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  2. United States Air Force Plant 42 - Wikipedia

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    The concept for Air Force Plant 42 originated in the challenge of flight testing high performance jet aircraft over heavily populated areas. Following approval of the Master Plan in 1953, the Palmdale Airport officially became Air Force Plant 42; ownership of the installation was transferred to the Federal Government in 1954. [citation needed]

  3. Aeroponics - Wikipedia

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    Aeroponic cultivation involves growing plants in an air culture, allowing them to develop and grow naturally. [2] [failed verification] Aeroponic growth specifically refers to the process of growing plants in an air culture. An aeroponic system refers to the collection of hardware and components designed to support plant growth in an air culture.

  4. California during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Ford's Long Beach plant was leased to the Air Force and used as an Air Base. [ 123 ] Willys-Overland Maywood, California plant was used by Lockheed to build subassemblies for Lockheed Hudson .

  5. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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    The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.

  6. List of United States Air Force plants - Wikipedia

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    During the existence of the United States Air Force, there have been many plants that have been owned by the service and were operated by private contractors.These facilities were designed so that they would build aircraft parts for the government.

  7. 12 beautiful plants and flowers to enjoy in Southern ... - AOL

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    It was SoCal nurseryman Paul Ecke Sr. who took a little-known, spindly outdoor plant from Central America in the early 1920s and bred it into a hardy potted plant "whose tapering red leaves have ...

  8. Orange County Great Park - Wikipedia

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    The Great Park is a public park in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% of the total area that once made up the air base. The project was approved by the voters of Orange County in ...

  9. Air Plants Don't Need Soil to Survive, But Here's What They ...

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    Air plants are epiphytes, meaning they anchor to a host plant by their roots. They do not need soil to grow, absorbing moisture and nutrients through little scale-like structures, called trichomes ...