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kenlyco
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Found this pic. in images, thought you guy's and gal's might like.Save it and enlarge interesting.

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Those buildings are still there, & that ramp is now a road. Seem to recall there being a haulage company in the hangars?

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Cool!

Any idea of the date and circumstances? I wonder if the Mustangs were being refurbished for some foriegn AF after being surplused from US service.

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Beginning around May, 1950 the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (Uruguayan Air Force or FAU) acquired a number of NAA F-51Ds as well as N.A.A. B-25s and conducted their training at the Glendale, CA airport.

I don't know if this photo is from that era, but the number of Mustangs, plust the B-25s would indicate something along these lines. The Mustangs had been taken from Kelly Field, TX and moved to Glendale, for inspection and repairs, previous to the long ferry flight to Montevideo; there were a couple of C-47s that were employed to carry mechanics and spare parts back home.

So, if you could provide a date for that photo, it would help greatly to tie it to a specific event, hopefully the FAU Mustangs . . .


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This website will answer some of the above asked questions:

http://www.godickson.com/gca1.htm

If anyone knows where I can get hold of a copy of the mentioned "Grand Central News" magazine I'd be most interested!

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Tulio wrote:
Beginning around May, 1950 the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (Uruguayan Air Force or FAU) acquired a number of NAA F-51Ds as well as N.A.A. B-25s and conducted their training at the Glendale, CA airport.

I don't know if this photo is from that era, but the number of Mustangs, plust the B-25s would indicate something along these lines. The Mustangs had been taken from Kelly Field, TX and moved to Glendale, for inspection and repairs, previous to the long ferry flight to Montevideo; there were a couple of C-47s that were employed to carry mechanics and spare parts back home.

So, if you could provide a date for that photo, it would help greatly to tie it to a specific event, hopefully the FAU Mustangs . . .


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The link below to Don Ayers says the picture is dated 1949...

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I'm in this area just about everyday. I often take the different streets where the airport used to be and think about what it must of been like in it's heyday. Here are some pics and great info:

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_fre ... andcentral

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If you review Paul Freemans website for Grand Central you'll discover other WWII A/C of interest once located there.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Air ... andcentral
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Lynn Allen wrote:



The link below to Don Ayers says the picture is dated 1949...

Lynn


Uh!!! Looks like we might be onto something here, huh?

THANK YOU!


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