airport holding company - didn’t raise enough capital
Named in honor of Eddie Andreini Senior following his tragic death in 2013. Eddie had learned to fly here in 1953 and based his highly successful aerobatic career here.
Drag Strip days 1957 to 1968 Walking in with a coke; “Where World Records are Broken
Record” (Joe remembers being there for an electrifying run of 185 MPH and 8.15 Seconds.)
HMB Bakery has a collection of photos and posters on view in Bakery and preserved on line.
Joe Miles air crash story of Ambulance, Corner’s van, Ambulance
The propeller found in tide pool.
Boeing 727 practice landings in mid ‘60’s.
Was a fog alternate to SFO.
Joe also added a WWII pilot story about gunning a fuel tanker truck in France on way back from Germany which was in fact a wine tanker.
Rotary angel flights story about September 12, 2001.
Air field was the Dream Machines and hanger dance the night before.
“Man must rise above the earth — to the top of the atmosphere and beyond — for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.” —Socrates
“Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.” —Igor Sikorsky“Smell the sea, and feel the sky, Let your soul and spirit fly.” —Van Morrison
Earhart said:. Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. -
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.” —Amelia Earhart
“Don’t let the fear of falling keep you from flying.” —Unknown
“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” —
“Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.” —Neil Armstrong
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.” — Walter Raleigh
“If God had really intended men to fly, he’d make it easier to get to the airport.” —George Winters
“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” —Douglas Adams
“I don’t have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.” —Billy Bob Thornton
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