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Whiteman Airport (IATA: WHP, ICAO: KWHP, FAA LID: WHP) is a general aviation airport in the northeastern San Fernando Valley community of Pacoima, in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The airport was founded as Whiteman Air Park in 1946 on a farm by pilot Marvin Whiteman Sr. as a non-tower controlled, private airport. Later ...
Russian River SMRMA includes the waters below the mean high tide line eastward of the mouth of the Russian River Estuary defined as a line connecting the following two points: 38°27.16′N 123°7.91′W / 38.45267°N 123.13183°W / 38.45267; -123.13183 ( SMRMA corner
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
View of the Russian River and the Russian River Valley showing the California State Route 1 bridge near Jenner The river provides groundwater recharge and a water supply for agriculture. [ 13 ] The river's floodplain includes many vineyards, and an area of the Russian River Valley was approved as an American Viticultural Area in 1983 and ...
The airport is named after Brigadier General William J. Fox, "a Marine war hero, a movie stunt man, the first Los Angeles County engineer and, for 20 years after his retirement, a cowboy." [2] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [3]
A man who boarded a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles with no ticket, visa or passport was sentenced Tuesday to 93 days and ordered to pay $2,174 — the cost of a one-way ticket from Copenhagen ...
Guerneville: Early Days: A History of the Lower Russian River (3rd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Schuler Book. ISBN 9781943359424. OCLC 983424073. Sonoma County Genealogical Society. Portraits of Early Sonoma County Settlers., pp.71-87. Santa Rosa, California: Caiifornia Genealogical Society, 2016, ISBN 978--1-365-13126-4