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Old 05-29-2013 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking
The Tracy Aces.
Originally Posted by syd111
Thought the tracey aces were 1942 -1945 from tracey field.
Tracy Press - Flashbacks reveal airport?s rich heritage

Finally in 1940, the airport took on a new life. The Boeing School of Aeronautics, which trained pilots for United Air Lines, realized that its original location at Oakland Airport was too congested and opted to come to Tracy at the urging of the Tracy Chamber of Commerce.

From October 1940 through December 1941, the school trained some 120 young pilots. All were college students who had already learned to fly. In Tracy, they lived at the Tracy Inn, took ground-school classes next door at the old Central School and practiced visual and instrument flying at the airport

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