Black and white image of a number of airplanes parked in an airfield. At least two runways can be seen in the background. Hillsboro Airport was founded in 1928.
Black and white image of a number of airplanes sitting on an airfield, next to a parking lot with cars. In the background are a hangar and other buildings. One of the airplanes is a Lockheed P-38, with twin booms, a design which saw extensive use in the Pacific during World War II. One of the trucks in the left image foreground belongs to the Ball-Ralston Flying Service, owned by Norman Ralston and Ed Ball, one of the first businesses opened at the airport.
Black and white image of Quonset hut style hangar, with a number of airplanes and cars parked in and around it. Several other buildings and another Quonset hut dominate the background, and trees can be seen in the far distance. An empty runway dominates the front of the image, with two small gasoline pumps at its edge.
Black and white image mounted on cardboard of the steel framing for an airport control tower. The top of the building has been mostly framed in in glass. The tower was added to the existing airport in 1965, after the Port of Portland took control of the airport.
Black and white image mounted on cardboard of the steel framing for an airport control tower. The airport has been in existence since 1928, but was taken over by the Port of Portland in 1964. In 1966, the air traffic control tower was built by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Black and white photograph of a man working beneath the wing of his hand-built aircraft. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
Black and white photograph (overexposed) of a handmade, single-engine airplane built by Les Long. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
