Chace Park in Marina Del Rey is a true gem that could be easily overlooked. Local residents know all about it, but the casual visitor may not know about it. Located at the “end” of Mindanao Wat, the park has marinas on three sides and excellent views of boats and …
One of the more interesting things at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica is this “airplane”. In fact, this is actually a replica of a Lockheed Vega. It is a movie prop that was made for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. At first it looks exactly …
One of the things that makes visiting a museum especially interesting is discovering something that you did not expect to see. In this case, I was at the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport and came across this amazing display. This is the actual desk that Donald Douglas …
The photo you see here is a cockpit of a Convair 240. Specifically, this is a CV-240 that was built for the Air Force. The 240 was a twin engine passenger aircraft. One of the things that made it special was that it was pressurized. Up until the introduction of …
The Spirit of Santa Monica is a Douglas DC3 on stands in front of the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport. This is especially appropriate as the airport was the home of Douglas Aircraft through World War II. The statue in from of the airplane is of Donald …
Now here’s something you don’t see every day. This is the building for the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport, and it has the nose of a Fed-X 727 protruding. At first it looks like either the coolest advertisement or the worst parking job in history. As it …
One of my fav things to do in SoCal is to go to the Venice Pier at the west end of Washington Boulevard in (obviously) Venice. On this cloudy day the pier had the usual crowd of fisher-folk along with the dog-walkers, tourists, local residents, and birds. The little black …
