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Your copy of the "Davis-Monthan Airfield Register" with all the pilots' signatures and helpful cross-references to pilots and their aircraft is available at the link. Or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author. ISBN 978-0-9843074-0-1.

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This link leads you to a book that describes and illustrates with black & white photographs the majority of military aircraft that landed at the Davis-Monthan Airfield between 1925 and 1936. The book includes biographies of some of the pilots who flew the aircraft to Tucson as well as extensive listings of all the pilots and airplanes. Or use this FORM to order a copy signed by the author.

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The source for this page is the book titled, "Airports and Established Landing Fields in the United States, 1933", published by The Airport Directory Company, Hackensack, NJ. Refer to page 27 of that book.

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San Diego Lindbergh Field, ca. 1933

This image shows the San Diego airport in 1933. Originally the site of the Ryan manufacturing facility, it was named Lindbergh Field after Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight.

However, San Diego meant at least five landing places for Golden Age pilots who signed the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register. Besides Lindbergh Field frequented by civilian pilots, there was the San Diego Naval Air Station, Rockwell Field (Army), and the aircraft carriers U.S.S. Lexington and the U.S.S. Saratoga populated by Navy aviators. Literally hundreds of flights to the Davis-Monthan Airfield either originated from or terminated at one of these landing sites in San Diego (right sidebar).

Lindbergh Field in 1933 was located at the foot of Broadway, one mile northwest of the city center. It was a triangular surface of decomposed granite. There were no landing or flood light fees.

Day markings consisted of "LINDBERGH FIELD" painted on the hangar and "BEACON INN" on the restaurant. Night lighting was meager, being boundary and flood lights and two 18" searchlights mounted on the Trust & Savings Building a mile southeast of the field.

Telephone (dial M-0106) and weather reports were available on the field. A restaurant was on the field and modern hotels were five minutes away. Taxi fare to the city was 25 cents, and buses ran on a fifteen minute schedule.

Fuel, oil and hangars were available, with licensed mechanics day or night. Operators at the field who provided passenger service were Pacific Air Transport Boeing Lines, Western Air Express, Gilpin Air Lines and Varney Air Lines. Airtech and Ryan School of Aeronautics, Ltd. provided aerial services, flight training and aircraft sales.

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Below, a photograph taken by your Webmaster on May 25, 2009. This historic marker describes the long history of military aviation, both Army and Navy, that this site represents. Review in the right sidebar the number of military pilots who called San Diego their home or destination.

Rockwell Field & U.S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA
Rockwell Field & U.S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA

Another view, albeit a cartoon, of San Diego-area airfields is available on dmairfield.org here.

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UPLOADED: June, 2005 REVISED: 06/10/09
 
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