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Helicopter Landing Pad
Navy purchased the land in 1943. Fixed wing planes used the airstrip into the 1950's. In 1952 Marine Helicopter pilots practiced take-offs and landings at this site up through the Vietnam era.
Marker can be reached from Brookhurst Street near Heil ...
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The Helicopter Landing Pad
Eisenhower National Historic Park
The smoothest ride I ever had in my life. Eisenhower referring to
his first helicopter ride
President Eisenhower was the first president to travel by helicopter. His first ride was in 1957 during Operation Alert, a Cold War exercise ...
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