RARE OLD PHOTOS

About 10 years ago I was given access to some photos of Hancock Field, and photographs of Captain G. Allan Hancock's Aircraft.
There are air-to-air photos taken from his Beechcraft Staggarwing of one of his Lockheed's, in flight over the Santa Maria Valley.
There are photos of Hancock and his fellow pilots.
The pictures came from a photo album that was given to a friend of ours by Marian Hancock. Our friend worked for the Hancocks at Rosemary Farms east of Santa Maria.
There are a total of 19 images in this series of photos. I have never seen these pictures anywhere but in this album.

KLPC ROTATING BEACON LIGHTING CEREMONY

Recently (a relative term which covers any period of time within the last 6 months give or take) a contingent of the HHAF headed south for the KLPC ROTATING BEACON RE-LIGHTING AND RE-DEDICATION CEROMONIES which the local paper reported to be taking place at the good old Lompuque Aerodrome.

It seems that the rotating beacon at Lompuque had been out of service for just about a year and was going to be re-lit and put into service, and so it was decided that this would be a convenient excuse to go flying. The 180 was fired up and we headed south at dusk to venture over for the grand ceremonies.

Upon arrival we found ourselves as the only participants in attendance, not another soul to be seen on the airport grounds. A good time was had by all, admiring the shiny new beacon once again silently spinning high atop it's tower. So after 20 minutes of staring up at the beacon, we flew back home.

NOTHING BETTER TO DO

There's nothing better to do when you have nothing better to do. Even when you do have something better to do, this usually ends up being the better thing to do!

GRANT'S HANGAR

Hundred Horse Air Force members gather in Grant's hangar to hide from local authorities and discuss serious and important HHAF matters, except that there aren't really any serious and important matters in the Hundred Horse Air Force. Everybody left shortly after this photo was taken. Grant was hiding out back, making sure no one discovered his secret identity.

THE HAT

Here we see the unofficially recognized photo of the officially unrecognized Hundred Horse Air Force Hat. All members of said organization wish they had a hat like this, and many of them actually do! Many of them wear their hat to all Hundred Horse Air Force activities and many of them wouldn't be caught dead in it. (That's not really true, I just made that up.) The hat is seen at the luxurious Hundred Horse Air Force open-air pilot rest and relief facility, located at HHAF Headquarters.

THE HHAF LOGO

This is the unofficially recognized logo as opposed to the officially unrecognized logo which may or may not appear elsewhere.