by Jonathan Hull | Jul 7, 2019 | Community, History
Belmont Airport was established sometime in the 1930s. Also known as Belmont Landing Field and Central Airport, it was a beehive of aviation activity in the pre-war San Francisco Bay area. A newspaper story describes the first airmail flight from Belmont on May...
by Jonathan Hull | Jun 6, 2019 | Community, History
The above photo shows the Piombo Construction Company shed that was on the site of today’s Samtrans South Base Maintenance and Operations Facility. In the early 1950’s Piombo was asked to bid on paving the runway at San Carlos Airport. In exchange for...
by Jonathan Hull | Jun 7, 2017 | Community, Historic overview
San Carlos has hosted an airport since the earliest days of powered flight. Around the time of World War I, the San Carlos Flying Field was established by J. Paulding Edwards who constructed a five-plane hangar along what is now Terminal Way and he graded a five-acre...
by Jonathan Hull | May 30, 2016 | History
Please enjoy another photo from our friend Steve Bell who is now living in Florida. This one shows Steve and his mom (visiting from Southern CA) at West Bay Aviation (c. 1966) that was on the West side of the field near the present location of the Hiller Museum. You...
by Jonathan Hull | Mar 15, 2016 | History
The photos shown below were originally taken by Stephen Bell in April 1966 when he was a flight instructor at San Carlos. Steve was kind enough to send along high resolution scans of these incredible images that show the area around San Carlos Airport. Take a close...
