The Aviation History of Greater Riverside

by Tony Bitetti and Marge Bitetti

Book Overview

Ever since aircraft changed the scope of the First World War, flight became both a passion and business in Riverside. Early barnstormers needed places to park, refuel and service their aircraft, so airports started popping up. Alessandro Field became March Field in 1918. By World War II, seventy-five thousand troops were deployed at March. Today's March Joint Air Reserve Base has been a vital wartime training and relay installation and a sentinel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609496302
• ISBN13: 9781609496302
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"