BGuthrie Photos: CA -- El Cajon -- San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GILLFA_110720_043.JPG: Restoration History 1983-87 When the Waco YKS-7 was donated to the Museum in 1983, it was a victim of corrosion, dry rot, and general deterioration. The Museum's restoration craftsmen went to work immediately. Using fifty-year-old plans and specifications, they stripped the plane to the frame. Over a period of nearly four years, they rebuilt the aircraft. All electrical wiring was replaced, the fuselage tubing was cleaned to the bare metal, the wing fabric was removed, and the wood and metal surface was stripped. Artisans replaced the structure surrounding the fuel tanks, overhauled the landing gear shock struts, installed a new brake reservoir, made and installed new landing gear fairings, and overhauled, calibrated, and installed the instruments in a new panel. The plane also received a new tail wheelyoke, tires, and tubes. The Waco's Jacobs R-755-9 engine was given a major overhaul. It was completely disassembled and cleaned. The steel parts were magnafluxed. Craftsmen measured the parts for wear and reassembled it with numerous new parts. Today, the YKS-7, after some 18,000 manhours of careful work, is in flyable condition. Its 21 hand-rubbed coats of red and white finish complement its mechanical beauty.
2. GILLFA_110720_076.JPG: Sundancer
3. GILLFA_110720_100.JPG: Ryan X-13
Wikipedia Description: Gillespie Field
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gillespie Field (IATA: SEE, ICAO: KSEE, FAA LID: SEE) is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the central business district of San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States.

History:

In 1942 the United States Marine Corps chose a 688-acre (2.78 km2) site east of San Diego to conduct parachute training for the newly forming Parachute battalions. In September 1942 Camp Gillespie was completed and named in honor of Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie, a Marine officer who played a prominent role in the effort to separate California from Mexico in the 1840s.

In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie falling under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. MCAAF Gillespie soon became responsible for Camp Pendleton Outlying Air Field. Among the units that transited and trained at MCCAF Gillespie were VMSB-141, Air Warning Squadron 10 and the Navy's VT-37.

In 1946, the airfield was turned over to San Diego County and was turned into a general aviation facility. In 1952, the County granted ownership of the facility by the federal government. In 1971, the County Sheriff stationed ASTREA, a helicopter law enforcement base at the airport. And in 1993, the San Diego Aerospace Museum located its restoration operations and a special exhibit at the field. ...

San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field Annex:

Gillespie is also the home of the restoration facility Gillispie Field Annex for the San Diego Air and Space Museum (formerly San Diego Aerospace Museum). It is open to the public and has on display many vintage and modern aircraft; and has an Atlas ICBM rocket as its gate guard, replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, and a recently restored F-102A Delta Dagger with drop tanks. 32.828421�N 116.966146�W
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