Meetings

Our next meeting is:

Artwork of Mike Machat

May 18th 2008

Time: 1:30 PM

We meet at the First Baptist Church on 2nd Street in Downey California. From Downey Ave. we are 1 block east across from the Verizon building and behind Embassy Suites Hotel. Enter side door off second street at the Baptist church, turn left into room 120. Bring a friend.

Historical Links

The Acorn Days:
Early greats
of aviation

US Air Force
Museum

Vultee XA-19

NASA Plant 1:
Timeline

WWII U.S. Fighter Plane
Manufacturers

North American
NA-73

NAA P-51 Mustang

NAA F-86 Sabre Jet

Donald W. Douglas

NASA Plant 1:
Timeline

Emsco Aircraft

S-II Program Team

Downey:
Space race center

Downey History

Downey Eagle
Archive

Downey California's
Columbia Memorial Space Science
Learning Center

Jeanne Dowd
ALF Founder

Lee Atwood, Ernie Breech, and Dutch Kindelberger

Inside the Vultee plant, Downey, during WWII war production.

Outside the Vultee plant, Downey, during WWII war production.
The road heading west in the background is Alameda.
Notice the runways and large plane.

Gerard Vultee

Vultee P-66 above

Vultee Vengeance assembly line in Downey.

All pictures and materials displayed is for educational and historical purposes only.
Many pictures are from the Foundation (ALF), the Downey Historical Society,
NASA Studies-Reports, and various websites.
If you have pictures to share please let us know.

Link Spot:

Winter 2007 Downey Aviator

Spring 2007 Downey Aviator Newsletter

ALF Spring 2006 Downey Aviator Newsletter

Fall 2005 newsletter   
Click here for Columbia Space Science Learning Center

Cradle of the Cosmic Age-
A comprehensive history of the Downey NASA site

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