HAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 2466 posts, RR: 53 Reply 1, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 7281 times:
My first guess is Fresno, but it could be almost any airport in the central valley.
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Mcdu From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1278 posts, RR: 17 Reply 2, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 7281 times:
Looks like the central valley to me...... Flat and some hint of seasonal foliage missing from the trees.
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5667 posts, RR: 17 Reply 4, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 7192 times:
Fresno and Stockton did not see service from PSA until 1972 or 1973 so it cannot be those two.
I'm thinking Sacramento unless it was a charter at a different airport.
I'm trying to place those buildings under the wing, then on the right side of the photo there is what appears to be a raised eathern berm like a levee.
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Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 7050 times:
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26700 posts, RR: 83 Reply 6, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 7037 times:
Quoting Timz (Reply 5): No PSA scheduled there until... the 1980s?
I'm pretty sure I flew PSA into SNA in the late 1970s.
Also, at the end of the runway was interstate and commercial mid-rises back then, as well.
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 7, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 7031 times:
Quoting Stitch (Reply 6): I flew PSA into SNA in the late 1970s.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26700 posts, RR: 83 Reply 8, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 6982 times:
Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 6931 times:
In 1970 PSA had scheduled flights to SFO-OAK-SJC, LAX-BUR-ONT, SAN and SMF-- so I'm guessing this isn't a scheduled flight.
Milesrich From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1855 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6832 times:
That picture was taken in the early 70's. I lived in Modesto and flew in and out of SCK on a regular basis in 1974 - 1976. By that time, PSA had adopted the "Grinning bird paint livery," which they kept until being acquired by USAir. That 737 is in the delivery colors. In 1974, PSA flew to SAN, ONT, LAX, BUR, LGB, FAT, SCK, SJC, OAK, SFO, SMF. My guess would be FAT, or SCK.
Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 7635 posts, RR: 28 Reply 12, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6722 times:
My money's not on SCK - from the ramp areas on the west side of the field, any houses or trees would be much further in the distance. Then again, there's not much to go on so could be literally anywhere. How about a charter to MCE??
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413X3 From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 1983 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6610 times:
How do you take a picture and not know where you are?
Cytz_pilot From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 546 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6578 times:
I tend to think it isn't FAT, because the only direction I could imagine this being taken is northeast (with Clovis Ave. beyond the embankment). The sunlight would then time the photo in the evening, when it is unlikely to see clouds and puddles (July is hot and horribly dry). Plus, the foothills would probably have been visible in any shot taken towards the north.
Of course, I'm hardly an early 70's expert, I lived in the Fresno area from 2005-2008.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26700 posts, RR: 83 Reply 15, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 6515 times:
Quoting 413X3 (Reply 13): How do you take a picture and not know where you are?
It could have been an old picture or from an old slide and they forgot the specifics when they got around to scanning and uploading it here decades later.
In the bottom right corner, there is a low, concrete curb filled with vegetation. The side of the curb has a slight angle to it.
If you look back at the picture in the threadstarter, at the bottom left you also see a low, concrete curb filled with vegetation, with a slightly angled side.
PSA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 972 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 5691 times:
My guess would be SMF, followed by SCK. I don't think it's FAT because the vegetation around that airport is kind of dry. It's not SNA because PSA never flew there before Deregulation, and PSA never served BFL.
PacificWest From United States of America, joined May 2007, 77 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 5652 times:
Buzz100ca From United States of America, joined May 2007, 88 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 5482 times:
I know PSA never flew here, but could it be MOD???
Highflier92660 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 593 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3252 times:
Doing a little research I found out that PSA flew their 200 series FLUFF jets into Stockton (SCK) way back when so I'll go with that. Clearly it looks like the farmland of California's central valley.
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5667 posts, RR: 17 Reply 21, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 3183 times:
Quoting Milesrich (Reply 11): In 1974, PSA flew to SAN, ONT, LAX, BUR, LGB, FAT, SCK, SJC, OAK, SFO, SMF. My guess would be FAT, or SCK.
The photo is dated July 1970, too early for FAT or SCK assuming the date is correct. Service at those 2 started in 1972 or 1973.
Quoting Cytz_pilot (Reply 14): I tend to think it isn't FAT, because the only direction I could imagine this being taken is northeast (with Clovis Ave. beyond the embankment).
PSA old concourse when they did serve Fresno, the area now replaced with the 2-story concourse.
Quoting B595 (Reply 16): Here's a picture from SMF in 1984:
In the bottom right corner, there is a low, concrete curb filled with vegetation. The side of the curb has a slight angle to it.
If you look back at the picture in the threadstarter, at the bottom left you also see a low, concrete curb filled with vegetation, with a slightly angled side.
I keep coming back to that curb also, I'm trying to place which airports had landscaping like that near the ramp areas during the early 70s. SMF is still in my mind too.
The one thing I'm not sure about is the lack of jetways in original photo. I remember SMF had some gates with ground boarding in the early 70s, I just don't remember what PSA used.
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Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2292 times:
If it's SMF, we're looking W or NW, right? Are/were there any houses just west of the field?
JoseKMLB From United States of America, joined May 2008, 493 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2216 times:
Jamake1 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 894 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2179 times:
I am placing my bets on SJC. There was nothing around SMF but flat farm fields back in those days. The area behind the aircraft looks too developed and the vegetation too over grown to be SMF. SJC is my guess and I'm sticking to it...
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25 Aaron747: Impossible, even in the 60s SJC had GA facilities on the opposite side of Terminal C and there's nothing on the other side of that field. Also the Sa
26 Timz: Main problem with the SJC theory: could it possibly be smoggy enough to blot out the ridge to the SW? But SMF doesn't look that great either, tho we m
27 Brick: Easy, the uploader didn't take the photo. Maybe they got it in a trade, picked it up at auction, or inherited it from someone.
28 Arffguy: Could even be KSAC, Sacramento Executive. Airlines would divert here until airport management lowered the weight limit to keep them out. That's what t
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