Live Views of San Carlos Airport (SQL)
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Live Views of Half Moon Bay Airport (HAF)
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panorama around HAF
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Archive for the 'History' Category
Another photo is in from Steve Bell, formerly a CFI at West Bay Aviation at SQL. It shows Roger Hines, Ken Kidd, Bob Lane (owner of West Bay Aviation), and Wally Mathews.
Steve is interested in renewing old acquaintances. You can contact him at s8b at earthlink.net.
If you have other classic photos of San Carlos Airport, feel free to send them to webmaster at sancarlosairport.org
The following photo is captioned “Early 1947; San Carlos Airport; F8 Fairchild Aerial Camera 1-400 Sec.; Focal Length 15 in.; from 1000′.” This photo shows the San Carlos Airport in its previous location nearby the present Best Buy on Industrial Rd.
The following photos (originally posted in June 2008) are courtesy of Steve Bell, a CFI who flew out of San Carlos Airport in 1966. Steve reports that the trailer on the west side of the approach end of 12 housed West Bay Aviation, where he worked when he took these photos. Steve is now living in Florida and would like to hear from old friends in the SQL community. He can be reached at s8b at earthlink dot net.
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If you have any comments on these photos or if you have classic photos of San Carlos Airport that you’d like to add to our collection, please contact webmaster at sancarlospilots.org. We can scan photographic prints if necessary.
The following image from the San Francisco Sectional Aeronautical Chart from sometime in the 1950′s shows the locations of the San Carlos, San Mateo, Belmont, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Moffett, Hayward Army, Oakland, Alameda, Half Moon Bay, and San Francisco airports.
The following image shows the airport near the previous site of the Bay Meadows racetrack. It could be the San Mateo Airport referred to on the above Sectional. If you have any information about that, please contact webmaster at sancarlospilots.org.
The following image shows the Belmont Airport from an unknown date. Maybe sometime in the 1950′s.
If you have any comments on these photos or if you have classic photos of Bay Area Airports that you’d like to add to our collection, please contact webmaster at sancarlospilots.org. We can scan photographic prints if necessary.