Al Margolis, director of operations at Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum, speaks about the USS Macon at the museum in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

By October 1933, the USS Macon was flown across the North American continent and reassigned to what was until September 1933 NAS Sunnyvale but was now named Moffett Field, which also featured the ...

In 1933, the Navy purchased Moffett Field to dock and maintain the USS Macon. This made Moffett Field a major hub for the early days of the aerospace industry. Many scientists and researchers all ...