March 1946. The first public photo of Lindbergh Field, Sand Diego is sent to the press

Key West Coast Aircraft Center: First photo of Lindbergh Field, San Diego, to be passed for publi-cation since the war's end shows the important activities served by the 8,700-ft. runway. At right is Consolidated-Vultee's Plant 1 and its eight-story windowless general office building. At top is Convair's $23,000,000 Plant 2, now declared surplus and up for sale by the government. Ryan Aeronautical Corp. occupies the industrial buildings bordering the central section of the runway and adjoining them is sprawling Camp Convair, once the headquarters of Convair's world-wide military delivery system. Rectangular point of land is the San Diego Coast Guard base. Various industries, including Solar Aircraft, are housed in buildings at end of runway, lower right. Barracks and parade grounds, top center, are part of the San Diego Marine Corps Base.