I worked in the local area and P3's and NASA flew out of there
up to 3 years ago.
They were putting cargo planes - ups/FedEx and all of the others there
do to the nice runways and that would give more tarmac for people planes.
Martin
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Jon Anderson wrote:
Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
I want to say USS Morgan or such.
The Macon, in 1931.
With the military driven out of California - northern area anyway the
base
went to NASA. It is a historical site.
There was an attempt to convert the navy side, at least in part, to
general aviation. That was shot down in no small part by the Mt. View
City Council, worried about noise.
In a bit of irony, the 129th Rescue Wing of the California National
Guard ended up stationed there, and with what they fly, probably make
more noise than any general aviation activities would have generated.
The Ames Lab is the wind tunnel.
Ames is comprised of numerous tunnels, the 40x80/80x120 being the one
everyone knows about. But there's probably at least half a dozen smaller
wind tunnels still in operation.
They also are involved in life sciences and managed the Pioneer series
spacecraft.
Sub chasers still fly out of there as I recall and the NASA blackbird
as well.
Doubt that, those left with the Navy. I grew up less than a mile from
the front gate of Moffett Field. Still remember the sound of the P3's
running up engines early Saturday mornings. And in the 60's, there
seemed to be a never ending string of A4s, Phantoms, P3's, and other
assorted aircraft flying right over our house. A blackbird may have
flown in for air shows, but I don't think one was ever based there. NASA
still does base an ER-2 there, a research version of the U2. I used to
walk by that plane every day going to the head. It's a thin tube wrapped
around a big engine, with wings, a camera bay, and a cockpit. Rather
amazing to look up the back end of the aircraft with the engine removed,
to see how little metal holds it all together!
Jon
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