Subject: Airports--California--Burbank / Location: Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Aerial view of the crowd of spectators, estimated at 200,000, at the U.S. Army Air Corp birdmen aerial fighting force air show.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Army Hawks Thrill Huge Crowd By War Mimicry: Daring Birdmen Swoop Through Breath-Taking Maneuvers as 200,000 Persons Watch." 27 Apr. 1930: A1.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: U.S. Army air maneuvers show at United Airport in Burbank. In the air can be seen 21 airplanes flying in formations of three and six, and three planes taxiing down the runway. In the foreground are spectators and in the background the rest of the fleet of 135 airplanes from the U.S. Army aerial fighting force, provisional wing, can be seen in the background. Aircraft include, single-engine pursuit planes, bombers, and ground-strafing attack planes.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Brigadier General William E. Gillmore, commanding officer of the Air Corps, with another officer and an unidentified civilian at Burbank Airport, possibly during the Army Air Circus.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Spectators watch 12 U.S. Army biplanes, likely Curtiss Falcon two-seater attack planes, flying in formation over the airfield at United Airport in Burbank. [Known today as Bob Hope Airport]
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Aerial view of the crowd of spectators, estimated at 200,000, at the U.S. Army Air Corp birdmen aerial fighting force air show.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Eighteen biplanes flying in formation over a crowd of spectators during a U.S. Army maneuvers air show at United Airport in Burbank [today known as Bob Hope Airport]. Spectators line the runway and numerous cars are parked beyond them.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A biplane, likely a bomber, flies low across the airfield releasing a trail of smoke-screen chemicals during a U.S. Army air maneuvers show at United Airport in Burbank.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two U.S. Army Air Corp biplanes practice maneuvers during an air show at United Airport [currently known as Bob Hope Airport] in Burbank.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Army Hawks Thrill Huge Crowd By War Mimicry: Daring Birdmen Swoop Through Breath-Taking Maneuvers as 200,000 Persons Watch." 27 Apr. 1930: A1.
Date:: April 26, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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