This photo shows the engine shop, immediately adjacent to the West Hangar in San Diego. |
This modest building is PSA's original office from 1949. Friedkin bought a old, used Marine Corps Latrine and moved it to Lindbergh Field for $3.80. Inside this building were bathroom scales to weigh luggage, ticket counter, dispatch and reservations. |
The original World War II vintage Friedkin school/PSA hangar, located near the Ryan plant. Of course, by the Electra days, it could only hold one airplane and painting was done outside. |
The Friedkin school was located next to the old Terminal (located behind the building, with the control tower sticking out of it.) This building was incorporated into the Terminal in 1952 to ease congestion. |
By 1962, PSA had sufficiently grown to need an addition to hold the engine rebuilding shop, plus the offices for the airline. This conception shows all the buildings in relation to the original hangar and the barracks housing PSA headquarters. |
Artists view, PSA Hangar/Office Complex, 1966. |
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hangar, 1966. |
1967 brought a progression of construction, showing the general form. The angled beams were designed to help support the hangar (designed to hold 3 planes inside and 2 nosed-in.) |
Late 1967 brought the hangar half, most of the administration half, and finishing work. The blast fences were added to deal with engine run-up blasts. The parking lot shown in the picture was turned into the PSA cargo building/dispatch office. |
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