Hmmmmmm....an open air theater not too far from BUR.......
The Hollywood Bowl, of course......and I would have been watching the departing aircraft as well, especially those with the broad smile beneath the nose!
Burbank Airport also apparently received some interesting visitors in the wee hours now and then back in the day in the form of USAF C-5 "Galaxy" transports. These behemoths would reportedly land at BUR in the middle of the night. Legend has it that Lockheed would then load brand-new F-117A stealth jets that had been manufactured at their "Skunk Works" aircraft design facility and plant on the airfield (which no longer exists) onto the C-5 aircraft under the cover of darkness. I'm not sure if this is true with regard to the F-117A but it definitely makes for an interesting story! And Lockheed did indeed have their "Skunk Works" located at BUR until the late 1980's when it then moved to Palmdale in the high desert located north of Los Angeles.
Last edited by jlemon; Aug 23, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Reason: Skunk Works at BUR