In 2013 I asked the Mayor of Tustin, The Tustin Area Historical Society and The American Leagion to help host a tour of the south hangar. Its purpose was to give people a chance to see inside the hangar but also to open it up for people who served there as military and support workers. As it turned out, it became more of a reunion than a tour. In some cases for older workers in the 1940's and 50's it was a farewell to past old friends. We even had one of the last living World War II blimp pilots there! It w
The Control Tower was built in 1964 Control Towers generally fall into three general operational areas: local control or air control, ground control, and flight data/clearance delivery. Other categories, such as landing area control or ground movement planner, may exist at extremely busy heliports, while each tower may have unique helaport-specific procedures such as multiple teams of controllers (crews) at major or complex heliports with multiple helipads. Location Named: Marine Corps Air Facility Santa An
Links: Libraey of Congress Marine Corps Air Station Tustin ( PHOTO, PRINT, DRAWING ) Visiting with Huell Howser California's Gold Huts and Hangers – California’s Gold (602) - (28:49 sec) Visiting MCAS Tustin – Visiting (722) - (30:52 sec) Visiting Tustin – Visiting (1509) - (27:58 sec) KCAL NEWS Efforts underway to "deconstruct" World War 2 blimp hangar in Tustin - Link NAVY AVIATOR CDR. DON MORRIS USN RET. TELLS ABOUT HIS FLYING AIRSHIPS BACK IN 1954 TO 1957 AT LAKEHUST Naval Airship Pilot" Part 1 -- Cdr.