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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/15/2018 at 09:15 • Filed to: None

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Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California, sometime in the 1940s.

So much aluminum.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 03/15/2018 at 09:20

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“I sure am glad we live in the golden age of air travel”

“WHAAAAT??”

“Air travel, pretty great! I only spent 6 months’ salary to fly from LA to Oregon!”

“Capital! I hope Portland has a good dentist, two of my fillings just shook loose!”

“HUH?!”

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/15/2018 at 09:29

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Gorgeous! I love these old B&Ws.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 03/15/2018 at 09:31

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Burbank was the main LA airport until after the war. Here’s an iPhone Zero photo of the California part of the AA system map from the 40s.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 03/15/2018 at 10:10

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You do realize that although they now paint them, modern aircraft still are mostly made of aluminum, right?

Nice picture, though. I could only imagine how it would have been to live there back then...

ttyymmnn > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 03/15/2018 at 15:04

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Yeah, but I like the shiny aluminum planes. That’s why I’m bummed AA changed their livery.

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 03/15/2018 at 15:07

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I’d give my eyeteeth for a copy of that map. I stumbled across that photo from this excellent website that chronicles the history of aviation in southern CA. Lots of good stuff here.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 03/15/2018 at 16:54

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$3.50 ebay purchase many moons ago, it’s quite a cool map. Has all the period attractions from the 40s (Dionne quints anyone?), flying boats, plus it shows all the different airline’s routes. I have a big Pan Am one that was originally in a travel agency in Detroit, but it’s monstrous and in deep storage. By spousal edict, I am only permitted to display a small fraction of my “airplane crap.” I should get it out and get some better pictures of both.

Thanks for the link to the website, I’ll definitely waste a lot of time checking that out, it looks awesome.