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The China Clipper flight departure site is listed as California Historical Landmark number 968. [1] It is the site from which Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) initiated trans- Pacific airmail service on November 22, 1935.
Map of the flight path of the Pacific Clipper. Scheduled route from U.S. in blue and extended return flight in red. On December 2, 1941, the Clipper departed from the Pan American base on Treasure Island, San Francisco for its scheduled passenger service to Auckland, New Zealand.
The United States Navy took over Treasure Island when the exposition ended and rather than continue as an airport, the building became an administration building. [4] The building housed a museum until 1997. In 2011, San Francisco purchased Treasure Island from the U.S. Navy and there are plans to reopen the museum as part of a redevelopment ...
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In 1996, Treasure Island and the Presidio of San Francisco Army Post were decommissioned and opened to public control, under stipulations. Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it is still owned by the Navy. In 1993, the naval station was selected for closure, and Navy operations ended there ...
During much of the Fair, Pan Am offered two arriving and two departing flights each week, aboard the Boeing B-314s from Treasure Island; it took 16 to 20 hours to or from Hawaii. [12]: 48 Due to wartime needs, the Island was taken over by the US Navy as Naval Station Treasure Island from 1941 to 1997. [14]
The Indian River County Supervisor of Elections office does a public testing of the voting and tabulation equipment that will be used in the upcoming General Election on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in ...
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