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Aerial view of Oxnard Airport. Number "27" appears on ground.

Writing on verso: "Naval Missile Center, Photographic Laboratory Pacific Missile Range Headquarters Point Mugu, California, RELEASED if published credit line should read: 'Official…

Aerial view of Oxnard Airport showing parked planes, hangars, and cars.

Aerial view of Oxnard Airport showing parked planes including biplanes. Hangars visible on left. "Ventura County" on pavement.

Aerial view of Oxnard Airport looking west. Runways in center of view, surrounded by agricultural fields. Mira Loma housing to bottom left. Coast and beach visible at top of the view. Photograph used in 28 June 1983 Anniversary Edition of the Oxnard…

Oblique aerial view looking southeast. Central view of runways and planes. Mira Loma and wartime housing in background.

View of a crowd of people surrounding a biplane in a field at La Brea and Melrose Avenues. Wheel of a bicycle of motorcycle in left bottom corner. Three children stand in center facing towards viewer. Girl is identified as Mary Jane Frank Dullam.

View of a corrugated metal Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. View taken from inside the structure. Framing of the building is visible, only partially covered with metal sheeting.

View of a Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. Only foundation and metal framing of the structure is built.

View of a corrugated metal Quonset hut being constructed at Santa Paula Airport. Framing of the building is visible.

View of a Taylorcraft airplane at Oxnard Airport. Two unidentified people stand alongside airplane. On tail, "NC 48916."

View of stunt pilot Dan Gray flying an airplane. Plane appears to be banking with wings parallel to the ground. Plane is decorated with stars and bursts. Taken 15 August 1985, published 22 August 1985.

Aerial view of the Ventura County Airport in Oxnard. Imposed on runways are illustrations of planes landing and taking off with directional arrows. Locations of nearby communities, the Santa Clara River, and the Port Hueneme Navy Base are indicated.…

Side view of P-51 Mustang aircraft in flight. Pilot is Lt. Edwin Pinkerton. Pinkerton has his head turned towards the viewer. On side of plane are numbers "214264" and "X-654."

Museum records include note: "With El Solano 1936 Mrs. W. J. Pinkerton…

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The Navy Blue Angels were the highlight of the Point Mugu Air Show in the 80s.