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Title
Walter Frank Gunn oral history interview
Creator
Ontario City Library
Tracy, Geary
Date Created and/or Issued
1979-10-31
Contributing Institution
Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
Collection
California Revealed from Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
Rights Information
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Description
In this 1979 interview, Chino historian Geary Tracy talks with former pilot Walter Frank Gunn about his experience training as a pilot at the old "sandpile" airport which later became Ontario International Airport. He then became a commercial pilot, and taught flight training at Cal-Aero Flight Academy in Chino, California during World War II. Later in his career, he owned Walt's Typewriter Service in Ontario, California.
California Preservation Service
Type
sound
Format
Copy
Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
con_000104
Language
English
Subject
Airports
Aviation
Place
Ontario (Calif.)
Provenance
Ontario City Library
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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