Muroc Field History
The first major aerial activity occurred at Muroc in 1937 when the entire US Army Air Corps participated in a large-scale maneuver. From then on, the bombing range grew in size. When Arnold became chief of the air corps in 1938, the service was given a renewed focus on research and development. Muroc Field drew attention because the nearby dry lake was so flat. Arnold described it as “level as a billiard table” that it could serve as a giant runway, ideal for flight testing. Over $120 million was spent to develop the base in the 1940s and expand it to 301,000 acres (470 square miles) The base’s main runway, fifteen thousand feet long and three hundred feet wide, was completed in a single pour of concrete.
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Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes …show more content…
In 1935, she had only her apartment in Hollywood left. She sold it and bought 180 acres of land in the Mojave Desert, near the Rogers Dry Lake bed. She built the Happy Bottom Riding Club, also known as the Rancho Oro Verde Fly-Inn Dude Ranch, a dude ranch and restaurant that catered to airmen at the nearby airfield and her friends from Hollywood. Pancho became very close friends with some of the early test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, General Jimmy Doolittle, and Buzz Aldrin. Pancho’s ranch became famous for the parties and high-flying lifestyle of all the …show more content…
He also received the Distinguished Flying Cross; he was in the movies, and he also had a pet lion. In November 1939, Turner and two partners purchased the stock of Central Aeronautical Corporation (CAC), which offered aircraft sales and services at Indianapolis International (Weir Cook) Airport. The purpose was to obtain a local planning authority to build a hangar and administration building in order to start business as a fixed base operator (FBO). Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corporation was the FBO at the Indianapolis (Weir Cook) Airport. It was a dealer for Beechcraft. In 1968, Turner sold out to Gates Rubber Company, a dealer for Learjet. He also founded the Roscoe Turner Airways, which then merged with Lake Central Airlines, then Allegheny Airlines, and then US Air, which merged with American
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Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes …show more content…
In 1935, she had only her apartment in Hollywood left. She sold it and bought 180 acres of land in the Mojave Desert, near the Rogers Dry Lake bed. She built the Happy Bottom Riding Club, also known as the Rancho Oro Verde Fly-Inn Dude Ranch, a dude ranch and restaurant that catered to airmen at the nearby airfield and her friends from Hollywood. Pancho became very close friends with some of the early test pilots, including Chuck Yeager, General Jimmy Doolittle, and Buzz Aldrin. Pancho’s ranch became famous for the parties and high-flying lifestyle of all the …show more content…
He also received the Distinguished Flying Cross; he was in the movies, and he also had a pet lion. In November 1939, Turner and two partners purchased the stock of Central Aeronautical Corporation (CAC), which offered aircraft sales and services at Indianapolis International (Weir Cook) Airport. The purpose was to obtain a local planning authority to build a hangar and administration building in order to start business as a fixed base operator (FBO). Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corporation was the FBO at the Indianapolis (Weir Cook) Airport. It was a dealer for Beechcraft. In 1968, Turner sold out to Gates Rubber Company, a dealer for Learjet. He also founded the Roscoe Turner Airways, which then merged with Lake Central Airlines, then Allegheny Airlines, and then US Air, which merged with American