The looming immensity of Moffett Field's Hangar One, built in 1933 to house the world's largest and last rigid-frame dirigible, is an unforgettable South Bay landmark. The lighter-than-air Macon cost 2.5 million Depression-era dollars and could hold 100 men and five Sparrowhawk biplanes, yet its silvery bulk hovered silently or sailed up to 80 miles an hour. It drew crowds as it darkened the skies around Mountain View until it broke up in a storm two years later. Other blimp squadrons, equipped with carrier pigeons instead of biplanes, succeeded the Macon. Moffett Field has at various times served the navy, army, and the air force. Now home to the world's largest wind tunnel, the NASA Ames Research Center also supports research that blazes the frontiers of supercomputing, robotics, space sciences, astrobiology, and nanotechnology.
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Author Nicholas A. Veronico, a professional photographer as well as a former science writer for NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, has written more than 20 books on aviation and military subjects and over 1,000 newspaper and magazine articles. With the informed passion of his profession, he visually recalls the greatest era in Bay Area aviation and Moffett Field's new role in its technological future.
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This was an excellent depiction of Moffet Field. I purchased this book for my husband who was stationed at Moffet Field in 1956-57. It had so many memories for him in it, and he really treasures this book. I would recommend it for anyone who knows the history of that area or was stationed at Moffet Field at some point in time. WellDone.
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Moffett Field, Ames Research Center, Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, World War, Courtesy William, Patrol Squadron, North American, Shenandoah Plaza, San Francisco Bay, Courtesy Wayne, Navy Blue Angels, Observation Squadron, San Diego, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Federal Airfield, Pave Hawk New!
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Moffett Field, Ames Research Center, Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, World War, Courtesy William, Patrol Squadron, North American, Shenandoah Plaza, San Francisco Bay, Courtesy Wayne, Navy Blue Angels, Observation Squadron, San Diego, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Federal Airfield, Pave Hawk New!
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- San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History by John Haskell Kemble in Front Matter
- The Wright Brothers (Inventors) by Paul Joseph on page 53
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