Flying School at Hemet-Ryan circa 1941

I want to share with you some great footage from the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum (SDASM) of footage of the Hemet Flying School circa 1941. I found this footage posted by the SDASM on youtube and was intrigued to see this historical footage of flight operations from well before Hemet was an air attack base for CAL FIRE.  I found the video on this youtube page. The San Diego Air and Space Museum has a channel on youtube with lots and lots of historical archives that may be found here.

You will see Stearmans and PT-16s in the video.

The Riverside County Fire Department has a webpage where you may read a short history of the Ryan Air Attack Base.