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- Grand Central Air Terminal
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- This airport which, in the postwar years,
became known a Glendale Airport, had a well-known flying school,
The Grand Central Flying School. In May 1939, this school was
one of nine such schools in the country selected by the Army
Air Corps to train Air Corps pilots. They also trained pilots
for the Royal Air Force. After a while, though, the Army Air
Corps canceled its contract with this school because of mounting
air congestion in the area. During World War II, TWA had its
western terminus at Grand Central.
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- The runway was extended (by closing down
several adjacent streets), and a squadron of P-38s were based
there for coastal defense. The 1944 US Army/Navy Directory of
Airfields
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hard-surfaced runway, and indicated that Army operations were
conducted from the field.as a sub-base to Van Nuys Metropolitan
Airport.
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- In 1955, Grand Central was closed because
it was too small for the larger jet planes then becoming prevalent.
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- Source: World War II Sites in the United
States: A Tour Guide and Directory by Richard E. Osbourne
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- Known
Units at Grand Central Air Teminal
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- 402nd Army Air Forces Base Unit (Fighter)
(318th Wing)
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