Looking south you will have a great view of BUR aka Bob Hope
airport. BUR is the FAA designation for the airport also called
Burbank Airport.
Boeing Aircraft and Transport (BA&T) built the site in 1930
and named it United Airport. It was the largest commercial airport
in the Los Angeles region until 1946 when Los Angeles Municipal
Airport (LAX) was opened. It remained United Airport for four years
until it was renamed Union Air Terminal in 1934. Lockheed bought
the airport in 1940 and again renamed it to the Lockheed Air
Terminal. It changed names three more times before it was named the
Bob Hope Airport in 2003. It is now the only airport in the greater
Los Angeles area with a direct rail connection to downtown Los
Angeles.
Between 1930 and 1940 Lockheed produced many aircraft for both
world wars including the Hudson, P-38 Lightning, PV-1 Ventura and
America's first jet fighter, the P-80 Shooting Star. Lockheed later
created the U2, SR-71 Blackbird and the F-117 Nighthawk at its
Burbank-based "Skunk Works"
Many famous people also used the airport. Amelia Earhart, Wiley
Post and Howard Hughes were just some of the people that regularly
used the airport for their aviation endeavors.