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The name "Jack Northrop Field" comes from the Northrop Aircraft Corporation, founded by Jack Northrop, which for years designed, built and flew many classic airplanes including YB-35 flying wing, the P-61 Black Widow and F-89 Scorpion night fighters, the F-5 Freedom Fighter, and the T-38 Talon jet trainer. [1]
May 7, 2016 · Jack Northrop acknowledges an ovation at a luncheon on Aug. 2, 1978. He died at 85 in 1981. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) The one- mile long, 700-foot-wide landing strip, located between Prairie Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard just south of 120th Street, was built for aviation pioneer Jack Northrop, who had spent the summer of 1939 forming his ...
Aug 25, 1989 · The Northrop Aircraft Co. press release was dated Sept. 1, 1939. ... And Northrop Field, where the first landings a half-century ago were on an unpaved runway, is now the Hawthorne Municipal ...
Jun 25, 2024 · 25 June 1946. Northrop XB-35 taking off at Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California. (U.S. Air Force) Max R. Stanley (Photograph courtesy of Neil Corbett, Test and Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers)) 25 June 1946: Northrop Aircraft, Inc., experimental test pilot Max R. Stanley, flight test engineer Dale Schroeder and Orva H Douglas, Jr ...
Jun 25, 2024 · 21 October 1947: At Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California, Northrop Corporation Chief Test Pilot Max R. Stanley took off in the first YB-49, 42-102367, and flew it to Muroc Air Force Base for flight testing. The co-pilot was Fred C. Bretcher and Orva H. Douglas served as flight test engineer. The Flying Wing landed at Muroc 34 minutes later.
May 26, 2024 · Northrop YB-49 42-102367 takes off from Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California. (U.S. Air Force) 21 October 1947: At Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California, Northrop Corporation Chief Test Pilot Max R. Stanley took off in the first YB-49, 42-102367, and flew it to Muroc Air Force Base for flight testing.
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Enroute Charts at SkyVector.com. Location Information for KHHR. Coordinates: N33°55.37' / W118°20.10'. Located 01 miles E of Hawthorne, California on 80 acres of land. View all Airports in California. Surveyed Elevation is 65 feet MSL. TPA FOR TURBINE & HIGH PER ACFT 1600 (1534), LGT ACFT 1100 (1034), HELS 700 (634). Operations Data.
