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California Aviation History

The Golden State Takes Flight

ANSWER KEY

The 1911 Tanforan Air Meet was held near the major city of San

Francisco, California.

The earliest major air shows in the United States were held at

Dominguez, California (near Los Angeles) and Tanforan, on land in

present-day San Bruno and Burlingame. Most modern air shows are

intended primarily for entertainment, but these early air meets served

as an important public showcase for the newest developments in

aviation. At a time when seeing any airplane was still a novelty, such

meets proved extremely popular.

A larger version of the Marriott Avitor was intended to carry

passengers from New York to California for what purpose?

The Avitor was conceived as a fast, convenient means of

transportation to California’s gold fields. At that time the fastest

journey from New York to California required an ocean voyage to

Panama, an arduous land crossing of Central America, and another

long ocean voyage to San Francisco. However, the transcontinental

railroad was completed in 1869, the same year the small test version

of the Avitor flew. It was not until the 1930s that aircraft could cross

the continent more quickly and more safely than passenger trains.

Aviation Museum Quiz Answers