This great series of articles by Robert French explains the interesting history of various landmarks around the bay area (including cooley landing, leslie salt, SLAC, the sunken ship).
http://www.balearntofly.com/links/bay-area-history.html
Fellow pilots will particularly enjoy these articles, because many of these landmarks are use as ‘reporting points’ to establish your position when talking to Air Traffic Control.
Pilots and non-pilots alike will probably enjoy finding out interesting facts like:
* The location of the first ever web site in the United States
* Why the ponds around the san francisco bay are bright green and orange (anyone who has flown into san francisco on a clear day will know what I mean)
* Why is there a semi-submerged navy ship in the middle of the bay, just south of the San Mateo bridge?
* What are those ‘biohazard chickens’ kept near the bay to the east of Menlo Park?
Follow the link above to find out…
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Hi - I just ran across your reference to my articles completely by accident. Thanks for linking to them. I’m happy to hear you found them interesting. -Rob