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Hancock the Aviator
12020-04-23T11:27:08-07:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6372518plain2020-05-01T12:01:16-07:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6KUSCAllan Hancock, in addition to his careers in business, music, and oceanographic research, was also an amateur aviator. He opened the Hancock College of Aeronautics in Santa Maria, California in 1928. Its original purpose was to train pilots to support the burgeoning aviation industry, and in 1939, it began to train pilots for the Air Force.
Hancock's operations in Santa Maria also provided support for the construction of early benthoscopes, in use by scientists aboard the Velero IV.
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12020-04-29T14:01:01-07:00Hancock & Maurice Nelles with benthograph, Hancock Field, Santa Maria, 1950-05-262Hancok & Nelles with benthograph, Hancock Field, Santa Maria, 1950-05-26. Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll82/id/26008/rec/51plain2020-05-01T11:00:07-07:00
12020-04-29T14:01:01-07:00Airplanes, engines, buildings & visitors, Hancock Field, Santa Maria, 1945-19591Airplanes, engines, buildings & visitors, Hancock Field, Santa Maria, 1945-1959. Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll82/id/25944/rec/142020-04-29T14:01:01-07:00