| Show Army Lands First Planes on Boulder Lake JL v i r y ya a f r f S FY J a h hELl ELl A W r yX X y k s ji s ew Point in Air History A picture of or the first planes to toland toland toland land on the thc newly formed Boulder ial lake lale e eis Is shown above This event e marks marls e a anew new point In air history A fleet of or Douglas Amphibian air airplanes airplanes Nine Nine- Nineteenth Nineteenth planes of the Thirtieth squadron Bombardment group from the United States army arm general headquarters air nil force at Rockwell Hockwell Held tie San Diego can cnn claim this feat The flight was made mude from rom San Diego Oie o to Boulder lake as officially of recorded In approximately approximately two hours The fliers filers were not cramped for space In landing and taking tai off oft Boul Boul- Boulder Boulder der lIer lake lale formed ormed by Boulder dam offers plenty of room The dam which Is 70 feet high creates a reservoir miles long with storage capacity of or O acre feet of water seater It Is situated on the Black canyon of the Colorado river about 30 miles from rom Las Vegas egas |
