S B J's Photo Gallery

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LHV, Piper factory-Birthplace of a lot of mighty fine planes ., photo by S B J
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@ William T Piper Meml Airport
074, Redding Sky Ranch,Redding,Ca.Always loved airports called Sky Ranch.View is to the West and the crosswind runway ( upslope and trees at the west end ) with the few hangars the airport had.Was closed in 1993., photo by S B J
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@ 074
074, Redding Sky Ranch in Redding,Calif.Was a small friendly airport with a somewhat challenging (C170 Accident 7-13-74) runway,with trees on both sides and a trailer park at the very end.Was satisfying when you made a good approach and landing.View is South., photo by S B J
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@ 074
0Q6, Shingletown near its end .Lovely airport east of Redding,Ca.Little used but nice.Rise at the N end helped if not off by then as I saw with a Cherokee .It was very close! Disappeared in dust, so much that I started running to it, but they made it.Somehow?, photo by S B J
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@ 0Q6
8Q7, N39932 at Sky Sailing ( renamed Sky Soaring at the end ) just befor the airport closed.Only limited glider activity at this time as most glider pilots found a new home.I was the only power plane there besides the towplanes., photo by S B J
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@ 8Q7
Q59, Fremont airport,Calif. which closed in 1986 was a very busy little airport,so it is surprising that it lasted only about 20 years.This picture was taken around 1980. View is SE.Last non tower airport in the SF Bay Area as Sky Sailing was a private airport, photo by S B J
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@ Q59
1Q5, Aeronca Chief day at Gravelly Valley., photo by S B J
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@ Gravelly Valley Airport
KWVI, N43689 being directed to the runway at the end of the Watsonville airshow. Was fun to watch the aircraft jam up when an airshow is over. Never understood why the big hurry to leave? Did move a lot of planes out quickly as takeoffs only helped., photo by S B J
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@ Watsonville Municipal Airport
AOO, N80784 (1940 Piper J5A) on a delivery flight from Lock Haven to Oakland,Ca.My dad had to stop in Altoona,Pa due to bad weather in mid 1940., photo by S B J
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@ Altoona/blair County Airport
TCY, 69B with owner Jim at the controls, takes runway 30 at the Tracy,Ca. airport ., photo by S B J
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@ Tracy Municipal Airport
S51, 93E at McBeth.Was caught in the summer time fog and had to wait almost two days for it to clear.Not a bad place to wait., photo by S B J
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@ Andy Mc Beth Airport
Q59, Fremont airport ,Calif. Picture is two years after closure.For such an active airport it was remarkable safe. There was several accidents,but only one was a fatal (8-8-75) and was due to a mechanical issue.Fremont had a lot of good pilots and instructors., photo by S B J
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@ Q59
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