Early H-23 helicopter. A batch of one hundred H-23As was delivered to the US Army in 1951. Many of these were used in Korea, several in Berlin. The H-23A model must have been out of service by 1962 as the designation was not updated with a role prefix.

The last of nine HO3s helicopters of the US Coast Guard, 238 was probably delivered in 1950. Its serial number was changed to 1238 probably in 1951. Photo from: SFO Museum

This is Bill Harrah's beautiful Ford, just out of the shop after a 5-year rebuild. The Golden Gate Bridge and typical San Francisco fog are in the background.

Apparently ditched in the San Francisco Bay on 1 May 1928. Photographer unknown.

The D model of the UH-12 helicopter featured a new transmission and drive system and was delivered to the US Army as the H-23D from late 1957. Designation changed to OH-23D in 1962. Crissy Field was near the Golden Gate Bridge. Photo from: National Park Service

The Fokker C-2 is a variant of the successful Fokker F.VIIa-3m, with a larger fuselage and upgraded engines. Three C-2s were delivered to the United States Army Air Corps in 1927, serialed 26-202 to 26-204. The first of them, 26-202 as shown here, was modified to a long-range version and fitted with a larger wing (21.7m instead of 19.2m). It was reportedly named "Bird of Paradise" (but apparently not carried) and used to make the first transpacific flight, 3860 km (2,400 miles) from Oakland to Honululu, on 1 June 1927. Photographer unknown. [Editor's note: The aircraft was at Crissy between 25 and 27 June 1927. The big take-off was from Oakland. It stayed with an army air unit in Hawaii and never returned to the mainland.]

Photographed during the farewell tour of Space Shuttle Endeavour as it passed by Crissy Field on its way to loop past the Golden Gate Bridge.

With the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.