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PEPPER, Dede Alida

2026-11-09T18:26:33Z

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[[File:Dede Pepper.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Santa Barbara Cemetery, CA </center>]]

'''PEPPER, Dede Alida''' (1891-1914), daughter of Charles Libbey and Ella Maude Libbey neé Kimes. On November 27, 1913, Dede Libbey married Frank Pepper, 44 year old superintendent of Santa Rosa Island. She was 22 at the time. Seven months later and pregnant, on June 6, 1914, Dede Pepper committed suicide on Santa Rosa Island “during a moment of temporary mental aberration.” Her grave is in Santa Barbara Cemetery with a large rose-engraved granite headstone.

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=====In the News~=====

'''November 30, 1913 [LAT]:''' “A double wedding Thursday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Seegert was one of the delightful incidents of Thanksgiving Day. The bridal parties were Robert Bruce Mitchell, who married Miss Jessie Colwell, and Frank Pepper, whose bride was Miss Dede Libbey. Both ceremonies were performed by Rev. George C., Wright. The couples started the same day on a honeymoon by automobile, intending to visit Los Angeles and other southern cities. Mr. and Mrs. Pepper will make their home on Santa Cruz Island, where Mr. Pepper is the superintendent .”

'''December 15, 1913 [SBDN]:''' “The private launch of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pepper was today towed to Santa Rosa Island by the schooner ''Santa Rosa Island'', Mr. and Mrs. Pepper being aboard. Mr. Pepper is superintendent of the island. He and Mrs. Pepper go over to reside during the winter.”

'''December 16, 1913 [SBMP]:''' “Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pepper will meet this evening in the Women’s Clubhouse to enjoy the second half of the study of the opera Natoma, by Victor Herbert. The setting of the delightful story being in this city and on the nearby islands makes the meeting one of special interest. Those who will be on the program this evening are Mrs. Charles Tomlinson, Mrs. Virginia Lee Boyce, Mrs. G. K. Freeman and the Misses Audrey Turner, Ruth Evarts and Ella Alice Gross. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:45.”

'''June 8, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “Bride ends life with bullet in heart. Mrs. Pepper commits suicide on island. Was soon to have become a mother. Mental derangement given as cause. Mrs. Frank Pepper, the young wife of the superintendent of Santa Rosa Island, ended her life late Saturday night by shooting herself through the heart with a rifle. The body was brought here yesterday morning and taken to the Charles McDermott undertaking parlor, where Coroner A. M. Ruis is holding an inquest this afternoon. About two weeks ago the Peppers went to the island where the tragedy occurred. Mrs. Pepper was soon to become a mother. They were accompanied by Miss Grace Clark, a graduate nurse, who, as a friend of Mrs. Pepper, was to spend a short time with then on the island. For many weeks Mrs. Pepper had shown signs of suicidal tendency and had threatened to take her life, imagining that she was being mistreated. She also is said to have developed a determined opposition to having a child and declared she would destroy herself before becoming a mother. The story of the tragedy is substantially as follows. Saturday night after all had retired, Mrs. Pepper awoke in a high state of excitement. She ordered her husband out of the room, and he dressed and left the house, thinking that after a short time she would clam down. Miss Clark heard the unfortunate woman leave her room and go to another part of the house, and then return, twice doing this. The second time she sat at the head of a flight of steps and called to Pepper to come in. He approached and quietly placed a hand on her shoulder, he says, and she ordered him not to touch her, and threw his hand off. She then returned to their room and closed the door. He followed a moment or two later, and just as he was entering the house a shot was heard. Miss Clark ran to the room, Pepper following her, and they entered only to find the woman lying back on the bed dead. She had placed the rifle to her breast and fired. Death came instantly... The investigation disclosed that the woman had written two farewell messages. The first one she tore into bits and threw into a receptacle containing water. As it was written in indelible pencil, the letters ran together when the paper became wet and cannot be deciphered. The other message is in the hands of the coroner. It is an attack on her husband and shows a mind particularly affected by her physical condition. It is declared that Mrs. Pepper had for months vowed she would not have a child and that she at times become greatly excited when making these declarations... Two of the Vail brothers, owners of Santa Rosa Island, visited Sheriff Stewart this morning, and both spoke highly of Pepper and of his treatment to his wife. Similar statements were made by Miss Clark. The accepted opinion is that the woman’s physical condition had developed a temporary mental trouble, which made her melancholy and excitable. Sam McCoy, the cook who was in the house at the time of the tragedy, came over this morning to be a witness at the hearing.”

'''June 9, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “Motherhood fears cause of suicide. Impelled by a spirit of revolt against her prospect of becoming a mother, and without doubt during a period of temporary insanity, shortly after 11 o’clock last Saturday night, Mrs. Dede Libbey Pepper, wife of Frank Pepper, superintendent of Santa Rosa Island, shot herself to death with a rifle in the ranch house on the island. She was 23 years old. The only people in the house at the time aside from Mrs. Pepper, who had gone to bed in her room, were Mr. Pepper, who was in an adjoining room, and Miss Grace Clark, a Cottage Hospital nurse, who had gone to the island with Mr. and Mrs. Pepper, to nurse the latter, and who occupied a bedroom near her patient, all of these rooms being on the second floor of the building. Mrs. Pepper had been in a fretful and petulant mood throughout the evening. Only a short time before her husband had been in her room, and she became much excited and ordered him to leave. Thinking that she would soon become pacified, he went out for a short walk, and then reentered the house and went to his own room. Very soon thereafter a shot was heard, and the husband and nurse instantly divined the cause. They rushed into Mrs. Pepper’s room, when their fears were proved true. The body was brought to Santa Barbara at an early hour Sunday morning and taken to McDermott’s undertaking parlors, and the coroner was notified. Coroner Ruiz conducted an inquest in the afternoon at the McDermott undertaking rooms. The principal witnesses were Miss Clark, Mr. Pepper, Dr. E. J. Boeseke, who had conducted the autopsy, and a few others. The jury was composed of E. C. Overman, foreman; J. J. McKeel, H. R. F. Vail, Adrian Raffour, George G. Robbins, F. A. Carrillo, E. P. Stevens, Charles Gandolfo, George N. Bodie, A. C. Greenwell and W. J. McCaffrey. Within a very few moments after retiring to deliberate upon the evidence, the jury returned a verdict finding that the deceased had come to her death "From a gunshot wound self-inflicted with a suicidal intent, during a moment of temporary mental aberration." The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, from McDermott's undertaking parlors. Rev. George A. Warner of Goleta will officiate. While the services will be of a private nature, personal friends of the family are invited. The interment will be in Santa Barbara Cemetery. ”

'''June 9, 1914 [LAT/SB]:''' “The coroner’s jury late this afternoon rendered a verdict of suicide in the case of Mrs. Pepper, who shot herself in the big ranch house on Santa Rosa Island Saturday night. Pepper, who has been superintendent of Santa Rosa Island for fifteen years, and who is esteemed by all who know him in Santa Barbara, almost collapsed on the witness stand this afternoon. It was due to the demand by Mrs. Pepper’s mother that the inquest was so rigid, she having stated her belief that her daughter did not kill herself. When asked to relate the circumstances, Pepper broke down, and it was with great difficulty that he managed to make himself clear to the jury. ‘I loved her more than my own life,’ said the husband, ‘and I don’t see how anyone could suspect foul play.’ Mrs. Pepper was only 23 years old while her husband is about twice that age. She was soon to become a mother, and the jury found that she killed herself in a moment of temporary aberration. The funeral will be held tomorrow.”

'''June 9, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “A large gathering of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pepper attended the funeral of Mrs. Pepper this afternoon... Mrs. Pepper’s former associates in the Cottage Hospital nurses training school sending a most beautiful floral piece...”

'''June 10, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “The funeral of Mrs. Dede Pepper, wife of Frank Pepper, who committed suicide at Santa Rosa Island last Saturday night, was held yesterday afternoon from McDermott’s undertaking parlors, and was attended by many friends of the deceased and Mr. Pepper. There were many beautiful floral offerings. The services were conducted by Reverend George A. Warner of Goleta. Internment was in Santa Barbara Cemetery.”

ROBINSON, James

2026-10-27T17:53:32Z

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[[File:J. Robinson.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Memorial bench at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum </center>]]

'''ROBINSON, James Derwin''' (1952-1994) [SS#548-88-9907], Santa Barbara urchin diver was killed by a great white shark while diving for urchins off Harris Point. The shark was estimated to be 16-18 feet long.

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=====In the News~=====

'''December 10, 1994 [LAT]:''' “Shark Kills Skin Diver Off San Miguel Island : Death: Coast Guard officials believe a great white attacked James Robinson, who died of massive trauma. A diver scouting for sea urchins in the waters off San Miguel Island was killed Friday in an attack by what was believed to be a great white shark — the state's first confirmed death from a shark attack in nearly six years.

Veteran diver James Robinson, 42, was treading water near his boat when the shark swooped in for a swift attack about 70 miles from Ventura, west of the Channel Islands.
Robinson had just finished a routine dive to scout for sea urchins and had deposited his equipment on board his boat. His two crew members were putting away the equipment when they heard Robinson scream — and whirled around to see him drifting unconscious in a gush of blood. "His right leg was nearly severed, and his left leg had puncture wounds on it," said Francis Oliver, a diver who came to Robinson's aid after hearing his crew mates' distress call. "It was pretty gruesome." A Santa Barbara resident, Robinson was attacked about 9:45 a.m. a half-mile off the coast of San Miguel Island.

Crew members on Robinson's boat, the ''Florentia Marie'', tried to revive him but could not find a pulse. A Coast Guard helicopter rushed Robinson to Goleta Valley Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead of massive trauma at 11:15 a.m. No one spotted the shark or witnessed the attack. But Coast Guard officials said they believed Robinson was targeted by a great white, a keen-eyed predator that can grow up to 20 feet long and can sink its serrated teeth through a surfer and surfboard in one mammoth bite. "They say it's like a bullet... you never see the one that hit you," said urchin diver Jeffery Gunning. "I just hope it went quick for Jimmy." Before entering the sea urchin business, Robinson had worked for years as a deep-sea diver for an offshore oil rig in the North Sea near the English Channel. After settling in Santa Barbara, he quickly absorbed the laid-back California lifestyle. Deeply tanned, with blond curly hair and an athletic build, Robinson loved surfing and diving — any activities that would keep him in the sun or in the water. Gracious and vivacious, Robinson was popular both in the harbor and in the neighborhood."He was one of the most likable people you could ever imagine," diving buddy Paul Kuhn said. "He always had a bunch of friends around him." Robinson spent hours helping a 10-year-old neighbor, Matthew Pappas, with a school project on sea urchins. And he routinely bailed out sailors or divers who encountered trouble on the ocean, friends said. "You always hear about the good dying young, and golly, this guy was just one of the best," longtime diver Steve Rebuck said. "He will really be missed."

All divers know that great white sharks haunt the waters around San Miguel Island, where they feast on seals and sea lions. But the ever-present threat has not deterred divers from prowling the ocean floor for pricey sea urchins, abalone and lobsters.

Speranza Maria

2026-10-26T20:15:32Z

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[[File:Speranza Maria.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>''Speranza Maria'', Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island December 15, 2022</center>]]

[[File:Vessel map.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>''Speranza Maria'', Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island December 15, 2022</center>]]

[[File:Speransa aground.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>''Speranza Maria'', Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island December 15, 2022</center>]]

[[File: Screen Shot 2024-02-28 at 7.29.34 AM.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>''Speranza Maria'', Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island December 2022</center>]]

''' ''Speranza Maria'' (#106961) (-2022)''', 60-foot seiner that went aground at Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island on December 15, 2022. Her hull eventually sank in deeper water and was removed by Curtain Marine in January 2023.

Local prosecutors reached a settlement with the owners of a squid fishing vessel that ran aground off Santa Cruz Island in December of 2022, spilling over a thousand gallons of diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid into the open ocean. ''Ocean Angel VI,'' the owner of the involved commercial squid vessel the ''Speranza Marie'', paid $100,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Government Code, the Fish and Game Code, and spill-related violations of the Health and Safety Code stated the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office in a press release Monday. Of that penalty, $20,000 is dedicated to funding future oil responses as well as supplemental environmental projects for rehabilitating injured marine wildlife noted prosecutors.

According to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office, an investigation revealed that the captain of the ''Speranza Marie'' was asleep while operating the vessel when it hit the shoreline at Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island, a habitat protected by federal law. The crew and captain were rescued from the grounded vessel by a passing fishing vessel the day of the collision.

Further investigation showed that the skipper embarked on the commercial fishing trip just hours after returning from another commercial fishing trip and that the captain had slept for around three total hours over the two-day period before the incident detailed the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

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'''December 15, 2020 [edhat.com]:''' “The Coast Guard, state, and local agencies are responding to a fishing vessel that ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach watchstanders received a report from Vessel Assist Ventura that the fishing vessel ''Speranza Marie'', a 60-foot fishing vessel with six people aboard and carrying roughly 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, ran aground in Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island at approximately 2 a.m. A good Samaritan fishing vessel responded to the incident and safely transferred the six crewmembers to their boat without injury and transported them to Ventura. Vessel Assist is currently working on salvage operations. The Coast Guard Cutter ''Blacktip'' is en route to monitor the situation and provide a safety zone around the incident. The Coast Guard is working with local partners, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response and the responsible party to create a pollution mitigation and removal plan. Cleanup crews are on-scene containing and recovering the diesel fuel. Diesel fuel is considered a non-persistent oil, compared to a heavier bunker or crude oil product, in even the calmest sea conditions, as it will lose 40% of its volume due to evaporation within 48 hours in cold weather. No wildlife impacts have been reported/observed at this time, but crews are monitoring for them. Trained responders from OSPR have been put on standby and will be activated should they be needed. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.”

'''December 15, 2020 [US Times Post]:''' “A fishing vessel ran aground on Santa Cruz Island Thursday morning, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to initiate oil cleanup operations, the agency said. The 60-foot ''Speranza Marie'' ran aground around 2 a.m. in China Harbor on the northeast side of the island. The vessel was carrying six people and approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, the Coast Guard said in a news release. A photo posted on Twitter by Scott Safechuck, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s public information officer, showed the ship on its left or port side near a rocky shoreline. A “Good Samaritan” fishing boat responded to the wreck and transported the six crew members — none of whom were injured — to Ventura, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Clean-up crews were on site Thursday afternoon to “contain and recover the diesel fuel,” and recovery operations were underway, the agency said. The fuel is likely to evaporate quickly even in cold weather, the Coast Guard said. “Diesel fuel is considered an unstable oil compared to a heavier bunker or crude oil product even in the calmest sea conditions because it loses 40% of its volume to evaporation in 48 hours in cold weather,” the agency said. “No wildlife impacts have been reported/observed at this time, but crews are monitoring them,” officials said. Employees from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response have been placed on standby. The cause of the accident is being investigated. ”

'''December 15, 2020 [US Times Post]:''' “First responders are working to prevent a spill from a fishing vessel that went aground on Santa Cruz Island, California on Thursday morning. At about 0200, U.S. Coast Guard Sector LA/Long Beach received a call that the fishing vessel ''Speranza Marie'' had gone aground in Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz. Six people were aboard, and they were rescued by another nearby fishing vessel without incident. They were transported safely to Ventura. Cleanup crews are already on scene to ensure containment and recover the boat's 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel. No wildlife effects have been observed so far, and any spilled diesel will dissipate quickly, the Coast Guard said. The cause of the grounding is under investigation. The Santa Barbara County Fire Department and the California Department of Fish & Wildlife are assisting with the response, and salvage operations are expected to begin Friday. Chinese Harbor is a wide bay fronted by steep headlands on the northern side of Santa Cruz, one of the five islands in Channel Islands National Park. The nearby waters are a designated marine sanctuary and are within a UNESCO biosphere reserve. ”

'''December 17, 2022 [The Independent]:''' “Diesel fuel containment from a boat carrying 16,000 pounds of squid continues off Santa Cruz Island, the Unified Command responding to the spill reported Friday night. The ''Speranza Marie'' held about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel and an unknown amount of hydraulic fuel when it hit shore at Chinese Harbor around 2 a.m. on December 15. The island is about 27 miles directly south of the City of Santa Barbara and the largest of the Channel Islands. The six people aboard were rescued by another fishing boat and taken to Ventura, while a toxic response team and cleanup crew headed to the island, which is part of the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary. A sheen was visible from the boat, which is owned by Ocean Angel VI LLC, north about a half-mile to Coche Point on Thursday and had decreased by Friday. Diesel fuel is light and floats, rather than sinking, and evaporates within a few days, according to the state Office of Response and Restoration. Contaminated debris has been removed from the water, and the squid is being transferred to decrease the quantity of wildlife it is attracting. So far, one dead cormorant has been retrieved.

Ocean Angel is a commercial fishing company based in Watsonville, according to its corporate statement filed with the state. It shares an address with Del Mar Seafood, which unloads in Ventura Harbor, its Facebook page indicates. The Unified Command includes Coast Guard, state Fish & Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Santa Barbara County, Channel Islands National Park, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and Ocean Angel representatives. Global Diving and Salvage is working to remove the fuel and stabilize the ship with the help of Tow Boat USA, the Unified Command reported in a press statement. As well, Fish & Wildlife staff is on scene to make shoreline and wildlife assessments through the weekend. Mariners are advised to avoid the area, the Coast Guard stated.”

''December 20, 2022 [The Independent]:''' “SAFETY ZONE ESTABLISHED AROUND GROUNDED ISLAND VESSEL. The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone of 4,000 yards around the grounded fishing vessel ''Speranza Marie'', currently at coordinate 34° 1' 59" N, 119° 36' 23" W, near Chinese Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, California. This safety zone is necessary to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment during ongoing salvage operations for the ''Speranza Marie'', which will continue from Dec. 20, 2022 through Jan. 4, 2023, or until salvage operations no longer pose a hazard to the public. No vessel or person will be permitted to operate or recreate in the safety zone without obtaining permission from the Captain of the Port or their designated representative. Vessels needing to operate within or transit through this safety zone shall contact the Coast Guard or Law Enforcement agency on scene via VHF Channel 16, or the 24-hour Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach Command Center at (310) 521-3801. This zone will be announced via Broadcast Notice to Mariners.”

PISULA, Gail Lynn

2026-10-18T23:58:31Z

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'''PISULA, Gail Lynn''' (1955-1989) [SS#530-34-4510], was murdered by her boyfriend outside her trailer near Pebbly Beach Road.

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=====In the News~=====

'''April 21, 1989 [LAT]:''' “Residents in quiet Avalon said they were stunned Thursday by the news that one of their neighbors had been arrested on suspicion of killing his former girlfriend, in the city's first alleged murder in at least 40 years. Bruce Edward Kingman, 41, was flown from Avalon to Long Beach on Thursday afternoon and then driven to the Lakewood Sheriff's Station, where he was being held without bail for allegedly killing Gail Lynn Pissula [sic], 34. Some of Kingman's friends and co-workers said she was a former girlfriend of his who had recently returned to Avalon in search of work. 'Town Is Stunned' "Everybody is shook up about it," said Lolo Saldana, owner of the local barber shop. "The town is stunned." Paramedics received a call from Kingman about 4 a.m. Thursday and arrived at his trailer on Pebbly Road to find Pissula lying on the ground nearby, sheriff's deputies said. Kingman said Pissula came to his trailer and the two argued before she slipped and fell on a wooden patio, said Deputy Dan Cox. Kingman reportedly told deputies that he attempted to revive her but failed. Sheriff's officials declined to release other details or to say what led them to suspect Kingman of murder. Kingman and Pissula had known each other at least since 1986, when both worked in Two Harbors, at the opposite end of the island, friends said. For the past year, Kingman has managed Pebbly Beach Building Supply Co., a lumberyard just outside the center of Avalon, said Jack Fennie Jr., the owner of the business. Fennie described Kingman as an excellent employee who reorganized the lumberyard and made it more profitable. He lived alternately in a trailer behind the business and in a sailboat anchored not far offshore, Fennie said. Kingman and the dead woman had lived together until they broke up last summer and she moved to the mainland, Fennie said. But Pissula had returned recently to look for a summer job in Avalon, he said. Rare Crime. Don Haney, editor of the Catalina Islander newspaper, said the alleged killing had shocked the community. "But I don't think there is a concern that the island has changed," he said. "Not many things like this happen." John Windle, who served as constable on the island for 22 years, said there has not been a killing that led to a murder conviction on Catalina in at least 40 years. One woman shot an intruder in her home in the early 1960s and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, said Fern Whelan, clerk of the Catalina Justice Court.”

'''July, 1989 [LAT]:''' “The manager of an Avalon lumberyard has been ordered to stand trial in the murder of his former girlfriend, the first murder on Santa Catalina Island in more than 40 years. Bruce Edward Kingman, 41, will be arraigned July 14 in Long Beach Superior Court in the beating death of Gail Lynn Pissula, 34, on April 20. Catalina Justice Court Judge Peter Mirich ordered the trial Friday after hearing testimony from three sheriff's investigators and from a friend of the dead woman. The investigators told Mirich that Kingman gave them varying accounts of his alleged conflict with Pissula, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Glenn Sommers. Kingman allegedly admitted that he had argued with Pissula on the night she died. But after first telling investigators that on the night she was killed he did not let Pissula into the trailer where the couple lived, he later said that he let her in and only pushed her, Sommers said. Paramedics called to the trailer at about 4 a.m. said they found the woman's body on the ground outside. Detectives said they found blood inside the trailer. The Los Angeles County coroner's office later ruled that Pissula was killed by a blow to the back of the head. At Friday's preliminary hearing, a friend testified that she had previously seen Pissula with bumps and bruises after Pissula had been with Kingman, according to Sommers. The woman's death shocked the close-knit town of Avalon. Officials at Catalina Justice Court and the Avalon sheriff's station said they can't remember the last murder on the island. John Windle, who served for 22 years as the island's constable, said there has not been a murder on Catalina for at least 40 years. In the early 1960s, a local woman was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after shooting an intruder in her home, said Fern Whelan, clerk of the court. Kingman and Pissula had known each other since 1986, when both worked in Two Harbors near the west end of the island, friends said. Kingman later took a job as manager of Pebbly Beach Building Supply Co., a lumberyard just outside the center of Avalon, said Jack Fennie Jr., the owner of the business. Kingman helped reorganize the lumber business and made it more profitable, while living alternately in a trailer behind the lumberyard and aboard a sailboat anchored just offshore, Fennie said. Kingman and Pissula had lived together until they broke up a year ago and she moved to the mainland, acquaintances said. They said that she returned this spring to live with Kingman and to look for a job in Avalon.”

'''October 13, 1989 [LAT]:''' “A lumberyard manager from Avalon was convicted Thursday of murdering his girlfriend in Santa Catalina Island's first murder in more than 40 years. A Long Beach Superior Court jury deliberated for a day and a half before finding Bruce Kingman, 42, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Gail Lynn Pisula, 34. Kingman, who had been free on $250,000 bail, was taken into custody immediately after the verdict. He faces 15 years to life in prison, when he returns to Judge Robert Parkin's court Oct. 26 for sentencing. "We are very elated," said Pisula's father, Tony, who sat through the two-week trial with his wife, Millie. "This doesn't bring my daughter back, but at least we feel that justice was done."”

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:53:42Z

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[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
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| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
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| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
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| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
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| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
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| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
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| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
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| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
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| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
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| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
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| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
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| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
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| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
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| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
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| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
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| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
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| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
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| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
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| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
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| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
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| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
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| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
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| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
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| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
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| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
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| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
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| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
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| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
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| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
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| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
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| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
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| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| N313RX, a Eurocopter EC135P2+ || 3 fatalities: Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.

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'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter [N313RX a Eurocopter EC135P2+] crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:52:49Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

{| class="wikitable "
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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
|-
| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
|-
| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
|-
| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
|-
| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
|-
| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
|-
| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
|-
| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
|-
| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
|-
| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
|-
| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
|-
| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
|-
| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
|-
| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
|-
| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
|-
| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
|-
| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
|-
| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
|-
| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
|-
| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
|-
| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
|-
| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
|-
| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
|-
| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
|-
| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
|-
| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
|-
| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
||
|-
| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
|-
| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
|-
| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
|-
| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| N313RX, a Eurocopter EC135P2+ || 3 fatalities: [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.

|-
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|}

'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter [N313RX a Eurocopter EC135P2+] crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:51:44Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="5"| 

'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
|-
| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
|-
| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
|-
| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
|-
| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
|-
| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
|-
| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
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| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
|-
| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
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| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
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| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
|-
| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
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| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
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| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
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| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
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| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
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| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
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| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
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| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
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| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
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| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
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| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
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| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
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| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
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| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
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| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
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| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
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| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| N313RX, a Eurocopter EC135P2+ || [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.

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'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter [N313RX a Eurocopter EC135P2+] crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:48:10Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
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| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
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| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
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| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
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| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
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| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
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| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
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| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
|-
| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
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| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
|-
| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
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| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
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| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
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| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
|-
| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
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| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
|-
| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
|-
| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
|-
| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
|-
| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
|-
| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
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| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
|-
| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
|-
| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
|-
| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
|-
| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
|-
| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
||
|-
| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
|-
| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
|-
| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
|-
| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| ? || [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.

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|}

'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:47:09Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

{| class="wikitable "
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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
|-
| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
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| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
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| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
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| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
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| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
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| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
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| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
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| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
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| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
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| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
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| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
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| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
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| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
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| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
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| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
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| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
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| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
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| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
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| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
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| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
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| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
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| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
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| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
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| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
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| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
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| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
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| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| ? || [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.

Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:39:39Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
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| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
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| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
|-
| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
|-
| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
|-
| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
|-
| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
|-
| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
|-
| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
|-
| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
|-
| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
|-
| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
|-
| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
|-
| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
|-
| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
|-
| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
|-
| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
|-
| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
|-
| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
|-
| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
|-
| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
|-
| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
|-
| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
|-
| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
||
|-
| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
|-
| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
|-
| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
|-
| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| ? || [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.
A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.

Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| || || || ||
|}

'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”
Steven “Steve” Robinson (59) – Pilot (former Marine Corps helicopter pilot)
Catalina Hernandez Romero (45) – Patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:37:19Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

{| class="wikitable "
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'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

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| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
|-
| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
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| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
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| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
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| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
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| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
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| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
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| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
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| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
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| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
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| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
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| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
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| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
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| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
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| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
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| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
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| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
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| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
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| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
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| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
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| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
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| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
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| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
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| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
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| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
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| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
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| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
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| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
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| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
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| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
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| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
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| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
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| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
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| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
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| September 30, 2026|| Reach Air Medical Services helicopter|| ? || [[Steven Robinson, 59, pilot; Jessica deVries, 48, Flight nurse; Catalina Hernandez Romero, 45, patient being transported for a severe allergic reaction.
A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.

Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
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'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”

AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS: SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

2026-10-18T23:20:07Z

MDaily:

[[File:1967 Grumman Mallard.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Remains of the Grumman Mallard piloted by Ralph Savory Santa Catalina Island, May 27, 1967 </center>]]
[[File:SCAT July 25, 2018.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 25, 2018 Santa Catalina Island Pilot Edward Martell, 71, of Fountain Valley; Christopher Burt, 30, of Anaheim; and Nathan Kim, 52, of Chino Hills survived the crash of a Piper PA-32 that skidded off the runway and plunged 600 feet down a hillside, coming to rest on sand. See article below.</center>]]

Wayne Kratzer photographed this propeller and hub assembly on the link below at the Isthmus of Catalina in July of 2007. It may be from a Vought F4U-1D or a TBM-3 that crashed on the island in the 1940s.
:http://www.aircraftwrecks.com/pic_archive/pic7.htm

*''' 8/4/1996: Cessna 421C''' crash
: 4 serious; 2 minor

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="5"| 

'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND FATAL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS:'''

|-
| DATE || AIRCRAFT || IDENTIFICATION|| FATALITIES || CIRCUMSTANCES
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| 1921 || Curtiss Flying Boat USN || || 3 fatalities|| crashed into headland south of Avalon
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| January 19, 1923 || F-5L-2 Seaplane ||A-3359 || [[ROHRBACK, W. H.|* W. H. Rohrback]] & [[BRIX, Earl B.|Earl B. Brix]]|| 6 injured
|-
| November 2, 1933|| Douglas Dolphin; Wilmington-Catalina Amphibian || NC-12212|| [[MOORE, Elliott McFarlane|* Elliott McFarlane Moore]] * George R. Baker|| pilot Walter L. Seiler (42) survived
|-
| April 30, 1942 || Lockheed P-38D Lightening || ||[[LICHTENBERGER, Walter|* Walter F. Lichtenberger]] || crash-landed at Buffalo Springs
|-
| October 17, 1944 || Goodyear Blimp USN || ''King III'' || [[RALSTON, Thomas|* Thomas H. Ralston]] [[SMITH, Thomas|* Thomas R. Smith]] [[MARRIAGE, Wallis|* Wallace H. Marriage]] [[GORSKI, Edward|* Edward T. Gorski]] [[KAISER, Gordon|* Gordon F. Kaiser]] [[GIRARD, Preston|* Preston L. Girard]] || 6 survived
|-
| 1944— 1945 || Voght F4U USN || || pilot killed || drowned in kelp
|-
| April 14, 1945 || || || 2 Navy pilots || mid-air collision off Santa Catalina Island
|-
| September 26, 1945 || || || [[HERR, LeRoy|* LeRoy Herr]] [[HOELL, Edwin O.|* Edwin O. Hoell]] || jet crash at Santa Catalina Island
|-
| April 2, 1947 || SC-1 Scouting Plane || || [[LEGGIO, Dominic|Ensign Dominic Leggio]] || crashed off Long Point, Santa Catalina Island
|-
| August 28, 1951 || Grumman TBM-3E || ||[[NASH, Robert H.|Robert H. Nash]] , [[NASH, Robert H. |Dale J. Stearns]], [[NASH, Robert H.|Vern D. Cain]]. [[NASH, Robert H.|Charles T. CHaney]]|| 4 fatalities
|-
| September 23, 1954 || F9F Panther || Serial #123615 || [[WAGNER, Arthur|* Arthur Wagner]] || From VMFT-10; crash caused by engine failure
|-
| July 25, 1956 || ADS Skyraider || ||marine lieutenant || George V. Mikkelsen, pilot survived
|-
| May 29, 1957 || F3D Skynight || || [[McFEELEY, Master Sergeant | Master Sergeant McFeeley]] || pilot survived
|-
| October 12, 1958 ||Republic Seabee || ||* Vincent R. Pardew * Marcelle Crumley [[HINTON, Edgar|* Edgar Hinton]] || crashed into a mountain
|-
| July 7, 1960 || ||||Howard H. Holder Robert T. Woyaich ||
|-
| July 13, 1964 || Channel Airlines plane sank at takeoff || ||Robert Smith || nine pax survived ||
|-
| August 9, 1966 || Cessna 150A ||N7160X || 1 fatality|| Plane went into the ocean. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5833 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || || Frederick Phillippi Sally Phillippi [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Gilbert Renbarger]] [[RENBARGER, Gilbert|Arlene Renbarger]]||
|-
| May 27, 1967 || Grumman G-73 ||N2968 ||[[SAVORY, Ralph|Ralph Savory]] || 3 injured [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670527-0 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 12, 1967 || Piper PA-24 || N5638P || 28-year-old pilot|| crashed on final approach [http://planecrashmap.com/list/ca/ plane crash map]
|-
| September 29, 1968||Grumman G-21A || N325 || 1 fatality || Catalina Seaplanes [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=9683 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 10, 1969|| McDonnell Douglas F-4J USN ||Serial #153906 || [[HAMMERSTONE, Richard|Richard Hamerstone]] [[OLSEN, Darryl D.|Darryl D. Olsen]] || Two men from VF-121 Squadron hit a ridge in their fighter jet on January 10.
|-
| February 18, 1969|| Grumman E-1B USN || Serial #147235 || *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Billy W. Ray]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Melvin D. Brewer]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Edward A. Taraldsen]] *[[RAY, Billy W.| Lt. Francis Horahan]] *[[RAY, Billy W.|Lt. Larry W. Garrison]] || Men from VAW-111 Detachment 20 hit Silver Peak
|-
| March 21, 1972 || Cessna 150H || N50218 || [[CORRIGAN, Roy W.|Roy W. Corrigan]] [[POWELL, Roger|Roger T. Powell]] || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=6052 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 14, 1973|| Piper PA-24 || N5334P || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=12245 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| November 5, 1976 ||Beechcraft D45 || N14406 || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4117 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 19, 1977 || Grumman G-21 Goose || N979SB || 1 fatality || Catalina Airlines
|-
| August 22, 1977 || Beechcraft E18S ||N979SB || Charles C. Clifford Robert G. Graves|| Air Fast Freight [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=4180 CLIFFORD ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| December 14, 1977 || Bellanca 7ECA || N5233X || 1 fatality || [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=5064 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 10, 1978 || || || Georgia Grace Wyatt || Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| April 14, 1979 || Grumman G-21 || N11CS || [[GARDNER, Ruth|Ruth Gardner]] || Catalina Airlines aircraft was landing at Pebbly Beach when pilot attempted a go-around to avoid a boat wake. Aircraft stalled and crashed. [http://catalinagoose.homestead.com/serialnumbers.html Catalina Goose] [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/9686 GARDNER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 17, 1979|| Grumman || N22932 || [[GAGNON, John|John Gagnon]] || Catalina Airlines. Elevator control cable broke during a take-off at Pebbly Beach and aircraft crashed. Three survived the crash: pilot, Vern McGee; Larry Gilman; O. T. Gilman
|-
| December 10, 1979 || Piper PA-28 || N8432C || David Lee Riddle Eddie Reyes ||
|-
| January 26, 1980 || Piper PA-32 || N2781M || Mark Anthony Felice || Roman Noah Felice, pilot survived; saw USO (unidentified submerged object); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386YGqVh2v4&ab_channel=HISTORY YOU TUBE]
|-
| February 22, 1981 || Sikorsky S-62A || N324Y || [[ORTEGA, Miguel|Miguel Ortega]] & [[LEVY, Lior|Lior Levy]]|| Catalina Airlines helicopter
|-
| May 28, 1981|| Beechcraft 58 || N140S || 2 fatalities ||
|-
| June 11, 1982|| Wing D-1 || N8601M || Alfred Asterman + 1 fatality || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34857 ASTERMAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 3, 1983 || Piper PA-28-161 || N2239M || Max Reinstein James Henry Gibbons || + 2 injured. [http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=38238 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| January 30, 1984 || Leerjet 24 || N44GA || * Kenneth Doyle Plante * David Soderling * Steven A. Berardi * Heather Berardi * Joe L. Denison * Oralyn Ann Denison || The jet touched down 500 feet down the runway, overran the runway and went over a 90 feet bluff. It caught fire and all six aboard were killed.
[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 20, 1984|| Piper Lance ||N30298 || 2 fatalities || 3 injured
|-
| June 18, 1984 ||FA-18 Hornet || Serial #161966 || [[BRODENGEYER, James|James R. Brodengeyer]] || fighter jet from VFA-131 crashed into the island above White's Landing. Deputy Jimmie Richard Henry was the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff assigned to the Avalon Station. Deputy Henry's single exposure to toxic carcinogens he inhaled at the crash site while on duty, was the proximate cause of his untimely death on May 12, 1995. He was 49 years old.
|-
| January 18, 1985 || McDonnell Douglas F-18 || || 1 fatality ||
|-
| November 30, 1985 || Bell 206-L Jet Ranger || || Hossein Habibi ||11 survivors; Island Express helicopter collision
|-
| September 23, 1987 || Grumman A-6E Intruder || 155674 || [[SLEDGE, Roy D.|Cmdr. Lloyd D. Sledge]] || VA-52, US Navy; navigator survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/57215 SLEDGE ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 3, 1990 || Cessna 172N || N2810E || [[HARDER, Robert David, Jr.|Robert David Harder, Jr.]] (15) || Robert David Harder, pilot survived Jonathan Benzing (33) survived
|-
| May 2, 1992 || Beechcraft A-36 || N583T || 1 fatality ||
|-
| May 27, 1992 || Beechcraft S-35 || N5874S || [[2 fatalities]] || [http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/AidDetailPage#SUBMIT ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 15, 1993|| Beechcraft E-33 || N7882R || 1 fatality || Pilot committed suicide. A note was found in his car at Long Beach Airport the next day. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=42803 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| April 5, 1994 || Cessna 152 || N93508 || [[MATSON, Jeffrey Noel|Jeffrey Noel Matson]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX94LA182 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 11, 1997 || Piper PA-28-161 || N8436X || [[TRENTON, Ronald|Ronald Trenton]] || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX97FAMS2 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 7, 1998 || Cessna 172N || N6514E || Darin Cameron Audrey Nizich Peter Nizich Jennifer Ortega || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX98FA152 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| September 30, 1998 || Cessna 152 || N49770 || [[WELKER, Daniel|Daniel Welker]] ||
|-
| November 21, 1999 || Aerostar 600 || N97CC || [[CECIL, Walter L.|Walter Cecil]] ||
|-Lieut. Wallace C. Short & D. R. Towles August 2, 2002|| Beechcraft 58-TC || N2102L || 2 fatalities (54) & (48) || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=45473 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 2, 2002 || Beechcraft Barron || || 2 fatalities [[KONESKY, James|James Konesky]] and [[HANSEL, Jeannie|Jeannie Hansel]]
||
|-
| December 24, 2003|| Piper PA-34-200T || N3747U || [[HEGGER, Scott|Scott Hegger]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Francine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Justine Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Lucas Gaume]] [[HEGGER, Scott Eric|Patrice Duclos]] || [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/44973 HEGGER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| August 31, 2005 || Avions Robin R || N216RN || [[BRIERRE, Arnaud|Arnaud Brierre]] || student survived by parachuting out at 2,000 feet [http://www.ussailing.org/wp-content/uploads/daroot/Offshore/Hanson%20Award/2005/8_31_05.pdf Award to rescuers]
|-
| September 7, 2005 || Cessna 172RG || N9636B || 2 fatalities || [http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:17:0::NO::AP_BRIEF_RPT_VAR:LAX05FA290 ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 24, 2008|| Aerospatiale Helo || N67GE || [[MAILLET, Emeric|Emeric Maillet]] [[TERRY, John|John Terry]] [[HURD, Tania|Tania Hurd]] ||[https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/19946 MAILLET ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 20, 2008 ||Mooney M20J || N201EN || [[COWAN, Charles| Dr. Charles Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Jeanien Cowan]] [[COWAN, Charles|Patricia Carmichael]]|| Stanley Carmichael survived [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/34514 COWAN ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| February 5, 2009||Beechcraft A-36 || N66819 || [[HOGLAND, Mark|Mark Hogland]] [[JUDD, Amy Marie|Amy Marie Judd]] [[GOLDBERG, Marshall|Marshall Goldberg]]|| [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/58629 HOGLAND ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| July 1, 2010 || Cessna 182P || N222CG || [[LOEFFLER, Jeffrey|Jeffrey Loeffler]] || pilot had a heart attack [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/75379 LOEFFLER ACCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| May 28, 2016|| Cessna 172 ||N739ZE || [[HARONIAN, Edmond|Edmond Haronian]] [[GLAZIER, Jason|Jason Glazier]]||Plane disappeared after taking off from Airport-in-the-Sky.
|-
| June 17, 2019|| Robinson R44 Clipper helicopter|| N7187D || [[YANG, Philip Su Chu|Philiip Su Chu Yang]] ||Helicopter out of Torrance Airport crashed on the northwest end. [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/226306 YANG CCIDENT REPORT]
|-
| October 9, 2024|| Beechcraft 95|| N73WA || 5 fatalities: [[SAFAI, Ali|Ali Reza Safai]], 73 [[ALI, Haris|Harris Ali]], 33 [[FENNER, Margaret Mary|Margaret Mary Fenner]], 55 [[LUBEL, Gonzalo|Gonzalo Lubel]], 34 [[PARK, Joeun|Joeun Park]], 37|| Beechcraft 95 with five PAX aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from AVX. All were killed. 
|-
| || || || ||
|}

'''TOTAL =
* 65 fatal plane/helicopter incidents (1921-2026)
* 127 fatalities'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''February 19, 1937 [Santa Cruz Evening News]:''' “Navy Fliers Hurt in Island Crash. Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal., Feb. 19—D. R. Towles, aviation machinists mate, first class, was seriously injured, and Lieut. Wallace C. Short, junior grade, slightly hurt when their fighting seaplane crashed near the shore of the isthmus of Catalina today. The plane, attached to the heavy cruiser ''Chicago'', which had been engaged this week in tactical exercises between here and San Clemente Island, was headed over the isthmus for a landing in Catalina harbor.”

'''April 15, 1945 [LBI]:''' “2 Navy fliers die in crash off Catalina. Two naval fighter pilots were officially reported missing by the navy yesterday, following the mid-air collision of two fighter planes off Catalina on Friday. According to the public relations office of the naval operating base, the ships were on routine maneuvers, and were flying from a Southern California naval station. The pilots, who are listed as missing because their bodies have not yet been recovered, were Lt. Benjamin Frankel, whose mother, Mrs. Fannie Frankel, lives in Cudahy, Wis. and Ens. Willard James Teitz, whose mother, Mrs. Pearl May Teitz, residing in Chipperwa Falls, Wis. In both cases the next of kin has been notified. An intensive search of the area is being carried on with small craft and observation planes, the navy explains.”

'''September 5, 1948 [photo]:''' “Catalina Island plane crash. Flying boat crashes in fog-shrouded take-off. Catalina Island, Calif. The crumpled plane of Amphibian Air Transport lies against cliff off Catalina Island. The pilot, Robert F. Reynolds, escaped death in the fog-shrouded crash, in what was called "a totally unauthorized" flight. Reynolds took off from the Seadrome in the fog, made a 180 degree turn and crashed into the island cliff. No passengers were aboard the craft at the time of the accident. Photo by Island Photo Service.”

'''July 30, 1949 [Long Beach Press Telegram]:''' “Avalon Bay Crash Severs Fliers Legs. Crash of an amphibian plane at the mouth of Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, late this morning caused the pilot and his passenger to lose their legs, island authorities reported. In serious condition in Avalon Hospital are Jack Dowdle, about 40, pilot, and Frederick Kelly, 43, both of San Diego. It was not indicated whether they will be returned to the mainland. The Avalon harbor master said the plane plunged into the water and the men were rescued by the crew of a water taxi just before the plane sank. The plane was reported to be operated by Swift Air Service, San Diego.”

[[File:1949 Dowdle.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Swift Aero Service </center>]]

'''July 31, 1949 [LBI]:''' “Prop severs legs from 2 in crash. A spectacular airplane crash in Avalon Bay Saturday afternoon caused whirling propeller blades to knife off the legs of the plane's two occupants. The victims were San Diego fliers Jack Dowdle, 38 and Frederick J. Kelly, 43. Thousands of horrified vacationists saw the tragedy. The single-engine amphibian spun on its side at takeoff when it skidded in the wake of a passing speedboat. The plane engine, mounted above and behind the occupants at center wing, slid forward and toppled into the cockpit, the propeller striking the men's legs. Dowdle is the owner of the Swift Aero Service, operator of seaplanes between San Diego and Catalina Island. More than 1000 persons went to Avalon Hospital to volunteer blood transfusions for the men.”

'''July 26, 1956 [LBI]:''' “Scout saves flier from sea; officer still missing in crash. After 16 hours of drifting in the cold waters of Catalina Island, a Marine Corps pilot was rescued Wednesday by a Sea Scout ship. The pilot, M. Sgt. George V. Mikkelsen, 1315 S. Doreen Way, Santa Ana, had been missing since he rode his disabled ADS Skyraider into the sea Tuesday afternoon. Still missing is Mikkelsen's passenger, a Marine lieutenant who accompanied him on a classified mission out of El Toro Marine Crops Air Station near Santa Ana. His name was not released. Search for the passenger was called off at nightfall Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. Participating in the search were five Marine helicopters, three Coast Guard surface vessels and a Coast Guard aircraft. The lieutenant is believed to have parachuted from the plane seconds before it plunged into the ocean. Sgt. Mikkelsen was lifted from the water by Sea Scouts aboard the Anaheim Scout boat ''Rotaleo'' after one of the Scouts, 16-year-old Jim Nellesen, dived into the water to aid him. Nellesen, 11334 E. Romneya, Anaheim, spotted the pilot bobbing in the sea at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. "The pilot was nearly unconscious and as blue as my Levis," reported Tom L. Hoag, Jr., 38, of 817 W. Sycamore, Anaheim, the ''Rotelo's'' skipper. Aboard the ''Rotelo'', a 45-foot vessel, were 13 Scouts, Hoag and two other adults. The boat was heading to Catalina Island from the Santa Barbara Islands on a summer cruise. It's due to return to Newport Beach Saturday. After picking up the pilot, the vessel sailed to Emerald Bay near the Catalina Isthmus. A Marine amphibian met the boat there and flew Mikkelsen to the El Toro dispensary. The 192-pound sergeant, a flier for 15 years, suffered severe shock but otherwise appeared uninjured. In is hospital bed at El Toro he said he lost his life raft packet when he struck the water. He dived for it but it sank beyond his grasp. "I hated to see that thing disappear," he remarked, smiling weakly. He told of sending up two flares and of the long hours during which he alternately swam, floated exhaustedly in his life preserver, prayed, slept or lapsed into unconsciousness. "When I was napping," he said, "a big wave would slap me and wake me up." His first words when pulled from the water were "How's the little lieutenant?" He was referring to the second lieutenant who accompanied him on the ordnance evaluation mission. Lt. Col. D. L. Cummings, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 15, said Mikkelsen earlier had told him of instructing his fellow Marine. "Get the switch off, Mike." The sergeant said that when his plane developed trouble he ordered his passenger to bail out. Mikkelsen stayed with the plane and rode it down into the ocean. As Sgt. Mikkelsen drifted in the chilling waters, he thought of "my little boy — the shape of his head." He explained that his 4-year-old son, Mike, fell several days ago and suffered a head gash. The wound had started to heal but still looks angry, he said. Sgt Mikkelsen said he didn't worry about rescue, about sharks or about dying. "No I didn't want to think about any of those things — so I didn't," he said. "Sharks?" Once I felt something on my leg but I didn't want to even think about what it was," he added. His wife, Dorothy Lee, visited him in the hospital Wednesday. The couple also have a daughter, Melanie, 5. Asked if he remembered the Sea Scouts who rescued him, Sgt. Mikkelsen replied: "Everything about that is real vague. But I want to see them all. They're great — all time boys." The sergeant indicated the lieutenant may not have had time to parachute to safety. He said he "felt the lieutenant" next to him but did not see him during the hectic moments of departing from the crippled fighter bomber. The plane, attached to the 3rd Marine Wing, took off from El Toro at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday. Search for the missing craft was ordered at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Planes Tuesday night lighted the area with flares in an attempt to locate the victims. There has been no sign of the plane wreckage so far.”

'''July 16, 1964 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Channel Loses Grumman Goose. Channel Airlines 7:45 flight from Pebbly Beach to Long Beach crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday morning. The plane had left the water and was a height of approximately 50 feet when one of its two engines failed. Cause of the engine failure will never be known as the plane sank in 300 ft. of water minutes after crashing. One theory is that the engine threw its prop, setting up serious vibrations which caused the plane to go out of balance. Too low to make any possible correction in trim, Pilot Robert Smith was somehow able to keep the plane upright which probably saved the lives of his nine passengers. Channel Airlines' president, Bob Hanley, who was at Pebbly Beach loading a second section of the 7:45 flight, sped to the scene in one of his planes to give assistance. He was accompanied by Bill Boyd and Eric Moore. Two fishing boats in the area had taken the passengers off the plane within minutes of the crash. They were brought to Avalon by boat and then at Channel's insistence taken to the local hospital for check-ups. Three were hospitalized for observation and released the following day. Those aboard the ill fated plane were William Stringfellow, Irwin North, Robert Smith, Lloyd S. Wilson, Franas Francisco, Thomas L. Watson, Charles S. Garrett, Hugh F. Johnston, Thomas C. Pine and Fred Lano. Due to the location, 1000 yards from shore and depth of 300 feet, no effort will be made to recover the expensive plane.”

[[File:Isthmus wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Harbor plane wreck, March 1965</center>]]
'''March 11, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Last Sunday afternoon, a small, amphibian plane hit a power line while making an approach for a landing at Catalina Harbor. The plane collided with the power lines approximately 60 ft. above ground. After a violent stall it hit the ground 218 feet away. George McElroy and Roy Clark of the Isthmus pulled the three victims from the wreckage. They were flown to a mainland hospital aboard a Coast Guard helicopter. At press time the three men are in critical condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital.”

[[File:Dec. 23, 1965 plane wreck.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina N3980U plane wreck, December 18, 1965</center>]]
'''December 23, 1965 [The Catalina Islander]:''' “Two young men owe their lives to Catalina's Toyon Holly this Christmas season. The men miraculously walked away from this plane after it had crashed into four of the plants which cushioned its landing. The plane piloted by Joe Ferlauto and carrying Charles Page attempted to land near the airport at 5:45 p.m. Saturday night. Both men walked unscratched from the wreckage.”

'''September 18, 1979 [LAT]:''' “1 Dies, 3 Survive in Ocean Plane Crash. A husky construction worker dragged his 350-pound father and the unconscious and seriously injured pilot out of a Catalina Airlines amphibian Monday evening after it plunged upside down into the ocean off Santa Catalina Island. But Larry Gilman, 27, was unable to reach the third passenger, who went down with the twin-engine Grumman Goose in 250 feet of water 200 feet off Pebbly Beach, a mile east of Avalon. Gilman and his father, O.T. Gilman, 52, administered first aid to the pilot, Vern McGee, 54, on a wing of the amphibian, which broke nearly in half on impact, until all three were rescued by a passing motor yacht just before the plane sank. The plane crashed at 5:20 p.m. as it was taking off for a flight to San Pedro. It was the second fatal crash of the carrier's Grumman Goose planes in five months. The survivors were taken by the 22 foot motor yacht Avalon, then transferred to Avalon Community Hospital. McGee was given emergency treatment there before being flown by Coast Guard helicopter to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. McGee, who lives in Lakewood, suffered head injuries, cuts and possible chest injuries. The Gilmans both refused physical examinations to determine if they have been injured. However, later Monday night, a deputy sheriff located both father and son at an Avalon bar and took them to the Avalon hospital for checkups. Both appeared to be in good condition. Details of the crash were furnished by deputy sheriffs, Posh Gardiner, traffic controller for the Avalon Harbor Patrol, and Mrs. Sandy Felix, sister of Larry Gilman, who had talked to her father and brother before they were taken to the hospital. "Larry dragged dad out of the plane onto the wing, then went back for the pilot, who was unconscious and badly cut up. Dad and Larry held the pilot on the wing and did what they could for him until they were rescued." Gardiner said that by the time the Harbor Patrol boat Baywatch had arrived on the scene, all the survivors were aboard the private motor yacht and that the Gilmans were still aiding the pilot. Divers went down to the wreckage but could not find the third passenger, a 33 year old man whose identity was not made public, Gardiner said. Mrs. Felix said that her father and brother had told her that they boarded the plane after the other passenger had gone aboard and did not know just where he was seated in the amphibian. She added that her father also is employed as a construction worker and that he and his son also manage the Bay View Hotel in Avalon. Authorities said the cause of the crash could not be determined immediately. The FAA and other agencies will conduct an investigation. Several eyewitnesses told deputy sheriffs that the plane appeared to have lost power on take-off. Last April, another Catalina Airlines Grumman Goose crashed while attempting to land in Avalon Harbor. An 81-year-old woman passenger was killed and eight other passengers and the pilot were injured.
The plane sank in 100 feet of water, taking the elderly woman down with it.
In June, 1977, the FAA forced the carrier to suspend its amphibian flights on the grounds that three of the planes had been found to be "unairworthy." The suspension was lifted after the planes, reported to have been damaged by saltwater corrosion, were repaired. During the suspension, the carrier continued service between the island and the mainland with large Sikorsky helicopters.

[[File:Sept. 18, 1979 SCAT Grumman.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 17, 1979, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''May 28, 1992 [LAT]:''' “Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.”

'''May 29, 1992 [NYT]:''' “A man and a woman were killed when their small plane crashed on takeoff from the airport on Catalina Island. The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport-in-the-Sky about 3:15 P.M., an airport official said.”

'''November 22, 1999 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A twin-engine Piper aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Catalina Island today, killing at least one man. The six-seat, 1974 Piper Aerostar 600A took off from Fullerton Airport in Orange County at 9:15 A.M. today and disappeared from radar an hour later, said Kirsto Dunn, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Seattle. Officials did not know how many people were aboard because the pilot did not file a flight plan, Ms. Dunn said. The airplane had been flying at about 5,500 feet on training maneuvers, she said. The Coast Guard was searching about 14 miles northeast of the island resort, which is about 30 miles off the Southern California coast, and had recovered some debris from the plane. One man’s body was taken to a Coast Guard base in Los Angeles, the agency said. No other information about the man was available.”

'''November 3, 2001 [NTSB]:''' “Piper PA-32-260, registration: N3516W; 3 pax uninjured. On November 3, 2001, at 1645 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N3516W, sustained a loss of engine power during departure climb and ditched into the Pacific ocean, about 4 miles south of Catalina Island, Avalon, California. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The originating flight departed from runway 22, and was destined for Carlsbad, California.
The pilot reported that after takeoff the engine began making a "rattling" noise with a loss of engine power. He was unable to return to the runway and landed in the ocean. The Catalina Island airport manager stated that a pilot reported hearing the accident airplane prior to departure and that the engine sounded "terrible or strange" to him.”

[[File:Piper SCat.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper PA-32-260 in 120 feet of water, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]
[[File:Pper N3516W.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Piper , Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'''December 25, 2003 [CT]:''' “Avalon, California—A twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain on Santa Catalina Island in poor weather Wednesday, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Three adults and two children were killed, said Brendon Peart, supervising dispatcher for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The victims were not immediately identified.”

'''October 3, 2010 [Examiner.com]:''' “A 1956 Cessna 310 twin engine light aircraft (N310XX) registered to Sabovich and Sons of Arroyo Grande, California crashed shortly after takeoff, about one-half mile southeast of Catalina Airport (CIB), also known as the Airport in the Sky, on Sunday afternoon, October 4 at 3:40 p.m. PDT. The three persons on board were injured from the accident and resulting fire, which also caused a three acre brush fire that was quickly extinguished by first responders. Those injured, who are yet to be identified, were taken to Torrance Memorial Medical Center in the southwestern region of Los Angeles County. Two of the victims suffered critical burn injuries, and the third sustained moderate burn injuries from the accident. The 54-year-old pilot had indicated that his left engine had failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft had earlier arrived from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Santa Ana, CA to pick up two passengers. According to Captain Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, all three were transported by a sheriff's rescue helicopter for medical treatment. The passengers were identified as a 50-year-old man and 48-year-old woman, all in stable condition and expected to survive. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor, confirmed the time of the crash, whose cause is under investigation. Santa Catalina Island, commonly called Catalina, was originally owned by the William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum magnate, and his family. It is located 22 miles south by southwest of Los Angeles in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina Airport is located six miles northwest of the Avalon central business district, at an elevation of 1,602 feet. The single runway, which dips midway, is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. This journalist has flown into Catalina Airport as a passenger on similar twin engine aircraft. The airport lies at the island's highest point, with roads leading to it climbing steeply, with many switchbacks. It was originally called Buffalo Springs Airport when it opened in the late 1930s. United Airlines originally provided commercial service with DC-3 equipment. The island remains a popular tourist destination for observing Bald Eagles, about 150 American Bison, the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly, over 400 species of plants, and surrounding waters rich in marine life. It was originally discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, sailing under Spanish flag, on October 7, 1542.”

[[File:Catalina crash.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Csssna 182, Santa Catalina Island, 2010 </center>]]

'''November 3, 2013 [Press Telegtam]:''' “Three escape with minor injuries from Catalina plane crash Sunday afternoon. CATALINA ISLAND. Three passengers escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash on Catalina Island today, according to Capt. Douglas Fetteroll, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Avalon Station. The passengers were transported to area hospitals, he said. Their identities have not yet been released. County fire supervisor Miguel Orenelas said a light plane had come off a runway at the Catalina Airport. It was not known if the plane was landing or taking off. Catalina Airport In The Sky officials said the crash is still being investigated and declined to comment Sunday evening. The incident was reported at 3.07 p.m. Airport In The Sky is a small airport used mostly by general aviation aircraft. It sits atop on a plateau on a 1,600-foot-high mountain, about 10 miles from the only city in the Channel Islands, Avalon.”

'''January 5, 2014 [nbclosangeles]:''' “Four miles from Catalina Island, Michael Anthony Naffziger was on a boat with his brother and his brother’s wife when they spotted a small two-seat plane above them with engine problems. Naffziger heard no engine noise then saw the plane plunge into the ocean. "I was just thinking, ‘We’re going to help these people. We’re going to help these people at any cost,’” he said. “Thank God we were there. It was divine intervention.” The boaters pulled the pilot and his passenger out of the water after they were seen clinging to the plane as it floated in the chilly waters. The pilot, David Prizio, who has 40 years experience flying, only suffered a scratch on his face and a broken finger. His passenger was not hurt. They were on their way to Avalon from Chino when the unthinkable happened. “We’re just flying along, cruising towards Catalina," he said. "Things were peachy and the engine just stopped, kind of surged a little bit, then just stopped for good.” Prizio had no other choice but to ditch the plane in the ocean. “Obviously the situation was serious,” he said. “I wouldn't say I freaking out or panicking or anything.” The tail hit the water, the wheels caught and the plane flipped. It went into the air before coming back down. That’s when the boaters, in the right place at the right time, were able to help pull them out of the water and summon authorities. “I’m sure the lord had a hand in this,” Prizio said.”

[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Boaters-Save-Plane-Crash-Victims-Catalina-Island-238802381.html January 5, 2014]

'''October 18, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON — A single-engine Cessna 172 airplane missed the runway while landing at the Catalina Island Airport in the Sky at 4:08 p.m. on Thursday, October1, and fell onto the roadway below. Witnesses said the three people who were in the airplane were able to leave the wreckage on their own. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments were summoned to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the Airport in the Sky, and its airport staff and rangers assisted the pilot and two passengers. “We thank our staff for their quick response, and our thoughts are with those who were in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, Conservancy chief operating officer.”

[[File:Cessna 172 Oct. 18, 2015 SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>October 1, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''November 29, 2015 [LAT]:''' “AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - A small single-engine private aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon, November 29th, while attempting to landat Catalina Island’s Airport In The Sky. The incident occurred around noon. According to airport personnel, the plane ran off the end of the runwayand ended up upside down on the adjacent hillside. Of the four passengers on board, threewere transported to Catalina Island Medical Center, with one reporting back and neck pain, and two reported as having only minor injuries. The fourth passenger was not injured. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, City of Avalon Fire Department and Catalina Island Conservancy Rangers all responded to the scene. The Catalina Island Conservancy operates the airport.“We would like to thank all the various agencies who responded to yesterday’s incident and our thoughts to the people in the aircraft,” said Tony Budrovich, chief operating officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
For additional information, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire departments.”

[[File:Nov. 29, 2015 plane SCAT.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>November 29, 2015, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

[[File:Plane flipped 2-11-2020.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>February 11, 2020, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''February 11, 2020 [patch.com]:''' “AVALON, CA — A small plane overturned as it landed at Catalina Island Monday, but the pilot and passenger managed to escape unharmed.The Cessna-type aircraft was going too fast when it attempted to land, and it ended up going off a drop at the end of the runway at the Airport in The Sky, Monday afternoon, according to Capt. John Hocking of the Avalon Sheriff's Station. The crash happened at roughly 12:45 p.m. The aircraft overturned, but the passenger and pilot were uninjured and able to climb out and walk up the hill to the runway, according to the sheriff's department.”

'''February 11, 2020 [LB Post]:''' “A small plane overshot the runway at Catalina Island, flipped over and landed on its roof in some brush, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the plane was landing around 12:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10 at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, which has a notoriously tricky runway that begins at the edge of a cliff. Some pilots compare it to landing on an aircraft carrier. The pilot made it onto the ground, but for some reason, the plane didn’t stop at the end of the runway and drove over the edge of a mountainside embankment before coming to rest, authorities said. “The pilot and the passenger were able to climb out of the damaged plane,” the Avalon Sheriff’s Station said on its Facebook page. “Neither the pilot or the passenger suffered any injuries and there was no fire.” The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate exactly what caused the crash, the LASD said.”

'''August 2, 2023 [mynewsla.com]:''' “Pilot Settles Runway Crash Suit With Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. A 76-year-old Fountain Valley man injured during an accident while trying to land his small plane at the Catalina Airport in 2018 has settled his premises liability lawsuit against the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy. Attorneys for plaintiff Edward Martell filed court papers on Monday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger notifying him of the accord. No terms were divulged. The case had been awaiting a retrial because on April 5, Judge Frederick C. Shaller, who presided over the first trial, declared a mistrial when juror illnesses reduced it to 10 and the attorneys disagreed regarding whether they should proceed with that many panel members. According to the suit, Martell was injured while trying to land his 1979 Piper PA-32 300 Cherokee aircraft in 2018 at the Catalina Airport when the plane went over a hillside on July 25, 2018. Martell alleged the runway was in poor condition, but the conservancy maintained he was injured by his own pilot negligence. “Despite having experience with multiple previous landings at the airport, plaintiff inexplicably gave himself very little room to land and thereafter did not fully apply the brakes on the aircraft,” according to the conservancy attorneys’ court papers, which further state that Martell admitted that he intentionally landed far down the runway due to his concerns with the condition of the runway asphalt. Martell obtained his pilot’s license in 1997 and had logged about 2,100 flight hours by the time of the accident. He kept his aircraft at the Fullerton Airport, which has a runway length similar to that of the Catalina Airport. Martell had landed at the Catalina Airport four to five times previously and encountered “lots of patches,” but never before felt the poor condition of the runway affected his ability to safely land and control his aircraft, according to the complaint. However, other pilots had told Martell that the runway conditions had worsened since his last visit to the island, the suit stated. “It became evident to Mr. Martell that he was not going to be able to safely stop his plane without endangering his passengers and damaging his aircraft,” the suit states. So, Martell went to full power, pulled back on the stick and tried to take off, but the worsening conditions near the end of the runway affected his ability to control his aircraft and liftoff and his plane went off the end of the runway and crashed 600 feet down the mountain, according to the suit.”

[[File:|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> Santa Catalina Island, October 8, 2024 </center>]]
'''October 9, 2024 [LAT]''': “5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash; investigation underway. Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff’s Avalon station on the island received a 911 emergency notification from a cellphone alerting them that the plane had been in a collision involving injuries and sent them GPS coordinates, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Crews from Avalon and the L.A. County fire and sheriff’s departments joined in a search and found the plane about a mile west of Catalina Airport, according to the release. The Beechcraft 95 had departed the airport with five people on board moments before it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Five adults were found dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.”

'''August 30, 2026 [mynewsla.com]:''' “A REACH Air Medical Services medical helicopter crash off Catalina Island on September 30, 2026, resulted in three fatalities and two survivors.”

BONNOT, Paul

2026-10-16T14:41:31Z

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[[File:Flea Island, SMI.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Flea Island, San Miguel Island Paul Bonnot ''Report on the Seals and Sea Lions of California'', 1928 </center>]]

[[File:Seal Harbor, SClem.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Seal Harbor, San Clemente Island Paul Bonnot ''Report on the Seals and Sea Lions of California'', 1928 </center>]]

'''BONNOT, Paul''' (1899-1951), born in Norfolk, Virginia, he became a California Fish and Game biologist who studied marine mammals, and the California oyster industry in the 1930s. Bonnot ultimately identified Humboldt Bay, Drakes Estero, Tomales Bay, Bolinas Lagoon and Elkhorn Slough as the most suitable locations for commercial oyster operations in California. Of these, the state recommended that Humboldt Bay be reserved for growing native oysters.

Bonnot died of a heart attack at Bodega Bay.

Paul Bonnot = [1923] Hester Ruth Davis (1897-1955)
*1. Rosemary Bonnot (1924-2003) = Frank Ford
*2. Eugenia Bonnot (1926-1998)

* 1928. [[BONNOT, Paul|Bonnot, Paul]] [http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt438n99zd&brand=calisphere&doc.view=entire_text ''Report on the Seals and Sea Lions of California'' ] State of California Division of Fish and Game Fish Bulletin No. '''14'''. 1928. Provenance: Inscribed by the author, Paul Bonnot to ornithologist, [[HOWELL, Alfred Brazier|Alfred B. Howell]]; from George Bartholomew to [[STEWART, Brent|Brent S. Stewart]] in 1984; to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation Archives 2021.
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* 1929. [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] '''[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/California_fish_and_game_%28IA_californiafishga15_1929cali%29.pdf Some Cruises of the Albacaore]''' California Fish and Game 15(2):105-110, April. State of California Department of Fish & Game

* 1929. [[BONNOT, Paul|Bonnot, Paul]] '''Bears who went to Sea''' Nature Magazine 14(4), 1929

* 1931 [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] '''The California Sea Lion Census for 1930''' California Fish and Game 17(2):150-155, 1931.

* 1935. [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] '''The California Oyster Industry''' California Fish and Game 21(1): 65-80, 1935)

* 1938. [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] '''Report on the California Oyster Industry for 1937''' California Fish and Game 24(2):191-195, 1938

* 1948. [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] '''The Abalones of California.''' Bull. Calif. Fish and Game Comm., 34:141-169, 1948 
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* 1951. [[BONNOT, Paul|Paul Bonnot]] ''The Seals, Sea Lions and Sea Otter of the California Coast.'' California Fish and Game 37(4):371-389, October 1951. Stapled separate.
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=====In the News~=====

'''October 1922 [The Stanford Illustrated Review 24(1):31]:''' “'21 (M.A. '22)-ex-'23—Hester Davis has announced her engagement to Paul Bonnot of Los Angeles, a student in the biology department at Stanford.”

'''June 24, 1927 [San Pedro Daily News]:''' “Patrol boat ''Albacore'' used by Bonnot out of San Pedro for two-year work preliminaries. Decision whether creatures too abundant and ought to be reduced to be based on findings—of great importance to fish industry. Working out of the office of the department of commercial fisheries of the California Fish and Game commission at East San Pedro, and using the patrol boat ''Albacore'', attached to the Southern district, Deputy Paul Bonnot is making an extensive survey preliminary to taking a census of the seals and sea lions on the coast of California. Bonnot will cover the haunts of the seals and sea lions from the coast that borders on Mexico to the line of Oregon, and has already discovered a number of rookeries never before checked on. In addition to locating the rookeries and making a check on the number of seals and lions, Bonnot is studying the habits and the food of these denizens of the coastal waters and hopes to submit a report soon that will be invaluable to the commission. The information gathered will show whether or not the seals and sea lions are becoming too abundant...”

'''October 25, 1929 [Mill Valley Record]:''' “Writing in the Nature Magazine for October, Paul Bonnot, a scientific investigator employed by the commercial fisheries Bureau of the Division of Fish and Game, gives an illuminating picture of the sea lions of the Pacific Coast. Bonnot probably knows more about sea lions and their habits than anyone on the Pacific Coast and he is emphatic in his championing of their cause. Due to Bonnet's investigation the theory that sea lions are a menace to the fishing industry has been exploded, he declares, and his studies disclosed that the sea lions have aided the industry as they generally eat fish that are of little benefit. A recent movement to have the sea lions slaughtered wholesale was doubtless stopped by the publication throughout the State of the results of his investigation of conditions. According to Bonnet's article, there are probably nine thousand of both species, Steller's sea lion and the California sea lion on the California Coast.”

'''August 3, 1951 [SF Examiner]:''' “Bonnot dies of heart attack. Biologist fatally stricken on research trip. Funeral arrangements were pending in Palo Alto yesterday for Dr. Paul Bonnot, noted scientist and outstanding authority on the shellfish, who died Wednesday night. The 52-year-old biologist, who was associated with the California Fish and Game Division, was stricken with a fatal heart attack at Bodega Bay as he was returning to shore from a diving boat. He had been conducting deep water research on abalones. Doctor Bonnot pioneered research in the development of the oyster industry in California and was seal and sea lion census taker for the State. Surviving are his widow, Hester; two daughters, Mrs. Frank P. Ford and Mrs. Frank Farr; his mother, Mrs. Alexander Bonnot, and a brother, Oakeson Bonnot. Funeral services are being arranged by the Roller and Hapgood Mortuary in Palo Alto.”

VICKERS FAMILY

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'''VICKERS FAMILY TREE'''

John Van Vickers (1850-1912) = Anna Childs (1854-1945)

* 1. Florence (1873-1929) = Franklin Allister McAllister (1876-1948)

::1. Elizabeth V. McAllister (1906-1982) = Charles Byron Jenkins

:::1. Buck Jenkins (1932- ) = Michele Dearth

::::1. Jamilla Jenkins (1965- )

::2. John Vickers (1908-1953) = Frances Burt (1910- )

:::1. John Vickers McAllister, Jr. (1943- ) = Traci Jeanne Albert (1943- )

::::1. James Frederick McAllister (1970- ) = Susan Lincoln Repath (1969- )

:::::1. Katie McAllister (1998- )

::::2. Michael Douglas McAllister (1970- ) = Elizabeth Sheehan (1970- )

::3. Florence Allegra McAllister (1912-1991) = Henry Lawrence Eggers (1911-1987)

:::1. Henry Vickers Eggers (1941- ) = Janet Sylvia Walton (1946- )

:::2. Laurence Paxson Eggers (1945- ) = Jean Day

:::3. Ann Allister Eggers (1955- ) = Dennis Crispin Jones (1951- )

* 2. Dora (1876-1940) died October 8, 1940 in Los Angeles at age 64.

* 3. Lillian (1879-1901) died in a dormitory fire at Bryn Mawr College, which her sister Dora survived.

* 4. Anna “Nan” Paxson (1882-1966) = Clarence Harrison Crawford (1879-1967)

::1. John “Jack” Vickers Crawford (1907-2000) = Frances Sabin Gould (1915-1986)
::: = Diana Dorton (1945- )

::2. Thomas Harrison Crawford II (1910-1988) = Louise Sterry (1914-1955)

:::1. Thomas “Tim” Harrison Crawford III (1939-2022) = Karol Wallace (divorced)

::::1. Cornell Harrison Crawford (1961-2003)

:::2. Clair Louise Crawford (1940- ) = James Michael Comstock (1936- ) (divorced)

::::1. Jacquelyn Suzanne Comstock (1961- ) = Darrel Brown (divorced)

:::::1. Austin Brown (1987)

:::::2. Cody Brown (1990- )

::::2. William Harry Comstock (1962- )

::::3. Sandra Diane Comstock (1964- ) = Andrew Eisenbock

:::::1. Trevor (1988- )

:::::2. Ryan (1990- )

* 5. Clara Paxson (1886-1973) = Roy Edgar Naftzger (1884-1952)

:: 1. Roy Edgar “Ted” Naftzger (1925-2007)

DUFFIELD, Henry Cowie, Jr.

2026-10-05T21:27:56Z

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[[File:DUFFIELD, Henry Cowie, Jr. (1921-1986)©.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. (1921-1986)</center>]]

[[File:Carey Stanton and Henry Duffield.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|| <center> Carey Stanton and Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. Santa Cruz Island, 1980</center>]]

'''DUFFIELD, Henry Cowie, Jr.''' (1921-1986)[SS#522-20-1188], Michigan-born oldest son of Henry Cowie Duffield (1894-1977) and Dorothy Bragdon Duffield (1893-1984). Duffields had three children:
* Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. (1921-1986)
* Dorothy “Dodo” Duffield [Anderson](1923-1999)
:: 1. Mary Anderson Smith
:::: 1. Shaun M. Smith
:::: 2. Stacey C. Smith
:: 2. Jamie Smith
:: 3.
* George Bradgon Duffield (1925-1963) = Dorothy Rose Throgmorton (c. 1933-1999)
:: 1. James S. Duffield (b. 1954)

Henry Duffield was a rancher who spent time in the cattle business in various locations, including in Colorado, Cuba and Mexico. At the age of 38 (1959) while in Mexico, he contracted polio which left him paralyzed from the waist down. While in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Henry met vacationing physicians, [[STANTON, Carey Q.|Carey Stanton]] and [[ROYCE, Stephen W.|Steve Royce]], who suggested Duffield seek rehabilitation in famed Warm Springs, Georgia. Henry took the doctors' advice. Upon Henry’s release from rehabilitation in 1960, Carey Stanton invited Duffield to visit his family’s cattle ranch on Santa Cruz Island. He came for a few days visit, and he stayed for 26 years — the rest of his life. Edwin L. Stanton hired Henry on September 19, 1960 to run the island’s cattle business.

For 26 years, Henry was known by many as the cowboy in the red jeep with hand controls, never without his rifle in a scabbard, a flask of Ancient Age Bourbon in his glove box, and several dogs at his side. Already paralyzed from the waist down, in 1986 Henry Duffield suffered a stroke which paralyzed his upper left quarter. Rancher at heart, Henry shot himself on the island on November 23, 1986. He was 65. He is buried in the island’s cemetery. His parents and siblings are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

* [[Media: HCD,Jr._will.PDF|Last Will & Testament of Henry C. Duffield, Jr.]]

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Image: Henry Duffield SCI 001.jpg|<center>Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. in his signature red jeep.</center>
Image:Marla & Henry.png|300px|thumbnail|right|<center>Ranch manager, Henry Duffield, and Marla Daily Santa Cruz Island c. 1979</center>
Image: Henry Duffield 1980.jpg|<center>Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. Santa Cruz Island, 1980 </center>
Image: Marla Daily and Henry Duffeild.jpg|<center>Marla Daily and Henry Cowie Duffield, Jr. in the office, Santa Cruz Island, 1982</center>
Image: HCD at Christy.png|<center>Henry Duffield poolside, Main Ranch</center>
Image:Hunters & HCD at Christy.png |<center>Henry Duffield at Christy Ranch with hunters.</center>
Image:Sharon Lelande 1981.jpg |<center>Henry Duffield at the West End with Jonny Brown and Sharon Lelande, 1981</center>
Image:Poolside.png |<center>Henry Duffield poolside with guide Monte Gratiot to his left, Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island</center>
Image: H.D. winged hat at pool.jpg|<center>Duffield wearing winged hat at the pool Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island</center>
Image:HCD classic.png |<center>Henry Duffield outside the office, Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island</center>
Image: Henry's desk.jpg|<center> Henry's desk at the Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island</center>
Image: HCD, Jr..png|<center> Chapel of the Holy Cross, Santa Cruz Island</center>
Image: Duffields Evergreen Cem.png|<center>Duffield family plot Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado</center>
Image: Duffield Headstone.jpg|<center>Duffield family plot Colorado Springs, Colorado</center>

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Fires: Santa Rosa Island

2026-10-01T16:39:00Z

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'''Fires: SANTA ROSA ISLAND'''

* 2002. Anderson, R. Scott ''[[Media: Anderson_et_al._2002.pdf|Fire and Vegetation History of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California]]''

* 2026. Santa Rosa Island Fire Burns Through Rare Torrey Pine Grove Wildfire By Callie Fausey

A large effort is underway to save the island’s historic structures, housing, campgrounds, and pier as the “human-caused” fire scorches more than 16,000 acres.

'''''Largest fire ever recorded on Santa Rosa Island endangers 'gem of California coast''''''

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'''November 3, 1969''' Howard Albert Anderson, (1918-1969), cook on Santa Rosa Island, was killed in a ranch house fire. The fire was started by Anderson’s cigarette after he had been smoking in bed. Anderson was born in Arkansas, and had served in World War II. He had worked for Vail & Vickers for about six and a half years at the time of his death at age 51.

'''January 26, 2001 [LAT]:''' “A fire burned about 10 acres of grass and brush Monday on the southwest shore of Santa Rosa Island, federal authorities said. The blaze was reported about 8 A.M. by the crew of the commercial boat Vision, said Carol Spears, a spokeswoman for Channel Islands National Park. The cause of the fire was under investigation, she said. Crews from the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service battled the fire, along with two tankers and a helicopter.”

'''May 19, 2026 [LAT]:''' “Largest fire ever recorded on Santa Rosa Island endangers 'gem of California coast'.

'''May 19, 2026 [Noozhawk]:''' “Santa Rosa Island Looks to Rebuild After Historic Fire. The May blaze burned a third of the island and damaged up to 80% of the park’s iconic Torrey pines. When ecologist Michelle Gados learned of a fire on Santa Rosa Island, she couldn’t fully comprehend what she was hearing. It was a calm, foggy morning in May — not the right time of year for backcountry camping in that part of the island, where her colleague was reporting the fire over the radio. “I just didn’t register (it). Like, that’s impossible,” Gados said. “He went and got eyes on it — and it was happening.”. The arrival of the flames would mark the beginning of the largest fire in the island’s recorded history, lasting from May 15 through June 4. Gados, a restoration ecologist for Channel Islands National Park, believed that the fire would be small and quickly addressed. However, by that night, the blaze was still going. Fire crews arrived around 9:30 p.m., and by 10:30 p.m., Gados and other staff were setting up a spike camp near an old military compound on the island. However, the flames were already approaching the compound and could be seen from about 500 feet away. The crews quickly set some controlled blazes to stop the forward momentum and evacuated. “That day, it was just a lot of driving around and trying to get familiar with roads,” Gados said. “You need to formulate a plan as to attack the fire, but (keep) the fire crews safe.”

By the time crews fully contained the fire, it would blacken almost a third of the island, including 23.25 miles of roads and 25.6 miles of trails. The 18,379-acre blaze is now the largest recorded wildfire in Channel Islands history.” Firefighting efforts were delayed by the need to transport heavy equipment and supplies to the island, according to a report released after the fire. Santa Rosa Island is 26 miles off the Santa Barbara coast. Strong winds and thick clouds also delayed air support, while boosting the fire’s ability to spread. Crews were initially forced to fight the flames only on the ground. The fire destroyed much of the native plant life that park staff have been working to revitalize. The island’s native vegetation was barely making a comeback after years of struggling to survive the presence of invasive species, such as nonnative plants and animals. One of the most devastating impacts to Santa Rosa’s ecosystem was the damage to the island’s collection of Torrey pine trees. That specific species of tree grows only on Santa Rosa Island and at the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve in San Diego County, and Santa Rosa’s Torrey pines are a subspecies that only occurs naturally on the island. After the fire, a Burned Area Emergency Response Report was compiled assessing the short- and long-term effects of the fire on local vegetation, wildlife, camping and hiking areas, and more.

The report found that 60% to 80% of the pines were damaged by the fire. The study estimates that the island could lose up to 80% of its Torrey pines.The long-lasting effects of fire on Torrey pines were unknown because of the rarity of the trees and the limited history of fires on the island. However, the new report suggests that the pines were not suited to high heat. Crews have conducted scratch tests on the trees to see whether they are still producing sap, but multiple tests showed most fire-damaged trees were dry and somewhat brittle. That suggests that the heat from the flames destroyed the tree’s internal plumbing, per the report. Gados said the park lost about 120 plants that were installed in the fall of 2025. “When we got evacuated, it was just gut-wrenching to watch it advance day after day,” Gados said. “Seeing it get closer to the Torrey pines was like, ‘No, it can’t be happening.’ I was just in denial and in shock.”

'''Rebuilding From the Fire'''
In the aftermath of the fire, the staff’s immediate concern is to prepare for the winter. The flames burned away much of the vegetation that provided stability for the island’s hills and slopes. Roots and other vegetation help anchor soil during storms, and hills are likely to erode with nothing to hold them in place. Erosion means seeds and saplings growing after the fire will be washed away during storms, undoing months of progress.

One of the positives is that much of the fire damage was not as severe as it could have been. Additionally, a lot of the vegetation that the fire burned was non-native grasses and plants that park staff is working to remove. “When I first came out on the boat, I was like, ‘Oh man, this is going to be tough,’” Mazurkiewicz said. “But then each subsequent trip, you’re like, ‘Wow, that looks great over there.’” As for the Torrey pines, Mazurkiewicz said it is too soon to tell. While there are signs of life, staff won’t know how they react until later in the season.

'''A Chance to Learn'''
At the island’s nursery, staff collect seeds from native plants and grow them in covered structures, called shade houses. The seeds are planted and allowed to grow until they sprout and reach a few inches tall. Once a plant grows enough, staff remove it from its home in the shade house and place it outside so it can become used to the elements. Park staff then plant the seedling around the island. Karen Flagg, a restoration ecologist on the island, said the nursery was first established in the mid-1990s. The nursery hosts shrubs, bushes and wildflowers native to the island. “The restoration part for us is the areas that have not recovered naturally, that are so damaged that they need a bit of help,” Flagg said. Restoring the island to its natural state has been the goal of the National Park Service since it officially purchased the island in 1986. Since then, park staff have been working to reintroduce the island’s native species and remove foreign agents.

The island previously belonged to Walter Vail and J.V. Vickers, a pair of Arizona ranchers who purchased it near the beginning of the 20th century. The pair introduced cattle after years of sheep herding on the island. The Vail family would later begin introducing deer and elk to the island, and it later served as a hunting retreat. The families were forced to fully give up control of the island in 2011 after all the elk and deer were gone. A deal made after the 1986 sale allowed the family to continue its hunting operation until the animals were completely gone from the island. The presence of the cattle and game had a devastating effect on the island’s ecosystem. Torrey pines were a popular treat for the deer, who would happily lap up any seedling they could find. Flagg said the recovery of the island’s natural state since the Park Service took over is amazing. “When you go down this canyon to go to the pier, all that canyon when the cattle were here was just dirt,” she said. Despite the fire’s impact, Flagg said she feels hopeful about the island’s future. Even though the trees were damaged by the flames, the fire creates new opportunities for staff to learn how they react to fire. “The Torrey pines have not been extensively studied,” Flagg said. “So, nobody really knows how they’re going to react to being burnt and damage.”

'''Camping on the Island'''
Park staff announced on Sept. 22 that overnight camping will resume on Oct. 14 and will accept reservations for the Water Canyon Campground and backcountry beach camping in the northwest and southwest quadrants. Backcountry camping within the southeastern quadrant will remain closed for the remainder of the 2026 recreation season. Shorelines adjacent to the burned areas are also closed. Burned areas of the island are still off-limits to visitors, including overnight spots at Johnson’s Lee, Ford Point and Southeast Anchorage.”

Fires: Santa Rosa Island

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Island Express Helicopters

2026-09-25T19:39:58Z

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[[File:IExpressHelo.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Island Express Helicopter, Long Beach, CA </center>]]

[[File:Helo landing.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Island Express Helicopter landing area, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''Island Express Helicopters''' [IEX] has been operating tours, charters and exclusive Santa Catalina Island trips since 1982. The company services all of southern California, with exclusive-use helicopters at the Queen Mary in Long Beach and the Catalina Cruise terminal in San Pedro. In April 2013 a new terminal opened at the Orange County Airport. Island Express flies three turbine-powered six-passenger helicopters. Its maintenance facility is at Long Beach Airport.

On November 30, 1985, there was a mid-air collision at their terminal in San Pedro of their Bell 206-L Jet Ranger in which there was one fatality, Hossein Habibi (28), and 11 survivors.

On January 26, 2020, an Island Express Helicopter crash in Calabasas killed professional basketball player, Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, the pilot Zaran Zobayan, and seven other passengers. The helicopter entered low cloud cover, which caused the pilot to lose his sense of orientation and thus lose control of the helicopter.

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'''December 2, 1985 [LAT]:''' “ Stark Tragedy of helicopter crash ends a joyous outing. It was to be like a delayed honeymoon. But it ended in tragedy with the recent bridegroom, Hossein Habibi, 28, of Glendale, killed and 11 others injured in a rare mid-air collision of two commuter helicopters maneuvering to land at the Catalina Air and Sea Terminal in San Pedro. "They were very much acting like newlyweds," said Russell Clendenen, 34, of Pitman, N.J., in recounting the last moments of the Saturday afternoon crash at the helipad located under the Vincent Thomas suspension bridge. Habibi, an Iranian immigrant who worked as a manager at a McDonald's restaurant, had been sitting in a Bell "Long Ranger" helicopter owned by Helitrans of San Pedro, that was about to land after a daylong excursion to Santa Catalina Island. Next to him was his wife of three months, Stacy, 22, whom he had met last year while both were working at Yellowstone National Park.”

'''April 30, 1992 [Avalon Bay News]:''' “Helicopter makes emergency landing. Last Saturday morning sirens rang out across Avalon town. No one knew what it was until we found that a helicopter of Island Express had to make an emergency landing on the water about half a mile off Pebbly Beach. Due to the great job of the pilot, Monica, no one was hurt although they did take on a little water up to their ankles. One of the passengers, Kenneth Perry, of Covina, California told ABN of how they were towed to shore and he said Monica should be commended. She kept a cool head in what could have been a very disastrous turn of events and simply landed the plane in the water and radioed for help. The plane suffered from engine failure and is being repaired.”

'''July 21, 2023 [crankyflier.com]:''' “...There is scheduled service from Long Beach to Catalina by IEX Helicopters. It’s $179 per person one way, which was more than $100 more than the Catalina Express boat. The helicopter takes 15 minutes while the boat takes a little over an hour. Is it worth the extra cost? Probably not. But it was a lot of fun. IEX you may know better as Island Express. Still not familiar with the name? That’s the company that was operating Kobe Bryant’s doomed flight. I honestly can’t quite figure out what the story is with this company. Many of the flights, including ours, are operated by Maverick Helicopters which you probably know as that annoying company buzzing around your hotel room on the Strip in Vegas. (They also do Grand Canyon and Maui tours.) One person told me Maverick was buying IEX, but I can’t find that mentioned anywhere. For what it’s worth the IEX Instagram account says IEX is “powered by” Maverick. So something clearly happened there. Booking the service is not as straightforward as I’d have liked. You pay online, but you just have to select a window of time. They say they’ll call you within a day to set the exact time...IEX has its main offices at the Long Beach Airport, but the scheduled trips to Catalina depart 10 miles to the south from the Queen Mary Heliport (CL07), right next to the old Spruce Goose Dome (now home to Carnival Cruise Line’s check-in facility) and the ''Queen Mary'' itself. The pilots report to LGB and then fly down to pick up passengers..The helicopter is pretty cool-looking with panoramic windows all the way around. There are three abreast in each of the two rows onboard. The pilot was obviously in the front left, but I took the middle and my soon took the other window while the man behind the desk had the entire back row to himself. The legroom is pretty great up front on the side..,The helicopters head to Pebbly Beach Seaplane Base (L11), about a mile southeast of town. The pilot asked if we needed a taxi, but we did not. We’d walk it. He made a call to air traffic control and soon we were on the ground.”

Island Express Helicopters

2026-09-25T19:39:33Z

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[[File:IExpressHelo.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Island Express Helicopter, Long Beach, CA </center>]]

[[File:Helo landing.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Island Express Helicopter landing area, Santa Catalina Island </center>]]

'''Island Express Helicopters''' [IEX] has been operating tours, charters and exclusive Santa Catalina Island trips since 1982. The company services all of southern California, with exclusive-use helicopters at the Queen Mary in Long Beach and the Catalina Cruise terminal in San Pedro. In April 2013 a new terminal opened at the Orange County Airport. Island Express flies three turbine-powered six-passenger helicopters. Its maintenance facility is at Long Beach Airport.

On November 30, 1985, there was a mid-air collision at their terminal in San Pedro of their Bell 206-L Jet Ranger in which there was one fatality, Hossein Habibi (28), and 11 survivors.

On January 26, 2020, an Island Express Helicopter crash in Calabasas killed professional basketball player, Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, the pilot Zaran Zobayan, and seven other passengers. The helicopter entered low cloud cover, which caused the pilot to lose his sense of orientation and thus lose control of the helicopter.

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=====In the News~=====

'''December 2, 1985 [LAT]:''' “ Stark Tragedy of helicopter crash ends a joyous outing. It was to be like a delayed honeymoon. But it ended in tragedy with the recent bridegroom, Hossein Habibi, 28, of Glendale, killed and 11 others injured in a rare mid-air collision of two commuter helicopters maneuvering to land at the Catalina Air and Sea Terminal in San Pedro. "They were very much acting like newlyweds," said Russell Clendenen, 34, of Pitman, N.J., in recounting the last moments of the Saturday afternoon crash at the helipad located under the Vincent Thomas suspension bridge. Habibi, an Iranian immigrant who worked as a manager at a McDonald's restaurant, had been sitting in a Bell "Long Ranger" helicopter owned by Helitrans of San Pedro, that was about to land after a daylong excursion to Santa Catalina Island. Next to him was his wife of three months, Stacy, 22, whom he had met last year while both were working at Yellowstone National Park.”

'''April 30, 1992 [Avalon Bay News]:''' “Helicopter makes emergency landing. Last Saturday morning sirens rang out across Avalon town. No one knew what it was until we found that a helicopter of Island Express had to make an emergency landing on the water about half a mile off Pebbly Beach. Due to the great job of the pilot, Monica, no one was hurt although they did take on a little water up to their ankles. One of the passengers, Kenneth Perry, of Covina, California told ABN of how they were towed to shore and he said Monica should be commended. She kept a cool head in what could have been a very disastrous turn of events and simply landed the plane in the water and radioed for help. The plane suffered from engine failure and is being repaired.”

'''July 21, 2023 [crankyflier.com]: “...There is scheduled service from Long Beach to Catalina by IEX Helicopters. It’s $179 per person one way, which was more than $100 more than the Catalina Express boat. The helicopter takes 15 minutes while the boat takes a little over an hour. Is it worth the extra cost? Probably not. But it was a lot of fun. IEX you may know better as Island Express. Still not familiar with the name? That’s the company that was operating Kobe Bryant’s doomed flight. I honestly can’t quite figure out what the story is with this company. Many of the flights, including ours, are operated by Maverick Helicopters which you probably know as that annoying company buzzing around your hotel room on the Strip in Vegas. (They also do Grand Canyon and Maui tours.) One person told me Maverick was buying IEX, but I can’t find that mentioned anywhere. For what it’s worth the IEX Instagram account says IEX is “powered by” Maverick. So something clearly happened there. Booking the service is not as straightforward as I’d have liked. You pay online, but you just have to select a window of time. They say they’ll call you within a day to set the exact time...IEX has its main offices at the Long Beach Airport, but the scheduled trips to Catalina depart 10 miles to the south from the Queen Mary Heliport (CL07), right next to the old Spruce Goose Dome (now home to Carnival Cruise Line’s check-in facility) and the ''Queen Mary'' itself. The pilots report to LGB and then fly down to pick up passengers..The helicopter is pretty cool-looking with panoramic windows all the way around. There are three abreast in each of the two rows onboard. The pilot was obviously in the front left, but I took the middle and my soon took the other window while the man behind the desk had the entire back row to himself. The legroom is pretty great up front on the side..,The helicopters head to Pebbly Beach Seaplane Base (L11), about a mile southeast of town. The pilot asked if we needed a taxi, but we did not. We’d walk it. He made a call to air traffic control and soon we were on the ground.”

BISON

2026-09-20T00:16:47Z

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[[File:Buffalo 2.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Island Bison herded by Arnold Gilatt, c. 1924</center>]]
[[File:Buffalo SCI.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Fourteen Bison on Santa Catalina Island, near the isthmus, c. 1924</center>]]
[[File:Bison.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Bison on Santa Catalina Island, near the isthmus, c. 1924</center>]]
[[File:Isl. Bison 1.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Island Bison </center>]]
[[File:Bison 2.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Catalina Island Bison </center>]]

'''Bison''' are said to have been introduced to Santa Catalina in 1924 for the making of the film, The Vanishing American, starring Richard Dix. Accounts vary as to the numbers of animals left on the island — from 14 to 24 animals. The herd was reported to have grown to almost 600 animals over time. Over the decades, the Catalina Island bison became an iconic symbol of the island. Today the Catalina Conservancy manages the herd, maintaining numbers at around 150 animals or less. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, island bison were relocated to native American reservations in North and South Dakota to the Lakota Sioux and the Standing Rock and Rosebud reservations, who were trying to re-establish bison on their lands. Today the island's bison population is about 100 animals.

The Catalina Island Conservancy " is committed to recognizing the free-ranging bison’s significance on Catalina as a heritage herd woven into the Island’s cultural and economic fabric. A primary consideration in this balance is the size of the herd. Based upon previous scientific study, the Conservancy has determined that the Island can support a healthy bison population of no more than 150 individuals. To counter a growing herd size, as a substitute for periodic bison round-ups and removals, the Conservancy initiated a contraception program in 2009 as a cost effective and humane approach to maintaining the bison population at sustainable levels. Through the application of the immunocontraceptive vaccine porcine zona pellucida (PZP), population growth was slowed within 1 year, and halted over time. This program has been extremely successful and no additional bison calves have been born since 2013. Contraception was halted in 2015 and no new calves have been born since. It is thought the females were accidentally made sterile by repeated contraception. In 2022 four females were scheduled to be added to the island from the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd in Colorado at a time 95 bison remained, with 11 of them having cattle genes mixed in their heritage.

Multiple incidents of bison attacking people are known: in 2007 a man suffered a fractured pelvis; in 2012 a 9-year-old boy was tossed in the air; on August 26, 2015 a contract worker from American Conservation Experience was gored and his lung punctured by a bison while working near Tower Peak on Catalina Island; and on February 17, 2018, a man camping at the Little Harbor Campground was gored by a bison.

A male bison can weigh up to a ton, and a female up to 900 pounds. They grow as tall as 6 feet and live for up to 20 years. The island bison are smaller than their mainland counterparts. It is thought this may be a result of their they not getting the right nutrients at the right time of year, according to the Catalina Island Conservancy.

President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act on May 9, 2016, making the North American bison the official National Mammal of the United States. The signing of that legislation was a milestone for an animal that once faced extinction. The bison has played central role in America’s history, helped to shape the ecology of the Great Plains, contributes to the U.S. economy, and holds cultural and spiritual significance for Native Americans. Today, bison live in all 50 states and serves as a symbol of unity, resilience and healthy lifestyles and communities. The animal has become a legendary fixture on Santa Catalina Island.

* '''2024''' The contraceptive vaccine was thought to be reversible, but over a decade later, its impacts are still being felt. The last calf born on the island was in 2013, according to Lauren Dennhardt, senior director of conservation for the Catalina Island Conservancy. The herd has shrunk to about 80 bison.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_Island_bison_herd Wikipedia: Catalina_Island_bison_herd]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AW0e4sDROE A herd of American Bison are sent back to the Lakota in South Dakota. Sponsored by the Catalina Island Conservancy. ]

* 2017 [https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/m613n033c?locale=en Duncan, Calvin. ''IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION AS A TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF FREERANGING AMERICAN BISON (BISON BISON)'']

* 2020 [https://www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/2020/10/4/how-did-they-get-there-catalinas-most-overlooked-film-stars-by-steve-tabor ''How did they get there—Catalinas most overlooked film stars'' by Steve Tabor, 2020]

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Image: bison herd.png|<center>Bison herd on Santa Catalina Island</center>
Image:SCat bison.png |<center>Bison on Santa Catalina Island, 2017</center>
Image:Bison on the beach.png |<center>Bison on the beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island</center>
Image: Big bison.png|<center>Bison, Santa Catalina Island</center>
Image: SCat Bison.png|<center>Bison, Santa Catalina Island</center>
Image: Beach bison.png|<center>Beach Bison at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island</center>
Image: RP Bison.png|<center>Photo by Richard Pertsulakes, Aug. 9, 2018</center>

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=====In the News~=====

'''December 24, 1924 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Fourteen buffalo are free on Catalina Island. It is quite a unique experience to see a herd of buffalo, fourteen of them, on Catalina Island. But such is now the case when one ventures to the west end. Mr. Tom White, who is connected with the Lasky Film Company of Hollywood, shipped the animals to the Isthmus last week, and they were later turned loose to browse on the hillsides west of the Isthmus. The animals were shipped to Catalina Harbor in separate crates, slowly herded by Mr. Arnold Gillatt, and driven over to the location where they will spend the winter. It is quite possible that the Lasky Film Company will use the buffalo in a picture during the coming spring. Several of the animals weigh 1,500 pounds each.”

'''January 1, 1925 [San Pedro News Pilot]:''' “Buffalo are shipped to Catalina Is. Will be used by Movie Company in New Picture. Fourteen buffalo have just been shipped to the western end of Catalina Island to spend the winter. They are part of the "properties" of the Lasky Film Company of Hollywood. The buffalo were taken by boat to Catalina Harbor, the deep cove on the opposite side of the island from the isthmus. From this point they were driven overland to grazing lands near the western end. The forage is said to be better in this locality and the buffalo will be disturbed less that at a point nearer the eastern end of the island. The grazing lands are nearly 18 miles from Avalon. Next spring the Lasky company expects to use the buffalo in a location picture.”

'''February 10, 1925 [Lompoc Review]:''' “Sixteen of the eighty-six surplus bison that were subtracted from the Yellowstone herd this season have gone to California to join the movies. The Yellowstone bison have often been filmed on their native heath, and during the present season performed a leading role in the production of ''The Thundering Herd''. The contingent now bound for Hollywood will be active in completing this feature. When this has been completed they will be released on Catalina Island, the Philadelphia Record says. The animals sent out from the park went to municipalities for the most part, but some went to game preserves and forests and a few to private estates. The large pair shipped went to Flo Ziegfeld. The bison herd in Yellowstone park started in 1902 with 21 animals, 18 cows from the Allard herd of western Montana and three bulls from the Goodnight herd of Texas. They multiplied very rapidly, and the herd numbered 780 on August 1. There were 120 calves last spring and 100 in the spring of 1923.”

'''March 17, 1925 [Van Nuys News]:''' “Bisons as Screen Stars. Sixteen of the 86 surplus bison that were subtracted from the Yellowstone herd this season have gone to California to join the movies. The Yellowstone bison have often been filmed on their native heath, and during the present season performed a leading role in the production of “The Thundering Herd.” The contingent now bound for Hollywood will be active in completing this feature. When this has been completed, they will be released on Catalina Island.”

'''November 1, 1933 [Blade Tribune]:''' “Catalina Buffalo Shuffles Off. Here are some real cowboys ridden ___[?] on Catalina Island in southern California. There was no corral strong enough to hold the high-powered bison, accustomed to roaming over the island at will. It was but a second after this picture was snapped that the fences were reduced to timber wood and the herd scattered over the hills. But even in their mad stampede for freedom, the buffalo herd guards its young. Two buffalo calves are in the midst of the running herd, completely hidden from view. The older buffaloes never left the young ones behind.”

'''September 13, 1935 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Buffalo invade golf course. We really wouldn't mind an occasional visit to the golf course of those burly black huskies, the buffalo, if they would only be a bit more observant of the primary golf rules, such as covering their hoof-marks in the sand traps, and replacing the turf they find it necessary to remove. Sunday evening, either just out of curiosity to see what was going on in 'this here' hamlet, or in search of greener pastures, a small group of the Island buffalo wandered miles from the main herd in the center of the island, to be discovered nibbling the tender young grass of the golf course — not exactly intended for a pasture to such large animals... It took until well after dark to finally drive them up the canyon to the stables, where they were fenced in until Monday morning, when they were taken back to the main herd by cowboys.”

'''October 6, 1938 [TI/Avalon]:''' “The famous buffalo stampede scene in The Thundering Herd, a western movie thriller made on Catalina Island in the middle twenties . . . Only 12 animals were brought to the island by the Lasky organization, which filmed the picture. This scant number when driven back and forth in a narrow, ‘l-shaped’ corral, and augmented by ingenious photography, became a terrifying, thundering herd on the screen. After the filming was completed, Jesse Lasky made the island a present of the herd.”

'''October 5, 1939 [TI/Avalon]:''' “It's not news when one gazed at a buffalo on the hills of Catalina; but it is news when you see a buffalo smack dab on the main street of Avalon, and, of all things, window shopping! This buffalo was the largest of the many that roam the island, with a shaggy head, and horns two feet long. He stood his ground and looked over the astonished and bewildered boys who had just had their nightcaps and were heading for home. They rubbed their eyes to make sure they weren't seeing things... The animal was frightened away and back to where the grazing is better. It has not yet been decided if there is or should be an ordinance permitting a buffalo inside city limits...”

'''January 6, 1955 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Who killed two buffalo? The trigger-happy hunters who shot two buffalo at the east end of Catalina Island last week apparently have gone into hiding. Deputy Sheriffs Jack White and Paul Herklotz have recovered the bullets from the dead animals and are now searching for the weapons and those who shot the animals. Only a few weeks ago, Frenchy Small of the Catalina Riding Stables reported that one of his saddle horses had been shot and killed while it was grazing on the north side of Avalon Canyon, just outside the city limits. Because of this wanton destruction of animals in the interior, the officers have been instructed to arrest all persons not having "permits" from the Santa Catalina Island Company, for pig and goat hunting, and also to examine all guns in the effort to locate the one used in killing the buffalo. There are fewer than 80 head of buffalo, many valuable horses, deer and cattle roaming the hills, in addition to the goats and pigs, owned by the Santa Catalina Island Co., and the deliberate killing of buffalo, horses and deer is inexcusable, say the officers.”

'''August 19, 1977 [LAT]:''' “Catalina: Where buffalo and the sightseers roam… Fearsome-looking but shy buffalo roam freely… The buffalo, about 400, are descendants of a group of 14 brought to Catalina for the shooting of a 1925 film, The Vanishing American.”

'''December 29, 2004 [Indian Country Today]:''' “Bison return home: Journey from Catalina Island to Rosebud. LOS ANGELES – In 1925 a small herd of 14 bison, also known as American buffalo, was brought to Santa Catalina island just a few miles off the shore of Los Angeles. The purpose for their move from the frigid Great Plains to the temperate climate of coastal Southern California was to appear as animal extras in a movie. That film, “The Vanishing American”, was one of the early silent epics and depicted a broad expanse of history from before Columbus to World War I. When filming wrapped, because of cost consideration by the film company, the bison were left on the island and went feral in their new surroundings. Eventually that herd grew to include some 350. Some reports claim that it was once as high as 600 individual animals and preservationists and environmentalists started to sound an alarm. Like the Great Plains, Santa Catalina Island is predominantly grassland. However, the climate and weather patterns on Santa Catalina Island are markedly different from the endlessly rolling plains of the interior of the North American continent. The differences between the mild wet winters and summer drought of Catalina Island and the extreme continental climate of the Great Plains in which the bison developed had almost an immediate effect on the animals. For example, the thick bison coats that kept many Plains tribes warm throughout the cold mid-western winters, failed to grown in sunny Southern California. The animals also did not grow to their normal weight because of both the mild climate and the lack of thick prairie grasses. Because they dry out every summer, grasses in Southern California tend to grow a little thinner and lack the caloric punch of the grasses that blanket the plains. The available vegetation on the island was also becoming a problem. Because of its geography and fairly unique climate, California also sports several delicate ecosystems with enough rare plants to make a botanist’s dreams come true. Since the ecosystem of Santa Catalina Island did not develop with large grazing animals in mind, the expanding population of bison was beginning to upset the delicate balance of the island’s ecology. Enter the Catalina Island Conservancy, a non-profit group based in Los Angeles, who has the often thankless task of balancing nature with human uses. After a study of the island’s ecology a few years ago, it was decided that the island could maintain a herd of 150 to 200 bison. The herd numbered some 350 at the time. After careful consideration the conservancy came up with a plan. Why not just return the bison to their native Great Plains? It sounded good but there were some concerns that had to be studied first. After nearly 80 years and several generations on the island, how would the change in climate affect the bison? With little fanfare the conservancy set out to find a willing taker to test the animals in a cold winter. They quietly partnered with the Cheyenne and moved 50 test animals, mainly intact families, to their lands last winter. The results were good. “Their genetics kicked right in. Within a few weeks [the bison] had grown their winter coats and gained on average 100 pounds,” said Leslie Baer who works for the Catalina Island Conservancy and was a project manager for the bison repatriation. Buoyed by the success of the test run, the conservancy then decided to repatriate 100 more animals from the herd back to the Great Plains. One of the problems with this was cost. Southern California is home to several large gaming tribes and one of them, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles, stepped up with a little help from American Indian television and film character-actor and Oneida Indian Nation employee Sonny Skyhawk, who helped secure the funding. (Indian Country Today is published by Four Directions Media, an enterprise of the Oneida Indian Nation.) “We are very proud to make this historic event happen in an effort to return not only the buffalo but a symbolic piece of American Indian culture back to its roots,” said Morongo chairman Maurice Lyons. All that was missing was a taker for the animals and this is where the Lakota Sioux of the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota came in. For many generations the bison were an integral part of Lakota survival. Some estimates claim as many as 60 million bison roamed the plains and woodlands of America’s midsection in the early 19th century. As most American schoolchildren know, that number was reduced to a little over a thousand by the end of that century, a victim of shortsighted U.S. policy designed to starve Plains tribes, including the Cheyenne and Lakota. The unfortunate policy worked and the tribe’s way of life on the Plains was changed forever. However, the lore of the Lakota also predicted a more prosperous time for the future. According to Lakota lore, a new era would be heralded with after the birth of a white buffalo. Many Plains tribes took it as a sign when a white bison was born in Wisconsin in 1994, the first since 1933. Sadly, that animal died this previous September, but the idea of that birth prefigured a re-population of the Plains with buffalo. With all the players in place and tribal lore on their side, 100 animals were taken off Santa Catalina Island last week amid fanfare and a ceremony. The ceremony included Morongo tribal members as well as Lakota spiritual leaders to send the animals off to South Dakota. After the ceremony the animals were loaded onto a boat and taken to Los Angeles. Reached briefly on the road in Utah during the drive, Lenny Altherr, who with several Lakota tribal members oversaw the transport, said the animals were loaded into two trucks to make the 2,000 mile drive over
sometimes icy winter roads. Skyhawk later confirmed that the animals made it safely to South Dakota on the morning of Dec. 17. Baer claims there are only three remaining genetically pure bison herds left, a victim of the “beefalo” craze in the 1970s when crossing American bison with domestic cows, their close cousins, was attempted to create a new kind of healthier meat. Some groups, however, claim that the herd currently at Yellowstone National Park is the last remaining genetically-pure herd besides the Catalina Island bison. For that reason, because of the genetic purity of the Catalina Island herd, the receiving tribes, the Cheyenne and Lakota, have agreed to use the animals only for breeding stock to reintroduce their genes and have promised not to slaughter the current generation of bison for this reason. Baer maintains that given the new understanding of size limits for the Catalina Island herd repatriation efforts of excess animals will be an ongoing project as the herd size on the island inevitably increases. “We plan to find a new partner tribe [in the Great Plains] probably in about three years. This is just going to be part of our management plan.”

'''September 1, 2007 [Lawrence Journal World]:''' “California — A backpacker fell prey to one of Southern California's lesser-known hazards: being gored by an American bison on Santa Catalina Island. Jardrec Anangos was recovering from a fractured pelvic bone, a sore back and an open wound after he was attacked Wednesday by one of the descendants of a bison herd brought over to film a silent movie in the 1920s. "All I can say is I'm happy to be alive," he said. The bison "didn't like me standing that close and charged me," he said.”

'''August 9, 2013 [TI/Avalon]:''' "The Catalina Island bison herd has existed for nearly a century. This inbred, genetically and morphologically deficient herd of American Bison, registered as privately-owned agricultural livestock in a fenced-restricted area, were supposedly imported to California's Catalina Island in 1924 for the silent film version of Zane Grey's Western tale, The Vanishing American. However, the 1925 version of "The Vanishing American" does not contain any bison and shows no terrain that resembles Catalina, according to Jim Watson, columnist for The Catalina Islander newspaper. According to Watson, an October 6, 1938 article in The Catalina Islander attributes the bison arrival to the filming of "The Thundering Herd," a silent film released in 1925.

'''May 2015 [Good Magazine]:''' '''Thinning the Herd. Conservationists explore birth control in the fight for stable animal populations.''' by Liana Aghajanian “

On a perfectly balmy day in the rugged hills of Catalina Island, about an hour off the coast of California, biologist Julie King peers through the crosshairs of a mounted telescope at a pooping bison. She records the time the droppings hit the ground, the identification tag of the half-ton offender, and which telescope was used to mark the pile’s location. A few minutes later, calling out instructions over the steady hum of planes flying overhead toward island's private airport, she guides fellow biologist Calvin Duncan down to exact location of the dung. “No, keep going back!” King yells out as he treks through shrubs to locate and retrieve samples of the fecal matter. Success is swift. “Bingo! That’s it!” Behind this unglamorous ritual, repeated two to three times a week, lies an oft-hidden practice making waves in the world of wildlife care: putting animals on birth control.

Across the world, out-of-control wildlife populations and invasive species are severely impacting the ecosystems they occupy. These creatures destroy the local environment and drain natural resources, making life difficult for vulnerable endangered animals and causing billions of dollars in damages. There are feral pigs in Texas, grey squirrels in England, foxes and water buffalo in Australia, and iguanas in Florida. In Chile, invasive red deer have put severe pressure on south Andean deer, an endangered species. And before the yellow-legged hornet caused devastation in beehives across France, a Siberian chipmunk invasion wreaked havoc in Paris. On Catalina Island, though, they had a bison problem. Faced with an expanding herd that was increasingly becoming unsustainable for the 21-mile-long island’s delicate ecosystem, the Catalina Island Conservancy, a nonprofit charged with looking after most of the land, initiated a program to put its free-roaming beasts on contraception. Four years later, the program has successfully reduced the teeming herd to a manageable number of just under 150 animals. Now in the second phase of their research, Duncan and King are tracking breeding behavior and hormone levels in fecal matter for a greater purpose—to see if this alternative approach has broader potential. King and Duncan’s hope is that their success with bison can be replicated by others trying to maintain the balance between flora and fauna in increasingly fragile environments. While approaches to dealing with the problem vary by species and location, worldwide controversy surrounding the question of how to manage free-ranging animals is at an all-time high.

“I think we’re moving further and further away from being able to use lethal control,” Duncan tells me. In the age of the internet and social media, fierce societal opposition to lethal culls — especially of America’s most iconic animals, like bison and horses — has become apparent. Yearly culls of bison at Yellowstone National Park, for example, draw angry opposition every year, where hundreds of thousands of activists demand a stop to the slaughter and have even attempted to physically blockade the operation.

Could wildlife birth control potentially be a viable solution? For now, these progressive management methods are working wonders for a California bison herd with Hollywood roots, left behind on Catalina Island and the cutting room floor.

In December 1924, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, known today as Paramount Pictures, shipped and freed 14 American bison on Catalina Island with the intention to use them for background in a silent Western film. The details of exactly what film they were meant for remains murky, but the bison never appeared in any of the studio’s movies. With nearly a million people visiting Catalina each year, the island economy depends largely on tourism, and the bison became a major attraction for West Coast visitors. But over the next four decades, the bison population ballooned to about 600 animals—too many for the island to sustain. After several years of research, scientists determined that a herd of around 150 would be ideal.

Worldwide controversy surrounding the question of how to manage free-ranging animals is at an all-time high. The innovative tool they would use to accomplish herd reduction was a contraceptive agent made from pig ovaries known as porcine zona pellucida, or PZP. PZP was a failed human contraceptive discovered in the 1970s by Alex Shivers, then a zoology professor at the University of Tennessee. Though it turned out to be marginally effective for people, it just wasn’t effective enough — PZP fell short of the dependability and accuracy required to put a contraceptive drug on the market, and a synthetic form was never successfully developed. Rather than effecting hormonal changes, like human contraceptives whose active ingredients are synthetic versions of female hormones, PZP causes female bison to produce antibodies that prevent sperm from attaching to eggs and fertilizing them. This form of birth control is referred to as immunocontraception; by using a kind of vaccine, the method causes the body’s own immune response to prevent pregnancy. Unlike other immunocontraception methods, PZP does not affect hormone levels, which means it doesn’t result in changes in behavior.

In the fall and winter of 2009, female bison—called cows—were rounded up on Catalina Island, temporarily restrained in a squeeze chute, and treated with PZP by hand. At the end of 2013, the Catalina Island Conservancy released the results of Duncan and King’s efforts: They had effectively reduced the calf birth rate of the island’s bison population from 67 percent to 10 percent in the first year. The following year it dropped even further, to just 3 percent and then to 1.6 percent; in 2014 no calves were born at all. The pair had successfully, for the first time, curbed a wild bison population without culling or causing distress to the animals.

PZP is made at the Science and Conservation Center in Billings, Montana, by reproductive biologist Jay Kirkpatrick and his small team, which generates about 3,500 doses of PZP annually. The process of manufacturing the drug is laborious and time consuming. It must be done by hand, making the current supply limited and therefore relatively precious. Kirkpatrick, who is in his 70s, is a straightforward educator with a biting wit who rides a moped to work. He grew up surrounded by nature in rural Pennsylvania, where he had a pet crow and dozens of snakes. In a former life, he was a park ranger. But now, animal fertility experts, scientists, and researchers know him as “the godfather of wildlife birth control”—though it’s not a title he particularly likes. “Why don’t we just say that I was there in the beginning,” he says.

For decades, Kirkpatrick has been the world’s most vocal and successful pioneer in the realm of animal contraception. His foray into the field began over 40 years ago, when two cowboys knocked on his door at Montana State University in Billings where he was an assistant professor of physiology. They introduced themselves and asked a question that took him by surprise: “Can you make horses stop reproducing?”

It was 1971, and President Nixon had just passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, giving legal protection to thousands of wild horses living on public land. Because the act made it illegal to cull the horses, a new more humane method needed to be implemented to keep numbers at bay. “It was well intentioned legislation, but it had no element of management in it,” Kirkpatrick says.

Managing rising wild horse populations in the U.S. became a disaster. Because the horses have no predators and are particularly fecund animals, their herd sizes can double every four years. Their numbers rose from an estimated 17,000 to a peak of between 65,000 and 80,000 in the decade following the act, according to the Bureau of Land Management, the agency in charge of managing wild horses and burros. Over time, this has led to a situation in which wild horses cost American taxpayers $77 million every year — a majority of which is spent caring for the animals — and the question of how to deal with these populations has become a wrought, controversial issue. Horse advocates accuse the BLM of catering to ranchers, who they say scapegoat the horses because they have to share public grazing lands with them, even while paying low fees for their cattle and sheep to use the land. The horses are also often subject to what advocates say are cruel roundups, where the roughly 50,000 animals that the BLM feeds in short- and long-term corrals and pastures are herded by hovering helicopters, terrifying the animals — some of which die in the stampede.

And while animal birth control might seem like the most obvious, humane fix, Kirkpatrick has faced his fair share of criticism, too — animal rights groups accuse him of violating the reproductive rights of animals and trying to sterilize them. They want the horses left alone and managed holistically, but Kirkpatrick says that that’s not a viable solution. “You can’t do that. They’re not free-roaming, they’re fenced; they can’t migrate 300 to 400 miles if there’s drought,” he says. “That’s akin to putting a bunch of dogs in a big kennel, putting some food and water, and walking away.” He’s also faced cultural pushback from those who prefer roundups and ropes.
“Whether they work or not, there is a culture in the West of course that looks at fertility control [methods] in wildlife as bizarre and crazy.”

Kirkpatrick has spent much of his time trying to persuade the federal government to implement wildlife contraception as a humane means of control without any wide-scale luck. Last year, however, the BLM administered PZP and PZP-22 (a longer-lasting version of the contraceptive) to 384 mares, and announced a plan to award 10 grants of up to $1 million each to create sterilization and contraception programs.

Despite slow traction with authorities and pushback from animal advocates, Kirkpatrick has made significant headway in other areas. The Science and Conservation Center now supplies PZP to tribal lands and sanctuaries in the U.S. as well to Hungary and Canada. In Romania, a contraception project was initiated last year to preserve 500 wild horses living in the Letea Forest, situated in the northeast part of the Danube Delta. It treats elephants in 20 different game parks in South Africa and sends out the vaccine to over 200 zoos in more than 10 countries. All over the world, wildlife birth control is cautiously being seen as a management alternative for overpopulated animals that would otherwise be killed.

Kirkpatrick calls the bison birth control project at Catalina a “model program.” He praises the “huge implications” of Duncan and King’s pioneering efforts, which have caught the attention of places like Yellowstone National Park, where 900 bison were culled this past winter. “They’re doing everything right,” Kirkpatrick says. “The whole goal will be to finally settle into a routine where birth rates equal mortality rates and the herd stays at the same size.”

Back in the field on Catalina, Duncan readies an air-powered rifle, preparing to dart a few cows with their annual dose of PZP. The orange dart, which he’s painted for better visibility once it falls on the ground, will hit the rump of a cow, administer the vaccine, and bounce out. “Number 54 is in a good position right now,” Duncan says.
Duncan shoots 54, a quick delivery that startles the bison for a few seconds before they focus their attention back on grazing. “I think we’re demonstrating that the application … can be done in wild populations, and I think it’s going to expand,” he says. There is a culture in the West of course that looks at fertility control [methods] in wildlife as bizarre and crazy. Expansion does indeed appear a likely outcome as the potential of this method, unorthodox as it might initially seem, catches on with those charged with maintaining delicate ecosystems everywhere. The experiment with the island’s bison is a proof-of-concept, an isolated testing ground for what could one day be a solution to not only America’s problems with wild horses, but for rampaging animal populations anywhere on Earth, and the environmental and economic price tag that comes with them.

The dire plight of these animals fighting for resources is a consequence of human behavior, and killing these creatures to control population size is commonly seen as an unsustainable, if not inhumane, option. Since we have displaced them, shrunk or eradicated their ecosystems, and otherwise manipulated their fates, we must now imagine new kinds of stewardship that include a new set of tools, like contraception. But the situation remains complicated. Bureaucracy and politics are messy, and culture is a hard thing to change—even with a herd of hairy, half-ton bison staring you in the face.

'''April 26, 2016 [atlasobscura.com]:''' “The Catalina Island Bison Herd. A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion. 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, Santa Catalina Island is a haven for marine biologists, tourists, and history buffs. In 1924, the film "The Vanishing American" was being filmed on Catalina Island, and one of the scenes required bison. The film crew brought 14 bison to the island from the Great Plains with the intention of eventually returning them home. They never made it off the island. The film's funds dried up and in the end they simply didn't have enough money to transport the 10-ton extras back to the Great Plains. So the bison stayed on the island, ate the grass, and propagated. Since their original stranding many efforts have been implemented to help manage the growing population. Over time bison have been both added and subtracted to keep the group healthy.

Over the sixty eight years from 1924 to 1996, a total of 59 bison have been added, mostly male, to improve herd genetics. It worked well, perhaps too well. From 1969 to present day, 2,013 bison have been taken off of the island and returned to their natural habitat. This program has helped keep the bison population on the island from growing out of control - it peaked at 527 in 1987, and has since been brought down to around 150.

The owners of the island, the historic Wrigley family, have a strong passion for protecting endangered species like bison. The family turned the island into a conservation area in 1975 and let the bison stay. While a large part of the motivation was conservation-based, a vision of potential tourist dollars drawn in by the bison also factored in.

Which is exactly what happened. Today, Inland Motor Tours, a tour company that takes tourists to the island's grasslands to see the bison, generates a revenue of over $4 million per year. The bison are one of the biggest draws to visiting the island. But the bison have their drawbacks.

Catalina Island is home to 22 Sensitive Ecological Areas as well as 26 endemic plant species. It hosts a variety of native subspecies such as the Catalina Orangetip Butterfly and the Island Fox. The introduction of a non-indigenous species is almost always destructive to native ones and the huge bison with their massive grazing levels are no exception.

To solve this dilemma, multiple options have been considered. The tourism-friendly plan would let the bison roam freely, and would support a total of 189 bison, but it potentially damages more of the native ecosystem. The more eco-friendly approach would restrict their movement to a small portion of the island, keeping them out of Sensitive Ecological Areas, but in effect allow only 17 bison to live on the island. If this were to be done, it would be best to do it gradually, as the rapid removal of bison from the area would make dry grass grow to levels not seen for years, potentially resulting in heightened fires.

Both the eco-friendly and the econ-friendly options have their shares of pros and cons. Regardless, the bison have been living on the island for nearly 100 years and will almost certainly be there, in some quantity, for the foreseeable future.”

'''August 26, 2017 [Press Telegram]:''' “A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy recently shot a Catalina Island bison after the animal reportedly charged, ultimately requiring the animal to be euthanized. The deputy in question fired at the animal on two separate occasions on the evening of Aug. 18 in the area of Little Harbor Campground, sheriff’s Avalon station Capt. John Hocking said. The shootings are under investigation, and Hocking’s remarks suggested the probes could not only reveal whether the shootings were legally justified, but what kinds of tactics may be most advisable when deputies observe a bison that may be acting in a manner that threatens humans. “I am very sorry that this bison had to die,” Hocking said. “I love these animals.” The death of the bison caused some debate on social media, with some questioning whether the lethal force was justified. Hocking declined to identify the deputy involved in the shootings, saying he did not want to do so while the investigation is in progress.”

'''October 13, 2020 [Catalina Island Conservancy]:''' “New Bison to Join Catalina Island Herd. Catalina’s wildlands are a portal to exploring historic California. Avalon, Calif. – Bison have played a significant role in the cultural heritage of Catalina Island for nearly 100 years and will be roaming Catalina Island far into the future. Catalina Island Conservancy is working with the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd to bring two pregnant female bison to Catalina Island. The new additions will arrive in early December and supplement the genetic diversity of the current bison herd on Catalina Island with the valuable genetics of heritage bison. The herd – managed by Colorado State University, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Larimer County – was established with nine adult females and one male calf in November 2015. It has now grown to over 100 bison, which has made it possible to share bison with tribal and conservation herds across the country. The bison have valuable genetics from the Yellowstone National Park Herd and, thanks to science implemented at CSU by Assistant Professor Jennifer Barfield and her team, the animals are also disease-free. "We are proud to continue our mission of collaborating with conservationists through this new partnership with Catalina Island Conservancy,” said Barfield, a reproductive physiologist. "We look forward to watching our animals find a new home with the herd on Catalina Island, where they can contribute to the growth of a truly unique and iconic herd." Bison have freely roamed Catalina Island since 1924. Fourteen bison were brought to the Island for the filming of an adaptation of a Zane Grey novel, believed to be “The Vanishing American.” There are currently approximately 100 bison on Catalina Island. The new animals will integrate into Catalina Island’s free-ranging bison herd in December and are expected to give birth in the spring. “With goals of maintaining the health of the land and providing public benefit, Catalina Island Conservancy maintains its three-part mission of conservation, education and recreation. The bison population is a key example of this delicate balance,” said Catalina Island Conservancy President & CEO Tony Budrovich. “The unique opportunity to see American bison on Catalina Island brings wildlife lovers from around the world to learn about a species they might otherwise not have a chance to see roam. While here, they also learn about Catalina’s endemic species, special Mediterranean climate and importance of conservation.” With its location close to urban areas, Catalina provides a gateway to nature for a diverse population to experience and learn about wildlife and nature just steps away from home. The best way to view bison is through a Conservancy Eco Tour. Bison are wild animals. People should stay at least 125 feet away from bison at all times.”

'''November 17, 2020 [LAT]:''' “In 1924, a movie crew left 14 bison on Catalina Island. Since then, the herd has grown, and the island’s small-knit community has embraced them. You can find bison coffee mugs and calendars just about anywhere in town. The LA Times' Louis Sahagun writes there is a push to increase the bison population, but not everyone welcomes the news with open arms. Even though bison attract many visitors, it has been not easy to see them these days. “It’s been tough to find the bison since the Catalina Island Conservancy in 2009 decided to try and limit the herd, which scientists say were not healthy and were destroying the environment. Therefore, in 2009, they administered a birth control program that was supposed to reduce the herd by not allowing them to grow in numbers. Besides, it was supposed to have worn off after inoculation seized, but it didn’t. There hasn’t been a bison calf born on the island in seven years. And, the herd has shrunk to 100 animals that wander all around the island,” said Sahagun. The conservancy has decided to try to grow the herd from 100 to around 150 to 180 bison. “Two pregnant females will be brought to the island in December. Each one will have a calf in the spring, and that will be the beginning of resurgence they hope of animals that people will be able to see and enjoy,” added Sahagun. However, the solution of adding more bison may not be as simple. “The problem is that these animals did not grow there. They’re not happy bison there—don’t grow to their normal size, have lesions, and they’re emaciated. The island is prone to drought, which means they don’t get the nutrition they need because there isn’t enough grass to keep them healthy, as they would’ve been in places where they evolve like Yellowstone,” said Sahagun. Concerns have been raised about the challenges the bison face. “Some scientists who have worked with those bison worry about their health. Is this fair to them? Is this humane? There is also concern about native plants on the island that bison wallow in and destroy. These considerations are not being taken into account because the bison are money makers,” added Sahagun. There are different opinions regarding the bison; the Catalina conservancy president and CEO Tony Budrovich say their core missions are conservation, education, and recreation. “What’s next is that the herd is likely going to grow because it is so important to the local economy. A cultural dynamic in play here is that the people of Avalon--for better or worse—a defiant characteristic of their culture is a resistance to change. Therefore, the bison aren’t going anywhere, and some people are saying, 'that’s too bad,' because they are suffering,” said Sahagun.”

'''August 26, 2022 [Catalina Islander]:''' “Last week, campers at Little Harbor witnessed a fight among multiple bison. Apparently, on Friday, August 19, a male bison got into a fight with a female bison and another bull. Yet another bison bull eventually participated. Heavy equipment was reportedly deployed to slow down if not disrupt the fight and campers were directed into cars or onto picnic tables. Fortunately, no human beings were hurt. Sadly, three of the bison drove the fourth into the water and the bull drowned. The incident occurred as bison breeding season approaches. This is a time when the animals may be aggressive with one another. Although the fight was apparently videoed, the Islander found few references to the incident on social media. One Facebook post speculated that the aggressive behavior was due to the administration of hormones. However, Catalina bison were last administered contraceptives in 2016. After getting confirmation of the fight, the Islander receive the following information from Catalina Island Conservancy President & CEO Tony Budrovich: Is this a common occurrence? “The male bison normally jockey with each other to gain a position closer to the herd of cows (female bison),” Budrovich said. The Island has more than 50 female bison that normally group together. At times the female bison split into two or three separated herds. There are two male bison who can always be found with the female herds. Most of the male bison hope to move into that spot which causes the normal end of summer pushing interactions,” Budrovich said. Can you explain a bit about bison behavior and interactions during breeding season? “Each of the male bison live a mostly solo life, which is typical of bison in any part of the country. Near the end of each summer, they position to try to join the female bison.,” Budrovich said. “These interactions between males are normally a bit of positioning and pushing. Typically, one of the male bison walks away and finds a space solo of other to plan his next interaction,” Budrovich said. How can people on the Island stay safe? “We always suggest keeping 150’ of separation between yourself and bison. Keep aware of your surroundings. A bison fight is rare but possible to witness. Seldom do they happen near people. “The Island’s outdoor adventure types should always be aware of the need for hydration, to avoid too much sun, bison, snakes, spiders, ants, insects, poison ivy, cactus, and the rocky surface,” Budrovich said. “Bison have been on Catalina Island for nearly 100 years. It is rare to view bison, so people love to experience these wild animals. The bison was named the National Mammal and has a strong following by visitors,” Budrovich said. “The Island treats bison like a conservation herd in that there is no hunting of bison, no natural predators and they live longer on Catalina Island than anywhere else in the country. We have nearly a dozen bison who have lived more than 30 years on Catalina. This is 8-10 years longer than most bison in other parts of the country. Their long history on the Island is cherished by locals and visitors,” Budrovich said. According to an article about bison posted on the Conservancy website, “Bison can run up to 35 miles per hour, jump over fences and are good swimmers.” According to the Conservancy website, “Bison bulls can weigh between 1,000 pounds and a ton, and stand five and a half to six and a half feet tall. Bison cows are smaller, weighing 700 to 1,000 pounds and reach a height of five feet. A bison calf can weigh 35 to 60 pounds at birth and grow up to 400 pounds in its first year.”

[[File:Aug 2022 Smithsonian.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center> A male bison atop an arid hillside on Santa Catalina Island in California.</center>]]

''' August 2022 [Smithsonian]:''' “The Uneasy Future of Catalina Island’s Wild Bison. One of Hollywood’s weirdest legacies, the herd of beasts lives under the watchful eye of local conservationists. In 1924, during Hollywood’s first golden age, 14 American bison arrived on Santa Catalina Island, 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. The animals were to appear in two movies being filmed on the island, The Vanishing American and The Thundering Herd, both adapted from Zane Grey novels. Alas, the animals didn’t make it into the former, and we don’t know if they played a part in the latter—the footage vanished long ago. But the bison remained, and some of their progeny finally made it to the big screen, in Stanley Kramer’s 1971 Bless the Beasts & Children. Descendants of the founding beasts still have star power, helping attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, but perhaps their most salient role over the decades is to bedevil conservationists.

Today, the herd presents benefits and challenges for local ecology. Visitors take bison tours, enjoy bison burgers (made from mainland meat) and quaff “buffalo milk” cocktails (featuring Kahlúa, vodka, half-and-half, crème de cacao and crème de banana—and no bison milk). Such tourism helps fund the nonprofit Catalina Island Conservancy (CIC), which controls 88 percent of the island and works to restore and protect native flora. At its peak, in the 1980s, the herd numbered 550, but concerns about the animals’ health and ecological impact led the CIC to ship bison off the island regularly. A 2003 study found the bison were still disturbing native flora: Their shaggy coats carry plants that were imported, such as fennel, to places they wouldn’t otherwise reach, disrupting endemic species like St. Catherine’s lace. The study also found the bison were smaller and less fertile than their mainland counterparts, partly from persistent drought. In 2009, the CIC launched a contraception program for cows, rather than shipping them off the island. (During droughts, the CIC places water troughs for the animals.)

Yet population control efforts may have gone too far. By 2020, the herd was down to 100; no calves had been born since 2013, and the CIC scaled back its contraception program in 2015. Before Covid-19, the group had planned to import two pregnant females to add genetic diversity, reigniting the debate about the herd’s health and its impact on the land. Calvin Duncan, a former CIC biologist, says an increase in droughts threatens the bison, but he believes they will reproduce again when conditions improve. Juanita Constible, a consulting biologist on the 2003 study, says relocating the herd could imperil the island: Without bison grazing, wildfire intensity could increase, as the grass, unmunched, adds fuel.

Evicting the herd would also hurt island residents—4,000 or so in all—many of whom rely on bison tourism. “Wildlife management is not just about the wildlife—it’s also about the human context,” Constible says. ”

'''February 4, 2023 [Catalina Islander]:''' “Deputies and the fire departments responded to Rancho Escondido Road regarding a medical rescue call. The caller stated his friend was riding his bike and was gored by a bison. The first responders were able to locate the man, begin treating him and placed him in an awaiting ambulance. The man was airlifted off the island in stable condition and was talking to paramedics.”

Saint Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island

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[[File: RPPC St. Catherine.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island Baker Co. photo</center>]]

[[File: Hotel St. Catherine. Baker.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island Baker Co. photo</center>]]

[[File: Hotel St. Cat..png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File: 1920s St. Catherine.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island, 1920s</center>]]

[[File: Swimming Pool Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>Happy our at the Swimming Pool. Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island, Cal. Wilmington Transportation Company [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

'''Saint Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island''', (1918-1966) was built on the site of the Banning home in Descanso Canyon in the aftermath of the November 29, 1915 fire, which destroyed a large portion of Avalon, including the Metropole and many other hotels, the Tuna Club, Pilgrim Club, main bathhouse, waterfront shops, and all other city structures within its path. Faced with enormous financial losses, the Bannings took a trust deed in the amount of $850,000 to pay off debts and build a major new and grand tourist hotel — the Saint Catherine.

The Hotel Saint Catherine construction began in 1917, and opened its doors on June 28, 1918. The hotel was constructed by the Milwaukee Building Company under the supervision of Hancock Banning and Captain William Banning. After William Wrigley, Jr. obtained the island from the Banning brothers in 1919, additional accommodations were erected on the west side of the hotel, the grounds were extended and a swimming pool added. In 1925 a new wing was added to accommodate more diners. The hotel could seat 1200 people for dinner. Tables were set with Catalina Pottery, and fresh fruit and vegetables grown on the island were often served. The hotel's high standard of elegance when it opened made it the island' first choice for accommodations by visiting Hollywood stars. They could come and go more privately in their own yachts to the hotel's pier in Descanso Bay.

For 47 years, the famous hotel served as an elegant vacation spot for visitors to Santa Catalina Island, from the regular tourists to Hollywood stars, many foreign dignitaries, presidents, princes and generals.

Hotel managers included:
* Clyde Opelt (1919)
* H. W. McAbee (1922) [as early as June 28, 1921]
* Craig D. Pierce (1923-1924) [January 13, 1923; June 1, 1925]
* E. H. Bernegger (1925-1930) [as early as Oct. 24, 1925; as late as November 2, 1930]. He also managed the Atwater and Island Villa and Villa Perk "bungalettes."
* Robert Foehl (1931-1932) [as early as August 20, 1931; October 1, 1932]
* Bobby Faihe (1933)
* Jack Caldwell (1934)
* Ashton Stanley (1935-1937)
* Dick Scollin (1937-1938)
* [[OLSEN, Wilfred Franklin, Jr.|W. F. Olsen]] (1939-1941)
* Tomerlin Brothers (1953)
* Joe and Rose Arno (1952-1966)

During World War II (1941-1946) the hotel was used by the Merchant Marines who were in training at the Country Club, the Cubs ballpark and the Casino. All of the furnishings were removed. Of these, only the Saint Catherine was not reopened for the tourist trade after the war. Guest rooms were converted into fifty-three 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for employee housing following the war, and in 1947 the back kitchen was removed.

After the War, the hotel opened again for visitors in 1952. As the need for visitor accommodations grew, in 1953 the Tomerlin brothers of the Wilton Hotel in Long Beach leased the premises, followed by Joe and Rose Arno, Avalon restauranteurs who operated the property as a suite hotel for island visitors until 1963. During its last three years, two separate operators tried to make a success of the operation, but rooms without private baths were not in high demand. Despite some restoration, the decision was made to demolish the hotel after visitation declined and the hotel was operated only at a loss. Demolition began at noon on Saturday, February 12, 1966 when wrecking equipment from Kirtland Truck and Equipment Company of Gardena arrived by barge from the mainland. Demolition was completed within a month.

The St. Catherine originally operated on the American Plan, with meals included. Three times a day menus full-color menus were printed, announcing the fare of the day's three meals. These three-fold menus were printed daily in this attractive format for about 14 years, with the earliest known menu in this format dated July 18, 1921 and the last on August 1, 1934. In October 1934 the hotel changed to the European Plan, with meals costing extra.

* Click here to see [[#St. Catherine Hotel Menus|'''St. Catherine Hotel Menus''']]

[[File:Sp demitasse Oneida.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Oneida silver-plate demitasse, Santa Catalina Island 2023.12</center>]]

* Austin, Dan and Jane. '''What's On the Menu? The Hotel St. Catherine Catalina Island 1920 through World War II''' Privately printed, (2013). Wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives; first edition, perfect bound wraps. Signed by the authors.]

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Image: J33 Pacific Novelty Co. Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center>J. 33 Hotel St. Catherine, Avalon, Catalina Island, Calif. Pacific Novelty Co. [Wilmington flag] [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: J-45 Hotel St.Catherine, "Sugar Loaf" and Casino, Cat. Island.jpg|<center>J-45 Hotel St. Catherine, Sugar Loaf and Casino, Catalina Island, California Pacific Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: J-65 Hotel St. Catherine, Cat Island.jpg|<center>J-65 Hotel St. Catherine Catalina Island, Calif. Pacific Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: 553- St. Catherine Hotel, Descanso Beach, Santa Catalina Island, CA.jpg|<center>553 St. Catherine Hotel, Descanso Beach, Santa Catalina Island, California [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Hotel St. Catharine 001.jpg|<center>C.I. 5 Hotel St. Catherine Catalina Island, California Western Publishing & Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image:C.I. 15 Grounds in front of Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center>C. I. 15 Grounds in front of Hotel St. Catherine, Catalina Island, California [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: CI22 Western Publishg and Novelty Co St.Catherine.jpg|<center> C. I. 22 [A-95574] Hotel St. Catherine, Catalina Island, Calif. Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles postmarked June 4, 1925 [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image: C10 Western Publishing & Novelty Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center>C-10 (5A-H858) Hotel St. Catherine from the Casino Catalina Island, California Western Publishing & Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image: C22-white 95574.png|<center>C-22 (95574) Hotel St. Catherine, Catalina Island, California Western Publishing & Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image:C-22 Hotel St. Catherine and Grounds.jpg|<center> C-22 (5A-H859 Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island Western Publishing & Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:C-34 Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center> C-34 Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:A82497 Island Pharmacy Co. Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center> A82497 Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island, California C[urt] T[eich] American Art published by Island Pharmacy Co. Catalina Island Cal. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Dining Room, Hotel St. Catherine, Catalina Island 001.jpg|<center>498 Dining Room, Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image:517 Western Publishing and Novelty Co.jpg|<center>517 Boardwalk. Catalina Island, California. Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles Theo Sohmer, Los Angeles [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image: 25229N CA Postcard Co.jpg|<center>25229 The Boardwalk to Hotel St. Catherine, Avalon, Catalina Island, California. California Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. postmarked February 21, 1923 [original in SCIF archives]</center>

Image: T14 St. Cath..png|<center>T14 Hotel St. Catherine Catalina Island, California Tichnor Art Company, L. A.</center>

Image:T556 .jpg|<center>T-556 St. Catherine Hotel, Catalina Island, Calif. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:H.R.Wharton Albertype Co Hotel St.Catherine.jpg|<center>Hotel St. Catherine Avalon Catalina Island, California H. R.Wharton, Avalon, California Hand-colored [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:H.R.Wharton Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center>Hotel St. Catherine Avalon Catalina Island, Cal. H. R.Wharton, Avalon, California Hand-colored [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:H.R.Wharton Boardwalk St. Catherine.jpg|<center>Boardwalk to St. Catherine Hotel Avalon Catalina Island, Cal. H. R.Wharton, Avalon, California Hand-colored [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:St. Cat. Hot..png|<center> St. Catherine Hotel from offshore, Santa Catalina Island</center>

Image:Frasher 559.png|<center> St. Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Frasher's #559</center>

Image:Frashers 561.png|<center> St. Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island Frasher's #561</center>

Image:1955 St. Cath.png|<center>St. Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, 1955 </center>

Image:Van Ornaum Co Hotel St. Catherine.jpg|<center> Hotel St. Catherine, Santa Catalina Island. Open all year. Van Ornum Colorprint Co., Los Angeles, Cal. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:VanOrnum Hotel St.Catherine.jpg|<center> Hotel St. Catherine, Catalina Island as sown in rays of searchlight from the water. A beautiful building is one of the most exquisite settings in the world. Van Ornum Colorprint Co., Los Angeles, Cal. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

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=====In the News~=====

'''December 18, 1917 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Not exactly from the ashes on the former site of the Hotel Metropole, on Crescent Avenue, will the two magnificent hostelries, which have been announced by the Santa Catalina Island Company, spring into existence. One stately edifice is to be erected on the excavation just completed at a cost of $30,000 on Sugar Loaf Point, to be known as the St. Catherine, and the second — the Annex, will be located in beautiful Descanso Canyon… The St. Catherine will contain 160 guest rooms; but owing to the unusual size of these and to the numerous rooms planned for general use by the guests, the number of guest rooms does not suggest the real magnitude of the building. An attractive feature will be a series of verandas, at different floor levels, one of these, that will overlook Avalon, having some ten thousand square feet of floor space. The great main dining room, commanding a view of the beautiful bay of Avalon and the great ocean from three sides, will have a seating perfectly equipped to care for this large number of guests. On the side of the building facing the mountains there will arise a tile-capped tower, the upper part of which will contain a splendid conservatory. From the upper portion of the main building, and from under this tower, there will be a great arch bridging the driveway that now winds around the shoreline from Avalon to Descanso Canyon, and ending against the side of the mountain. The top of this arch will afford a passageway to the road seventy-five feet above the beach road, now completed from Sugar Loaf Point to Descanso Canyon, and which will soon be extended to connect with the northerly end of Crescent Avenue…”

'''February 10, 1918 [LAT]:''' “Work is progressing on the first of two hostelries projected by the Santa Catalina Island Company on Catalina Island… The new island caravansary will be known as the ‘Annex’ and will be somewhat smaller than the other hotel, which is to be known as the ‘Saint Catherine’… The St. Catherine will stand on the Sugar Loaf peninsula… Both hotels will suggest in their lines the architecture of Northern Italy…”

'''March 19, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Another large lighter load of material for the St. Catherine Hotel was unloaded at the Sugar Loaf Point wharf last week, besides which there are daily arrivals of other material on the steamship Cabrillo.”

'''April 30, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “The Wilmington Transportation Company has this season issued a handsome new folder setting forth the attractions of the Island Villa and Canvas City. Among the illustrations is one of the new Hotel St. Catherine.”

'''May 7, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Announcement was made Saturday by a representative of the Santa Catalina Island Company that Mr. N. S. Mullen, formerly manager of the Canyon Hotel, Yellowstone Park, has been appointed manager of the new St. Catherine Hotel, Descanso Canyon, Avalon…”

'''May 14, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “It is expected that one wing of the Hotel St. Catherine will be ready to receive furniture this week. The wash bowls, toilets, bathtubs, etc. are now being installed therein…”

'''June 8, 1924 [LAT]:''' “A new wing on the Saint Catherine Hotel with an enlarged diningroom

'''March 1944 [USNIP]:''' “In war time the island provides the location for a U.S. Maritime Commission training school for merchant seamen. Those trainees have the famed St. Catherine Hotel for their living quarters and they use the million-dollar Avalon Casino for their classroom work. Coast Guardsmen have a school among the palms on Isthmus Cove,” notes Lieutenant Commander Stanley A. Wheeler.

'''January 14, 1966 [LAT]:''' “Avalon. Catalina begins vast face-lifting. The biggest face-lifting project in 40 years us under way on Santa Catalina, one of the nation’s best-known island resorts. The St. Catherine Hotel has been closed. The famed landmark will be torn down soon… We have spent $334,000 since the end of World War II trying to keep the Saint Catherine going. It’s been a loosing battle… [Malcolm] Renton said a cabana beach club or new major hotel is expected to replace the St. Catherine in secluded Descanso Bay, around the corner from the Casino…”

 
 

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==St. Catherine Hotel Menus==

[[File:Menus.png|300px|thumbnail|right|<center>WHAT'S ON THE MENU? THE HOTEL ST. CATHERINE CATALINA ISLAND 1920 through World War II (2013)</center>]]

Menu cards (with a post card view) were printed three times daily for over 13 years. :: The earliest known in the post card format: July 18, 1921. :: The last known: August 1, 1934. At three menus a day totals over 14,277 possible menu cards!
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Image:1920 menu.png|<center>Mid Day meal Friday, February 27, 1920</center>

Image:Breakfast April 7, 1922.png |<center>Breakfast Friday, April 7, 1922 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Mid-Day April 7, 1977.png|<center>Mid-Day Meal Friday, April 7, 1922 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Hotel St. Catherine june 4 1922.jpg |<center>Mid-Day Meal Sunday, June 4, 1922 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Aug.22, 1922.png|<center>Mid-Day Meal Tuesday, August 22, 1922 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St.Catherine Menu July 6 1923.jpg|<center>Dinner Friday, July 6, 1923 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:St.Catherine Menu Feb 27 1924.jpg |<center>Evening Meal Wednesday, February 27, 1924 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St. Catherine June 8 1924.jpg|<center>Evening Meal Tuesday, June 8, 1924 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Hotel St.Catherine June 19 1924.jpg|<center>Luncheon Thursday, June 19, 1924 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Hotel Catherine menu April 17 1925.jpg |<center>Luncheon Friday, April 17, 1925 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Hotel St.Catherine Oct 27 1925.jpg|<center>Luncheon Tuesday, October 27, 1925 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Postcard and lunch menu from Hotel St. Catherine - Thursday, March 4, 1926.jpg|<center>Luncheon Thursday, March 4, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Postcard and dinner menu from hotel St Catherine - Friday March 5, 1926.jpg|<center> Dinner Friday, March 5, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St.Catherine Tues 4 20 1926.jpg|<center>Luncheon Tuesday, April 20, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Hotel St Catharine May 12 1926 copy.jpg |<center>Luncheon Wednesday, May 12, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:St.Catherine Menu June 27 1926.jpg |<center>Luncheon Sunday, June 27, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Hotel catharine menu juky 12 1926.jpg |<center>Luncheon Monday, July 12, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: July 20, 1926.png|<center>Dinner Tuesday, July 20, 1926 [original in SCIF archives]

Image:St.Catharine Hotel 7 30 1926.jpg|<center> Luncheon Friday, July 30, 1926 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St.Catherine Menu April 13 1927.jpg|<center>Luncheon Wednesday, April 13, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St. Catherine July 28 1927.jpg|<center>Luncheon Thursday, July 28, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: 8-2-27 St. Cath menu.png|<center>Luncheon Tuesday, August 2, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Postcard and lunch menu from hotel st. catherine, Monday, sep. 26, 1927.jpg|<center>Luncheon Monday, September 26, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St.Catherine Menu 10 09 1927.jpg|<center>Luncheon Sunday, October 9, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: St.Catherine Nov.7,1927.jpg|<center>Breakfast Monday, November 7, 1927 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Hotel St. Catharine May 9 1928 copy.jpg|<center>Luncheon Wednesday, May 9, 1928 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:St.Catherine Menu Mar 28 1929.jpg |<center>Evening Meal Friday, March 29, 1929 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:St.Catherine Menu Aug 5 1929.jpg |<center>Breakfast Friday, August 5, 1929 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:Hotel St. Catharine Aug 9, 1929 copy.jpg |<center>Dinner Monday, August 9, 1929 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: Postcard and breakfast Menu from Hotel St. Catherine, Tuesday March 4, 1930.jpg|<center> Breakfast Tuesday, March 4, 1930 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

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Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island

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[[File:Catalina two harbors 3 1 17.jpg|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, 2017</center>]]
[[File:Screen Shot 2020-01-30 at 6.25.24 PM.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, 2020</center>]]
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[[File:Civil War SCI.jpg|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Civil War Troops, Catalina Harbor, 1864.</center>]]
[[File:Hattie.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>''Hattie'', Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, 1891 </center>]]
[[File:Pierce. Isthmus, c. 1905.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus, Catalina Harbor, c. 1905. photo by Charles C. Pierce</center>]]
[[File:Isthmus. Reyes. 1924.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, 1924</center>]]
[[File:Isthmus Cove 1927.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus Cove, Santa Catalina Island, 1927</center>]]
[[File:1930s Christian's Hut.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Christian's Hut, Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, late 1930s </center>]]
[[File:C. 1950 Isthmus.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, c. 1950</center>]]

'''Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island''' (Isthmus Cove and Two Harbors) was first mapped in 1602 by Father Antonio de la Asencion, who accompanied Sebastian Vizcaino’s expedition to Alta California in 1602-1603. His map identifies Puerto de Santa Catalina as today’s Isthmus Cove. The cove is located on the island’s leeward side, facing the adjacent mainland. Opposite Isthmus Cove the harbor is identified simply as Ensenada, or Bay. Today it is named Catalina Harbor (Cat Harbor).

Isthmus Cove is second only to Avalon Harbor in boat activity on the Island. It has 242 moorings and more than 100 anchorages. Ferries from the mainland dock at the pier in Isthmus Cove. The Two Harbors Harbor Department is based here. Shore boat rides are available year-round with 24 hour-a-day service in the summer and a more limited schedule in the winter.

Isthmus Cove was chosen as the site for the construction of Civil War barracks in 1863, although by September 1864 all military personnel had left the island. The drive to develop the isthmus began in 1899 when the Bannings owned all the land. They hoped to develop a resort, to be named Catalina City, that would rival Avalon. They planted Eucalyptus trees, built a new pier, and began building water and sanitation facilities. A large resort hotel to rival the Metropole, and a tent city was planned. In April 1903 the Massachusetts landscape architecture firm of Olmstead Brothers was hired to help with designs. In late 1903 the stage road to the Isthmus was completed, but in 1905, the Isthmus development project was put on hold. After the courts opened Avalon as a public port, the Bannings had renewed interest in creating their new resort, and in 1908 further improvements were made. In 1909, Joseph Brent Banning, (1861-1920), second son born to Phineas and Rebecca Banning, built his home at the Isthmus with commanding views of Two Harbors. Today this historic house serves as the Banning House Lodge.

'''ISTHMUS HARBOR:''' “Whose shores abound with species that are rare elsewhere, Mesembryanthemum and a number of crucifers. About half a mile to the east lies Fisherman’s Cove.” [Millspaugh & Nuttall. Flora of Santa Catalina Island (1923)].

[[GREIG, William|William Greig]] managed the Isthmus and its concessions in the 1920s for William Wrigley, Jr. after his 1919 purchase of the island. Managers of the Isthmus include:

* [[GREIG, William|William Greig]] 1920s
* [[RENTON, David Malcolm| D. M. Renton]] 1929-1930
* [[LASHELLE, Art| Art LaShelle]] 1930 to WWII and again into 1952
* [[SCHUMAN, Irwin|Irwin Schuman]] Isthmus operator in 1941
* Collers 1940s
* [[BOMBARD Family, Santa Catalina Island| Doug Bombard]] 1958-1997
* [[PHELPS, John|John Phelps]] 1998-2007

Circling the Isthmus north from Isthmus Cove and Catalina Harbor there are seven large named rocks: Pin Rock, Whale Rock, Ribbon Rock, Eagle Rock, Indian Rock, Ship Rock, and Bird Rock.

The 1940 census lists the following as Isthmus residents:
* Harry Boosinger, 39
* Charles G. Anderson, 58
* Dorothy B. Lee, 45
* Oscar F. Giles, 37

'''Drownings at the Isthmus include'''
* [[O'NEILL, WIlliam]] (1890)

Wrecks at Inner Catalina Harbor (Isthmus) include:
''Ning Po''
''Palmyra''
'' Margaret C.''
''Charles F. Crocker''

From the 1920s through the mid 1940s many Hollywood films that required "tropical" backgrounds were shot at the island's Isthmus, including: the original ''Mutiny on the Bounty''; ''Old Ironsides''; ''Treasure Island''; ''King of Kings''; ''Captain Blood''; ''Rain''; ''Count of Monte Cristo''; ''Captain's Courageous''; ''Hurricane''; ''The Sea Hawk''; ''The Ten Commandments''; and ''Ebb Tide''. (More movies were filmed at the Isthmus than anywhere, other than Hollywood, during that time.) It was an economical stand-in for the Polynesian islands — and a great place to party! Art LaShelle worked at the Isthmus for a decade, acting as go-between for the film industry and the Santa Catalina Island Company (1930 to WWII and again into 1952.) In 1935 he opened a bar, Christian's Hut, named for Christian Fletcher, character in ''Mutiny on the Bounty'', using a building left by a movie set.

In the 1950s, Doug Bombard, son of one time mayor of Avalon, Al Bombard, managed the area for the Santa Catalina Island Company. Prior to Bombard, Preston Charles “Press” Taylor (1907-1984) had managed the area.

Today Isthmus Cove is a tourist destination, where one square mile of land is public. Four hundred moorings are supported off shore.

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Image: Isthmus Mitchell.png|153. Stage and Isthmus, Catalina Island, Cal. Edward H. Mitchell Publisher, San Francisco Private Mailing Card Authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898 [original in SCIF archives]

Image:4274 Rieder Catalina Harbor.jpg|<center>No. 4274. Catalina Harbor, Catalina Island. M. Rieder Publ., Los Angeles, Cal. [original in SCIF archives]

Image: 5501 Tammen Isthmus.png|<center>5501. Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California H. H. T. Co.</center>

Image:5527 Newman Post Card Co.Inlet at Isthmus.jpg|<center> No. 5527. The Inlet at the Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, Cal. Newman Post Card Co. postmarked Aug. 5, 1907 [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:1014 Carlin Post Card Co. Isthmus .jpg|<center>1014 The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, Cal. The Carlin Post Card Co. [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image:C-43 The Isthmus.jpg|<center> C-43 The Isthmus, Catalina Island, California [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: C-82 7A-H1687.png|<center> C-82 (7A-H1687) The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: C-85 the Isthmus harbor, Catalina - white borders.jpg|<center> C-85 (7A-H1686) The Isthmus Harbor Catalina Island, California [original in SCIF archives] </center>

Image: C-86 The Isthmus, San Clemente Island in Distance .jpg|<center>C-86 The Isthmus, San Clemente Island in Distance Santa Catalina, California Western Publishing & Novelty Co. [original in SCIF archives]</center>

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=====In the News~=====

'''June 12, 1864 [DAC]:''' “Letter from Santa Catalina Island. June 3rd, 1864... The Isthmus is a beautiful location, although treeless and uncultivated. It does not exceed a furlong in width, and in length scarcely exceeds half a mile. Its course is north and south and it has a harbor at each extremity. The north, or landward harbor is well situated for the small craft now engaged in trade from San Pedro. But a weird and bold scenery surrounds the south harbor, called, by way of pre-eminence, "Catalina Harbor." Though small, it is deep and almost landlocked, affording safe anchorage for vessels of large tonnage at almost all seasons of the year. The Isthmus is almost exclusively occupied by the military now stationed there. Captain West, the officer in command on the island, is a quiet, estimable gentleman, and a genial companion. His mild but firm discipline has endeared him to his men. Barracks are in process of erection, and it would be wisdom in the Government to be liberal in its appropriations for military improvements on the island of Santa Catalina...”

'''September 8, 1889 [LAH]:''' “Do not miss the grand moonlight ride between the Isthmus and Avalon, Wednesday night, the 9th.”

'''1897:''' “…The island is about twenty-two miles long and from three to eight miles wide. It is cut into almost two islands, for at the Isthmus it is but a quarter of a mile from sea to sea, though on either side there are lofty peaks. Two or three fishermen live at the Isthmus...” [Blanche Trask. Field Notes from Santa Catalina Island in Erythea 7:135, 1899].

'''1899:''' “Two or three fishermen live at the Isthmus...” [Trask, L. B. Field notes from Catalina Island in Erythea 7:135-146, 1899]

'''[1901]:''' “The stage line is now complete from Avalon to Eagles Nest, a distance of about 12 miles, so that there is a coach road from Avalon to the Isthmus, except about 5 miles. [Charles F. Holder, An Isle of Summer]. [Note: The road from Eagle’s Nest to Little Harbor was not complete by 1901.]

'''September 13, 1901 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. Captain Hancock Banning of the yacht ''La Paloma'', with N. W. Bell and W. R. Staats, who have been cruising about for three weeks, returned to Avalon Bay yesterday afternoon, and left for San Pedro this morning, where their cruise will come to an end. They visited San Diego and Santa Barbara, and spent some days on Santa Cruz Island, and for some days have been lying at in Catalina Harbor at the Isthmus.”

'''March 11, 1903 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The gathering of abalone pearls is an infant industry attracting some attention here. Wilson, the Isthmus fisherman, came down yesterday at the request of people here to dispose of a lot of pearls which he has accumulated. They are from the abalones, which have heretofore abounded about the island, but which are now becoming rather scarce. Wilson’s hoard of pearls numbers several hundred, but are mostly small, though some are of good size and perfect in shape. There are many ‘freaks’ among them, one being almost an exact representation of a shoe.”

'''April 12, 1903 [LAT/SCat]:''' “The Banning Company is projecting great things for Santa Catalina. The scene of their latest effort is at and in the vicinity of the Isthmus, where they will expend more than a million dollars in improvements. Olmstead Brothers, the greatest landscape architects in this country, have charge of the work of laying out the grounds, not alone about the Isthmus, but they will lay out a park boulevard extending from the Isthmus to Emerald Bay, a distance of four miles and intersecting half a dozen canyons en route. The boulevard will be down close by the water’s edge, and will be practically level, at no place having a greater grade than 2-1/2 percent. It will have an average width of 60 feet. At no point will it be less than 30 feet, and in many places it will be full 100 feet in width. It is part of their plan to connect the stage road running from Avalon to Eagle’s Nest, with that leading from the Isthmus to Little Harbor, the connecting link to be built being about six miles…”

'''December 30, 1903 Catherine MacLean Loud writes in her diary:''' “The Stage Company are building two barns, one at the Isthmus and one in Avalon. They each stable 30 horses and provender. The road to the Isthmus is now completed.”

'''February 2, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The business men of Avalon had a gala time yesterday afternoon and evening when they went in a body to make a call on B. F. Latimer, the host of ‘The Barracks’ at the Isthmus…”

'''February 4, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The Isthmus trip by stage and return thence by boat is proving very popular.”

'''April 22, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The mystery of the unusual activity at the Isthmus is solved. Rev. B. Fay Mills is behind the scheme. Mill has conducted several summer schools, or camp meetings, and it is his purpose to spend the summer — from the middle of June to September 1 — at the Isthmus, where he will preach to the large body of campers which, it is to be expected, will be attracted. It is figured that thousands interested in the Mills philosophy and who love to sit within the sound of his voice, will follow him to the Isthmus, there to have a pleasant outing and at the same time imbibe divine truth as it trickles from the eminent evangelist’s lips. The scheme is to be worked out on a very liberal plan. An amphitheater, the lumber for which was shipped from San Pedro today, capable of seating 5000 persons, is to be built, and to make room for the building the pretty little park which now ornaments the place, will be sacrificed. It is expected that from 25,000 to 30,000 people will be drawn to the Isthmus during the season. A large number of tents, in addition to those now being taken from Avalon, will be placed for their accommodation. About seventy-five mechanics are now on the ground at the Isthmus and the number is increased daily by twenty-five or thirty…

'''April 30, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. C. A. Bryant, proprietor of the stage line, gave a picnic to a party of friends yesterday taking them to he Isthmus on one of his stages. The start was made at 8 o’clock, a perfect day favoring the excursionists… Arriving at the Isthmus, and lunch being disposed of, Mr. Bryant, leaving nothing undone for the entertainment of his guests, took them over the speedway, only just completed, to Emerald Bay, a most charming drive. At 4:30 they boarded the ''Meteor'' for the trip by water home, arriving at 5:30.”

'''June 13, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The ''Warrior'' came over last evening with a party of Southern Pacific railroad men… The night was spent at Hotel Metropole, and this morning the party went by stage to the Isthmus, stopping at Middle Ranch for luncheon.”

'''June 28, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. Camp Cabrillo, formerly the Isthmus, is to be opened July 15. A number of visitors have already taken quarters there. The improvements at the place include many trees planted. The program of the series of literary and other entertainments to be given in the course of the six weeks following the opening has been partly prepared.”

'''July 1, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. C. A. Bryant, owner of the Catalina stage line, took L. J. Rose Jr., of Oxnard, and his family through to the Isthmus yesterday by stage. Mr. Rose is one of the largest farmers of Ventura County. He raises beans, lemons and walnuts, having sold a grove of 160 acres of the latter.”

'''July 27, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The yacht ''Ramona'' carried a picnic crowd to the Isthmus and White’s Landing today.”

'''August 5, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The bowling alleys which were put into the old Island Villa dining room when that hostelry was removed to its present site, have been taken out and are being removed to the Isthmus.”

'''August 8, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. There was considerable excitement here yesterday because of the rivalry which has been generated between the Meteor Boat Company and the Avalon Company, both of which have maintained barbecue excursions twice a week all through this season, giving a dinner at the Isthmus…”

'''September 4, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The Meteor Company gave another barbecue at the Isthmus yesterday, about sixty people participating.”

'''September 8, 1904 [LAT/SCat]:''' “Avalon. The restaurant at the Isthmus was closed for the season yesterday, but there is a general store and numerous tents so that persons choosing to go there to camp can get supplies… The Meteor carried fifty people to the Isthmus on its barbecue excursion yesterday.”

'''April 21, 1914 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Hancock Banning and a party of friends, on the yacht ''Cricket'', visited Avalon Friday. After a trip to the Isthmus, the party returned to San Pedro.”

'''July 14, 1914 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Captain William Banning spent the weekend on the island, making a trip to the Isthmus Sunday.”

'''November 17, 1914 [TI/Avalon]:''' “The Isthmus. Its possibilities as a pleasure resort unequaled. But few residents in Avalon realize the possibilities the Santa Catalina Island Company has for making the Isthmus an attractive pleasure resort, in competition with Avalon… Objections have been raised owing to the wind at the Isthmus, but the old barracks, and other buildings show no more signs of inclement weather, than do any structures in Avalon after a three days winter storm. On cottages which have not been used for years, the shingles are yet intact…”

'''July 27, 1915 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Banning and family arrived Saturday, and left for their beautiful summer home, which overlooks Isthmus harbor. The family are planning to spend the summer on the island.”

'''September 14, 1915 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Mr. Hancock Banning and party arrived on the yacht Velero Saturday night, leaving for the Isthmus Sunday morning.”

'''September 28, 1915 [TI/Avalon]:''' “The daily trips to the Isthmus made by the Cornell and the Greeley Stage Coach Company are still well patronized by tourists and others. The dinner and the interesting explanation of the many points of interest by Mr. Cornell are features of the boat trip.”

'''April 4, 1916 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Banning and family are to remain for several weeks at the Isthmus.”

'''August 8, 1916 [TI/Avalon]:''' “More campers are at the Isthmus this season than there has been for many years. Daily runs are made by the launch ''Cornell'', and ‘good time’ exclamations can be heard from those who participate…”

'''August 15, 1916 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Every day the launch ''Cornell'', Captain George N. Cornell, leaves Avalon for the Isthmus.”

'''August 15, 1916 [TI/Avalon]:''' “A big blast that will probably jar the whole island will be touched off by Superintendent Collings at the government quarry near the Isthmus this morning. Five tons of dynamite will be discharged.”

'''August 22, 1916 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Fifteen thousand tons of rock were blown off the top and side of the hill at the Isthmus quarry by the recent heavy blast. Further large explosions are being prepared for, which will probably be set off some day this week.”

'''March 12, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Narrowest point on the island, where it is less than half a mile from water to water. The site of a future town built by the owners of the island, the Banning Brothers. Great preparations are making to beautify this locality, and splendid boulevards, villa sites and a fine hotel are under contemplation. Several thousand trees have been planted and are making a fine growth. On February 5, 1864, Captain R. B. West, commanding at the Fourth California Infantry, stationed at the Isthmus, gave orders for all miners to leave the island. The government barracks is still intact at the Isthmus.”

'''March 12, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Howland’s — Here also were many mining claims, and here yet may be found ‘prospects’ which would turn the head of many a mining prospector. Ere is the well from which water is pumped to the Isthmus.”

'''March 12, 1918 [TI/Avalon]:''' “C. B. Parker and A. B. Chappell have been repairing the slight washes in the auto mountain stage road, which is again passable through to the Isthmus.”

'''June 25, 1920 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Islanders invited. Formal opening of Isthmus. All islanders are invited to participate in the opening celebration of the Isthmus next Saturday, June 28 as guests of the Catalina Island Company, leaving Avalon on board the S.S. ''Cabrillo'' at 9 a.m. If Avalon business men themselves cannot go, owing to business demands, members of their families are cordially invited to enjoy a day's outing at the Isthmus and participate in its dedication to the public as a sister resort to Avalon..."

'''January 15, 1927:''' William Wrigley, Jr. initiated the Wrigley Ocean Marathon on January 15, 1927, offering a $25,000 prize to anyone who could swim the Catalina Channel. $15,000 was offered to the first woman to finish, if the prize should be won by a man. The swim began at Isthmus Cove at 11:24 A.M. and went to the San Pedro breakwater. A rowboat accompanied each contestant, and a small fleet of powerboats remained close at hand. Of the 102 entrants, 17-year-old Canadian, George Young won the $25,000 with a crossing time of 15 hours 44 minutes, landing at Portuguese Bend at 3:08 A.M. He was the only entrant to finish the race. Two women who failed the crossing were each given $2500.

'''August 13, 1930 [TI/Avalon]:''' “New telephone line to Isthmus."

''''March 1944 [USNIP]:''' “In war time the island provides the location for a U.S. Maritime Commission training school for merchant seamen. Those trainees have the famed St. Catherine Hotel for their living quarters and they use the million-dollar Avalon Casino for their classroom work. Coast Guardsmen have a school among the palms on Isthmus Cove,” notes Lieutenant Commander Stanley A. Wheeler.

''June 5, 1947 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Talking it over. A special page of information for personnel of the Catalina Company. This page bought and paid for at straight advertising rates by the Santa Catalina Island Company. Here are the facts on why the change was made at the Isthmus. One of the principal purposes of this page is to keep the personnel of the Catalina Companies posted on facts and prevent the undermining effect of rumor which too often masquerades as fact. Just at present gossip is busy spreading thew rumor that the Isthmus us being used as a stepping stone to all sorts of possible changes in personnel in Avalon. In the interest of fairness to the Santa Catalina Island Company itself and all of its personnel, and particularly to Mr. W. F. Olsen who as director of hotels for the Company some years ago is thoroughly familiar with Catalina, and we with him, and who is just assuming the responsibility of operating the Isthmus for this summer, it seems best to recognize rumors of this kind and take care of them by the very simple process of publishing the facts, which are these. Separate operation works best. From the viewpoint of efficient and effective operation in Avalon, the summer operations at the Isthmus have always been a decided detriment except in those years when the Isthmus was operated as an entirely separate and distinct enterprise, standing squarely on its own feet, and as far as possible in direct competition to the Avalon operations. This fact was borne out again this year when we started to prepare the Isthmus for opening. The efforts of a dozen different people became divided between the Isthmus and Avalon, and their efficiency on their principal jobs suffered accordingly. This is the reason that the policy was changed in mid-stream, so to speak, and we feel very fortunate that Mr. Olsen was available and willing to step in to take over operation of the Isthmus for this summer as a completely independent operator, dealing with the S.C.I.Co. on an arm's length basis. Rumors nearly always harmful. This particular rumor about the Isthmus is one more example of the fact that rumors in general are nearly always unfair and harmful for the following reasons, which apply not just to this situation but to any and all rumors. No company can conduct its business for long without the loyal, whole-hearted cooperation of all its personnel, and you cannot get that cooperation when people feel that they do not know who may be their boss next or if they will even have a job. A corporation just cannot let this happen, so it must lean over backwards to prevent rumor from becoming fact and getting a toe-hold by the "I told you so" method. This can sometimes mean that changes are not made even when they should be in the best interest of the business, and that a good man may be kept out of a better job in spite of his capabilities if to make the change smacks even slightly out of the stepping-stone method backed by gossipy prediction of indirect and devious methods of conducting a business.”

'''August 19, 1977 [LAT]:''' “…The long, low building sitting on a rise above the Isthmus village is now the Isthmus Yacht Club. Many visitors don’t know it was built in 1864 by the Union Army as a lookout station for Confederate raiding ships…”

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PEET, Max Minor

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'''PEET, Max Minor''' (1885-1949) was born in Iosco, Michigan on October 20. He became a physician and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan. As a serious avocational ornithologist, Peet became an authority on North American birds, amassing one of the finest private collections of bird skins in North America. In 1945, he purchased the collection of more than 15,000 specimens from the estate of Henry H. Kimball. He donated the collection to the University of Michigan.

Peet collected birds on:
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]] (1938)
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]] (1935)

Peet married Grace Stewart Tait (1889-1955) in 1915, and they had three children:
* Max Minor Peet Jr. (1918-2008)
* Stewart Tait Peet (1921-2010)
* Martha Ann “Sis” Peet [McAndrew] (1924-2016)

Peet died of a heart attack at age 64. He and his wife are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====

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| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
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| San Clemente Island || [[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?) || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-122700|| ''Lophortyx gambelii gambelii'' ||Birds
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| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-128512|| ''Eremophila alpestris insularis'' ||Birds
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| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-160984|| ''Thyromanes bewickii leucophrys'' ||Birds
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| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-165717|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus clementis'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-165718|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus clementis'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166728|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166729|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166730|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166731|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166732|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?) || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166733|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166734|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
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===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-83264|| ''Aphelocoma coreulescens insularis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-124710|| ''Larus occidentalis wymani'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-125275|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-125276|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-126760|| ''Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160427|| ''Sitta canadensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160972|| ''Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160973|| ''Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-163384|| ''Vireo huttoni huttoni'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-165620|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-166298|| ''Carduelis hesperophila'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-167898|| ''Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-171422|| ''Pipilo erythrophthalmus megalonyx'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-173991|| ''Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-192532|| ''Dendroica coronata auduboni'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-192869|| ''Dendroica townsendi'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-234919|| ''Corvus corax sinuatus'' ||Birds
|-
|}

PEET, Max Minor

2026-09-12T16:02:58Z

MDaily:

'''PEET, Max Minor''' (1885-1949) was born in Iosco, Michigan on October 20. He became a physician and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan. As a serious avocational ornithologist, Peet became an authority on North American birds, amassing one of the finest private collections of bird skins in North America. In 1945, he purchased the collection of more than 15,000 specimens from the estate of Henry H. Kimball. He donated the collection to the University of Michigan.

Peet collected birds on:
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]] (1938)
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]] (1935)

Peet married Grace Stewart Tait (1889-1955) in 1915, and they had three children:
* Max Minor Peet Jr. (1918-2008)
* Stewart Tait Peet (1921-2010)
* Martha Ann “Sis” Peet [McAndrew]

Peet died of a heart attack at age 64. He and his wife are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
|-
| San Clemente Island || [[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?) || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-122700|| ''Lophortyx gambelii gambelii'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-128512|| ''Eremophila alpestris insularis'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-160984|| ''Thyromanes bewickii leucophrys'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-165717|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus clementis'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?)|| UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-165718|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus clementis'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166728|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166729|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166730|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166731|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166732|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] (?) || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166733|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
| San Clemente Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||June 21, 1938||UMMZ-166734|| ''Melospiza melodia clementae'' ||Birds
|-
|}

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===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-83264|| ''Aphelocoma coreulescens insularis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-124710|| ''Larus occidentalis wymani'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-125275|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-125276|| ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-126760|| ''Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160427|| ''Sitta canadensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160972|| ''Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-160973|| ''Thyromanes bewickii nesophilus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-163384|| ''Vireo huttoni huttoni'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-165620|| ''Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-166298|| ''Carduelis hesperophila'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-167898|| ''Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-171422|| ''Pipilo erythrophthalmus megalonyx'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-173991|| ''Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-192532|| ''Dendroica coronata auduboni'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-192869|| ''Dendroica townsendi'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[PEET, Max Minor| M. M. Peet]] || UMMZ||November 4, 1935||UMMZ-234919|| ''Corvus corax sinuatus'' ||Birds
|-
|}

LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee

2026-09-12T15:41:48Z

MDaily:

[[File: Lyndal L.png|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Lyndal Laughrin</center>]]
[[File: Marla Daily, Joe Walsh, Lyndal Laughrin.jpg|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Marla Daily, Joe Walsh and Lyndal Laughrin on Santa Cruz Island. </center>]]

'''LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee '''(b. 1943), biologist and resident manager for the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve (1968-2018). He completed his PhD at U.C.S.B. and is a foremost authority on island foxes. Lyndal is member #5 of the All Eight Club.

When Laughrin retired, he was hired back for several more years. In 2019 the Reserve system hired Jay Reti as the new U.C. Santa Cruz Island Reserve Director. He didn't last long. Now approaching his mid-80s, Laughrin continues as director of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve.

Laughrin collected on:
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]]
* [[#SAN MIGUEL ISLAND|SAN MIGUEL ISLAND]]
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]]

* 1973. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''[[Media: Environment_SW_Isl.Fox.pdf |The Island Fox]]'' Environment Southwest 458:6-9, Winter/Spring 1989
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1977. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''The island fox: a field study of its behavior and ecology.'' Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Santa Barbara, 1977. 83 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

[http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin Portraits of the Central Coast: Lyndal Laughrin] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin]]

[[Media: Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf |Oral History Interview with Dr. Lyndal Laughrin]] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0d/Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf]]

[[Media: Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf |'''Oral History Interview with Lyndal Laughrin ''']] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0f/Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf ]]

[http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/141222 NPR Radio interview with Lyndal Laughrin, Rob Klinger and Ed Cassano, June 24, 1997 at Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island]

[http://www.news.ucsb.edu/santa-cruz-island '''Lyndal Laughrin and the Santa Cruz Island Reserve''']

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Image: Lyndal Christy 9.15.84.jpg|<center>Lyndal Laughrin (left) marking a calf's ear with Jesus Ildefonso, Christy Ranch, Santa Cruz Island Sept. 15, 1984</center>
Image: Photo for Brent Sumner 001.jpg|<center>Left to right: Bob Hansen, employee of The Nature Conservancy (left),with Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, during the transition ceremony turning the island over to TNC, 1988</center>
Image: 2 Thatcher,M(1925-2013)©.jpg|<center>Left to right: Margaret Thatcher shaking hands with Lyndal Laughrin; Jim Sulentich and Steve Junak, 1991</center>
Image: Marla, fred and lyndal.jpg|<center>Fred, the polled Hereford who grew long horns. He was kept on the island as "a pet" to live out his life. Marla Daily and Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island, 1993</center>
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===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
|-
| San Clemente Island || Lyndal Laughrin || SBMNH ||February 1972 || SBMNH OS 836|| ''Urocyon littoralis clementae'' ||Mammals
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===== SAN MIGUEL ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232895 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232896 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232897 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232898 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232899 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157392|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157393|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157394|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157395|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157396|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157397|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157398|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157399|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157400|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157401|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157402|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157403|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157404|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157405|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157406|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157407|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157408|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157409|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157410|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157411|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157412|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157413|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157414|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157415|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157416|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157417|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157418|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
|}

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===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012835|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012836|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014390|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014391|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4014|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||November 23, 1968||CCBER-4016|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4017|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 24, 1969||CCBER-4015|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144897|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144898|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144899|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144901|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144902|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144903|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144904|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144905|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144906|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144907|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144908|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-1448909|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144910|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144911|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144912|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 4, 1973||CCBER-3439|| ''Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 27, 1989||SBMNH OS-4334|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4340|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4372|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||June 1, 1991||SBMNH-5867|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||October 12, 1994||CCBER-28967|| ''Pheucticus melanocephalus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216955|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216956|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216957|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216958|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216959|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216960|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee| Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 17, 2007||SBMNH-10404 ''Larus californicus'' ||Birds
|-
|}

LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee

2026-09-12T15:40:41Z

MDaily:

[[File: Lyndal L.png|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Lyndal Laughrin</center>]]
[[File: Marla Daily, Joe Walsh, Lyndal Laughrin.jpg|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Marla Daily, Joe Walsh and Lyndal Laughrin on Santa Cruz Island. </center>]]

'''LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee '''(b. 1943), biologist and resident manager for the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve (1968-2018). He completed his PhD at U.C.S.B. and is a foremost authority on island foxes. Lyndal is member #5 of the All Eight Club.

When Laughrin retired, he was hired back for several more years. In 2019 the Reserve system hired Jay Reti as the new U.C. Santa Cruz Island Reserve Director. He didn't last long. Now approaching his mid-80s, Laughrin continues as director of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve.

Laughrin collected on:
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]]
* [[#SAN MIGUEL ISLAND|SAN MIGUEL ISLAND]]
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]]

* 1973. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''[[Media: Environment_SW_Isl.Fox.pdf |The Island Fox]]'' Environment Southwest 458:6-9, Winter/Spring 1989
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1977. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''The island fox: a field study of its behavior and ecology.'' Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Santa Barbara, 1977. 83 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

[http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin Portraits of the Central Coast: Lyndal Laughrin] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin]]

[[Media: Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf |Oral History Interview with Dr. Lyndal Laughrin]] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0d/Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf]]

[[Media: Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf |'''Oral History Interview with Lyndal Laughrin ''']] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0f/Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf ]]

[http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/141222 NPR Radio interview with Lyndal Laughrin, Rob Klinger and Ed Cassano, June 24, 1997 at Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island]

[http://www.news.ucsb.edu/santa-cruz-island '''Lyndal Laughrin and the Santa Cruz Island Reserve''']

<center><gallery widths=350px heights=300px perrow=2 mode=nolines caption="Lyndal Laughrin">

Image: Lyndal Christy 9.15.84.jpg|<center>Lyndal Laughrin (left) marking a calf's ear with Jesus Ildefonso, Christy Ranch, Santa Cruz Island Sept. 15, 1984</center>
Image: Photo for Brent Sumner 001.jpg|<center>Left to right: Bob Hansen, employee of The Nature Conservancy (left),with Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, during the transition ceremony turning the island over to TNC, 1988</center>
Image: 2 Thatcher,M(1925-2013)©.jpg|<center>Left to right: Margaret Thatcher shaking hands with Lyndal Laughrin; Jim Sulentich and Steve Junak, 1991</center>
Image: Marla, fred and lyndal.jpg|<center>Fred, the polled Hereford who grew long horns. He was kept on the island as "a pet" to live out his life. Marla Daily and Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island, 1993</center>
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===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====

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|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
|-
| San Clemente Island || Lyndal Laughrin || SBMNH ||February 1972 || SBMNH OS 836|| ''Urocyon littoralis clementae'' ||Mammals
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===== SAN MIGUEL ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232895 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232896 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232897 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232898 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232899 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157392|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157393|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157394|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157395|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157396|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157397|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157398|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157399|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157400|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157401|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157402|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157403|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157404|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157405|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157406|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157407|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157408|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157409|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157410|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157411|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157412|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157413|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157414|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157415|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157416|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157417|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157418|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
|}

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===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012835|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012836|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014390|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014391|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4014|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||November 23, 1968||CCBER-4016|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4017|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 24, 1969||CCBER-4015|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144897|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144898|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144899|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144901|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144902|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144903|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144904|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144905|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144906|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144907|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144908|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-1448909|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144910|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144911|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144912|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 4, 1973||CCBER-3439|| ''Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 27, 1989||SBMNH OS-4334|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4340|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4372|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||June 1, 1991||SBMNH-5867|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||October 12, 1994||CCBER-28967|| ''Pheucticus melanocephalus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216955|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216956|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216957|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216958|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216959|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216960|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
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| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee| Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 17, 2007||SBMNH-10404 ''Larus californicus'' ||Birds
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Santa Cruz Island Foundation

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[[File:SCIF logo.jpg|750px|thumbnail|right|<center>Santa Cruz Island Foundation, est. 1985 </center>]]

'''THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS—SAVING THEIR HISTORY, TELLING THEIR STORIES'''

'''Santa Cruz Island Foundation''' is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that collects, preserves, and maintains archival materials and objects vital and relevant to the understanding and appreciation of the twenty islands off the coasts of California and Baja California, Mexico. It is the sole institution devoted to the rich history, art and culture of the California Islands.

Founded by the late Dr. Carey Stanton in 1985 and named in honor of Santa Cruz Island, the island on which he resided and had a deep interest, the Foundation first and foremost saves for future generations what would be lost without it successfully fulfilling its mission.

In advancing understanding of these Islands, the Foundation makes its unique island-related collections available to scholars, teachers, filmmakers, and researchers of all kinds, to students and members of the public through exhibitions, educational programs, and tours, and to a worldwide audience through its publications, and website.

It's free online California Islands encyclopedia, ISLAPEDIA, provides 18,000 pages of information and more than 10,000 island-related photos. The Santa Cruz Island Foundation exists because the stories of the Islands are worth preserving and worth telling. It is governed by fifteen directors along with a sixty-member advisory council and is headquartered in Carpinteria, California at its Chrisman California Islands Center, 4994 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Contact: info@scifoundation.org

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* [[Media: Tax_Docs_IRS.pdf | IRS Determination-Federal]] EIN

* [[Media: Tax_Docs_IRS.pdf | IRS Determination-State]] EIN

* [[Media: NEW_501_Determination_Letter.pdf|IRS Determination Letter]] SCIF is an Operating Foundation

* [[Media: Tax_Docs_CA.pdf | California Determination]]

* [[CA Sales Tax Exemption|Organizational Clearance Certificate]] #1386676 (CA State Board of Equalization) Property Tax exemption

* [https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/lawguides/vol1/sutr/1586.html CA Sales Tax Exemption Reg. 1586] Works of Art and Pieces for Public Museum Display, Libraries and Archives pay no sales tax.

* CA Employer Acct #34521007

* State Board of Equalization Property Tax Exemption #22625

* [[Seller's Permit (sales-tax exempt) #015790095-00001]]

* [[City of Carpinteria Business License]]

* [[File:Bylaws original.pdf]] Original By Laws

* [[File: Bylaw resolution001.pdf]] By Laws addendum

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'''Santa Cruz Island Foundation permanent installations include:'''
* Santa Cruz Island: installation of a small archaeology museum in Pete's house at the Main Ranch (1989)
* Santa Cruz Island: restoration and seismic upgrading of the chapel for its centennial celebration (1991)
* Santa Barbara Island: installation of a visitors' center with exhibits and large wall mural (1993)
* Santa Cruz Island: restoration of Rancho del Norte (1996)
* Santa Cruz Island: installation of a saddle museum in the horse barn (2004)
* Santa Cruz Island: reconstruction of the Cantina Vieja (2006-2010)
* Santa Cruz Island: installation of a Justinian Caire Museum in the Cantina Vieja (downstairs) (2011)
* Santa Cruz Island: installation of a Stanton Family Museum in the Cantina Vieja museum (upstairs) (2013)
* Santa Cruz Island: installation of a wine museum in the Lower Winery (in progress)

In addition, the Foundation published a series of Occasional Papers, ten to date, which deal with cultural aspects of California's Channel Islands.

*[http://www.scifoundation.org Santa Cruz Island Foundation]
*[http://marladaily.com/ Marla Daily bibliography]
*[http://islapedia.com ISLAPEDIA, the online California Islands Encyclopedia]
*[http://www.thecifilm.com/ West of the West — film series trailer]

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'''Santa Cruz Island Foundation Board Members (1988-current)'''
* '''ORIGINAL SCIF BOARD ~ 1985:'''
: * [[STANTON, Carey Q.|Carey Stanton]] (1923-1987) ~ President
: * [[WATTS, David|David Watts]] ~ Vice-President (retired from the board)
: * [[DAILY, Marla|Marla Daily]] (1985-2025)

: * Eric Hvolboll (b. 1956) ~ Secretary/Treasurer; added after Carey Stanton died in 1987; EPH retired in 2025

* '''BOARD EXPANSION TO 7 MEMBERS (1997):'''
: * [[GOODAN FAMILY|Mary Elena “Polly” Goodan]] (1922-2005)
: * Francis McComb (1913-2000)
: * [[DIEBENKORN, Richard|Phyllis Diebenkorn]] (1921-2015)
: * [[WEBER, Monsignor Francis J.|Msgr. Francis J. Weber]] (b. 1933) (now retired)
: * [[WALSH, Joe|Joe Walsh]] (b. 1947)
: * Jonathan Brown (b. 1950) (stepped down)
: * Shull “Buz” Bonsall (b. 1949)
: * [[CAIRE FAMILY TREE|Justy Brock]] (b. 1976)
: * [[DIEBENKORN, Richard|Christopher Diebenkorn]] (b. 1947)
: * [[POWER, Dennis|Dennis Power]] (b. 1941) [stepped down 12/2024 after 27 years on the board]
: * Brad Avery (b. 1953) (stepped down)

* '''BOARD EXPANSION TO 11 MEMBERS (2018)
: * Timothy Vail (2018-current)
: * Robert Case Duncan (2018- 2025)
: * Sue Parker (2018-2025)
: * Roger Chrisman (2018-current)

* '''BOARD EXPANSION TO 15 MEMBERS (2022)
: * Steve Hicks (stepped down 2023)
: * Kristin Larson (2024-current), Secretary
: * Max Tyler (stepped down 2025)
: * Tony Papa (2023-2025)
: * Lotus Vermeer (stepped down 2025)
: * Pam Yochem (2024-current)

* '''2025 CURRENT (1) BOARD MEMBERS WITH YEARS OF SERVICE'''
: * [[WALSH, Joe|Joe Walsh]] Chairman of the Board (1997-current)
: * Shull “Buz” Bonsall (1997-current)
: * Justy Brock (1997-current)
: * Roger Chrisman (2018-current)
: * Marla Daily (1985-2024)
: * [[DIEBENKORN, Richard|Christopher Diebenkorn]] (1997-current)
: * Timothy Vail (2018-current)
: * Kristin Larson
: * Pam Yochem

* '''[[SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION ADVISORY COUNCIL 1988-Current]]'''

BIBLIOGRAPHY: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

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'''NOTE: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND REFERENCES INCLUDE BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES OF FORMER ISLAND OWNERS, THE INCORPORATORS OF THE SANTA CRUZ ISLAND COMPANY IN 1869, AND THEIR INVOLVEMENTS IN SUCH THINGS AS COURT CASES, MINING VENTURES, ETC.'''

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* [n.a.] ''[[Media: Garden 1987 SCRI.pdf|Foundation Sponsors Special Jaunt to Santa Cruz Island]]'' Garden. California Arboretum Foundation, p. 1-2, November/December 1987
:: [original in SCIF archives] [Santa Cruz Island]

* Baber, Daniel W. ''Report on a Survey of Feral Pigs on Santa Cruz Island, California: Ecological Implications and Management Recommendations. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy, 1982. Stapled wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [BARRON, FORBES & CO.] Mayo, John. '''Commerce and Contraband on Mexico's West Coast in the Era of Barron, Forbes & Co., 1821-1859''' New York: Peter Lang, (2006). First edition in orange boards.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[BECK, Rollo Howard|Beck, Rollo Howard]] ''Additional Notes on the Birds of Santa Cruz Island, Cal.'' [SCI flicker record] [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v001n05/p0085-p0086.pdf] Condor 1(5):85-86 September-October, 1899

* [[BECK, Rollo Howard|Beck, Rollo Howard ]] ''Nesting of the Santa Cruz Jay '' [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Condor/1_%281%29/Nesting_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Jay] Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club 1(1):6 January-February 1899

* Bennett, John E. ''Our Seaboard Islands on the Pacific Coast '' Harpers New Monthly Magazine 1898
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [BILLINGS, Frederick]. Winks, Robin W. '''Frederick Billings. A Life''' The story of one of the 19th century's great railway builders and early American conservationists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. First edition in d.j. Contains information of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine [Santa Cruz Island connection].
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Bingham, Mrs. R. F. ''Santa Barbara Society of Natural History'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110231#page/296/mode/1up] West American Scientist 3(25):122, 1887

* [[BLAKE, Eli Whitney Jr.|Blake, Eli Whitney ]] ''Summer Birds of Santa Cruz Island, California '' [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v004n04/p0328-p0330.pdf] Auk 4:328-330, October 1887

* [[BLAKE, Eli Whitney Jr.|Blake, Eli Whitney ]] ''The Coast Fox'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110231#page/209/mode/1up] West American Scientist 3(22):49-52, 1887

* [[BOLTON, James Robert]]. '''Supreme Court of the United States, Appellant v. James R. Bolton. Appelle. December 1859.'''
Leatherbound.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[BOWERS, Stephen DeMoss |Bowers, Stephen ]] ''Aboriginal Fish Hooks '' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110231#page/491/mode/1up] West American Scientist 3(32):243-245, 1887

* Bowles, James R. and Werner Landry, eds. '''Santa Cruz Island Geology Field Trip Guide.''' Annual Field Trip October 1997. San Diego Association of Geologists. Spiral-bound. 124 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* Bradley, William C. ''Carbon-14 Date for a Marine Terrace at Santa Cruz, California'' Geological Society of America Bulletin 67:675-678 part 1, 1956

* Brady, Tim. '''Boating Traffic at Santa Cruz Island''' A thesis submitted in final filfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, February 1979. 40 pages clipped into black folder.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* [[BRANDEGEE, Townshend Stith| Brandegee, T. S. ]] ''Flora of the Santa Barbara Islands'' [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106363633;view=1up;seq=3] CAS Proceedings I, 2nd series, p. 201-226, 1888

* [[BRANDEGEE, Townshend Stith| Brandegee, T. S. ]] ''Flora of the Californian Islands '' Zoe I(5):129-148, 1890

* [Briancon, France]. Fouilloy-Jullien, Isabelle. '''Briancon.''' 1993. First edition in pictorial boards. Signed by the author. Text in French and Italian. Justinian Caire was born in Briancon, France.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [Briancon, France]. Routier, Jacqueline. '''Briancon a travers l'histoire''' Briancon: Societe d'Etudes des Hautes-Alpes, 1997. First edition in wraps. Text in French. Justinian Caire was born in Briancon, France.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[BRITTON, James R.| Britton, J. R. ]] ''Our Summer Isles'' Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Bunnell, David. '''Sea Caves of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1988). FIrst edition, wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [ [[CAIRE, Helen|Caire, Helen]] ]. '''Senor Castillo. Cock of the Island''' New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. Green boards in illustrated green dust jacket. 76 pages.The author is the granddaughter of Justinian Caire, Santa Cruz Island owner from 1880-1897 when he died, leaving the island to his wife and children.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[CAIRE, Helen|Caire, Helen]] ]. '''Señor Castillo. Cock of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara: Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Paper #3, 1990. Illustrated wraps. 75 pages. Second printing of the first edition originally published in 1948 by Rinehart & Company, New York.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[Justinian Caire Company]] ] Justinian Caire Company. Assayers Materials and Laboratory Supplies. 573-575 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. Catalogue No. 9. (San Francisco: Hansen Company, n.d.). Perfect bound wraps. 10 x 6-1/2 inches. 355 pages. Profusely illustrated catalogue and price list: “ assayers’ materials, laboratory glassware, chemicals, stains and reagents, scientific apparatus, microscopes and accessories, batteryscreens.” The Justinian Caire Company was founded in 1851 and incorporated in 1895. Justinian Caire died in 1897.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [ [[Justinian Caire Company]] ] Justinian Caire Company Ephemera (invoices, letters, etc.):
: June 21, 1875 Invoice to N. S. Trowbridge
: November 27, 1875 Invoice to N. S. Trowbridge
: January 3, 1880 Invoice to Keystone Mfg. Co.
: April 1, 1881 Invoice to Justinian Caire from Keystone Consolidated Mining Company
: November 7, 1885 Bullion Purchase, Bullion & Exchange Bank, Carson City, Nevada
: November 13, 1885 Duplicate Invoice to Bullion & Exchange Bank, Carson City, Nevada
: December 2, 1885 Duplicate Invoice to Bullion & Exchange Bank, Carson City, Nevada
: November 18, 1886 Invoice to Bullion & Exchange Bank, Carson City, Nevada
: September 19, 1888 Money Order receipt Payable to Justinian Caire from Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co.
: January 11, 1890 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: March 3, 1893 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: November 7, 1893 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: April 4, 1894 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: April 25, 1894 Duplicate Invoice to Big Canyon Mining & Milling Co.
: June 18, 1894 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: April 29, 1895 Duplicate Invoice to Utica Mining Co.
: June 4, 1895 Invoice to Mr. Adolph Sutro stamped Paid
: January 31, 1896 Invoice to Cooper Medical College stamped Paid
: October 23, 1896 Invoice to Mt. Tamalpias Military Academy
: May 1, 1897 Invoice to Mt. Tamalpias Military Academy [dated 7 months before Justinian Caire's death]
: December 26, 1900 Duplicate Invoice to Keystone Co. Mfg. Co.
: January 24, 1901 Duplicate Invoice Keystone Co. Mfg. Co.
: December 12, 1905 Invoice KinKead Mining & Milling Co., Virginia City, Nevada stamped Paid
: December 18, 1905 Duplicate Invoice KinKead Mining & Milling Co., Virginia City, Nevada stamped Paid
: December 29, 1905 Invoice Utah Mining Co. stamped Paid
: June 11, 1906 Invoice KinKead Mining and Milling Co., Virginia City, Nevada stamped Paid
: May 3, 1909 Invoice to Sheep Ranch Consolidated Mining stamped Paid
: August 25, 1913 San Francisco Board of Education bought from Justinian Caire Company
: October 9, 1929 Letter to Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Company from N. J. Van Ness
: October 14, 1929 Telegram copy. Letter to Justinian Caire Company from Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Company
:: [originals in SCIF archives]

* Carlisle, Lynn ''[[Media: Art of CA 1990.pdf |The Santa Cruz Island Foundation Collection]]'' Art of California 3(1):35-41, January 1990
:: [original in SCIF archives] [Santa Cruz Island]

* Casey, Harold D. '''California's Enchanted Islands: The History, Geography, and Ecology of The Channel Islands''' Unpublished manuscript, typed. (unpaginated; hundreds of pages).
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Caton, John Dean ''The Origin of a Small Race of Turkeys'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129742#page/377/mode/1up] American Naturalist 21:350-354, April 1887

* Caton, John Dean ''The Origin of a Small Race of Turkeys'' Scientific American 24:373, June 11, 1887

* [[CHANEY, Ralph Works|Chaney, R. W.]] and [[MASON, Herbert Louis|H. L. Mason]] ''A pleistocene flora from Santa Cruz Island, California'' Carnegie Institute Publ. 415:1-24, September 1930

* Chiles, Frederic Caire. ''Justinian Caire and Santa Cruz Island. The Rise and Fall of a California Dynasty''' Norman, Oklahoma: The Arthur Clark Company, 2011. First edition in d.j. First edition in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Coldwell, Cornwall & Banker. Real Estate and Insurance. Yearbook. 1938. Santa Cruz Island Sale. Los Angeles. Leatherbound. Santa Cruz Island for sale (double page photo). One of the outstanding real estate transactions in California during 1937.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[DAILY, Marla|Daily, Marla]] and [[STANTON, Carey|Stanton, Carey. '''Santa Cruz Island: A Brief History of Its Buildings.''' 1981. #6/20 copies. 21 pages. bound pages with clear cover, black back.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* Davis, Ivor with Sally Ogle Davis. ''The Devil in My Friend''' Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, (2024). The true crime account of the double murders of Verna Roehler and her son, Douglas, at the hands of her husband, Fred Roehler. The murders took place at Scorpion Ranch, Santa Cruz Island on January 2, 1981. Roehler is serving life in prison. Inscribed by the author "To Marla—
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* [[DORAN, Adelaide LeMert|Doran, A. L.]] '''Pieces of Eight Channel Islands. A Bibliographical Guide and Source Book.''' Glendale, Arthur H. Clark, 1980
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Dougherty, Jim [[Media: Bow_&_Arrow_Jan._1967.pdf |''Boondocks and Bowstrings'']] Bow and Arrow 4(5):14-19, 49 January-February 1967
:: Bow hunting on Santa Cruz Island
:: [original in SCIF archives] [Santa Cruz Island]

* [[EAMES, Ninetta|Eames, Ninetta ]] [[Media: Three_Weeks_on_a_Weird_Island.pdf | ''Three Weeks on a Weird Island'']] (San Nicolas Island) Popular Monthly 34(6):657-671, January 1892

* [[EARLE, Homer P.| Earle, Homer P.]] ''The Santa Barbara Islands '' [http://www.mocavo.com/The-Land-of-Sunshine-Volume-5/404541/349#359] Land of Sunshine 5 & 6 (6):227-230, 1896
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [ [[EATON, Margaret]] ]. '''Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife. Tales of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1980). Edited by Janice Timbrook. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 256 pages. Inscribed: Marla In loving memory of my mother, Vera Eaton Amy 5/3/83. A card from Very Eaton Amy is tipped-in.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[EATON, Margaret]] ]. '''Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife. Tales of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1980). Edited by Janice Timbrook. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 256 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[EATON, Margaret]] ]. Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife. Tales of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1980). Edited by Janice Timbrook. 256 pages, pictorial wrappers. Signed: Janice Timbrook 5 January 1981.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[EATON, Margaret]] ]. Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife. Tales of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1980). Edited by Janice Timbrook. 256 pages, Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Signed: Janice Timbrook 26 February 1981.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [ [[EATON, Margaret]] ]. '''Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife. Tales of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara: McNally & Loftin, (1980). 256 pages, pictorial wrappers.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* [[EATON, Margaret| Eaton, Margaret]] '''Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife, Tales of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Barbara, McNally & Loftin, 1980. Wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Ertel, Grace ''[[Media: CAFarmer_SCRI_sheep.pdf |The Lost Sheep of Santa Cruz]]'' California Farmer 269(2):40B; 40D, August 13, 1988
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[FEWKES, Jesse Walter| J. W. Fewkes ]] ''On Certain Pecularities of the Flora of the Santa Barbara Islands '' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128430#page/257/mode/1up] American Naturalist 25(279):215-224, 1890

* [[FEWKES, Jesse Walter| J. W. Fewkes ]] ''Flora of the Santa Barbara Islands - On Certain Pecularities '' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7995#page/146/mode/1up] Torreya 17(5):129, 1890

* [Geology]. '''Santa Cruz Island Field Trip October 23-25, 1998''' Santa Barbara City College Geology Club. Spiral bound, 61 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* '''Gherini Ranch Development. Santa Cruz Island''' George Vernon Russell & Associates, Architects, Engineers, Planners. June 1965. Oversized landscape format, spiral bound. 69 pages. Rare.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[GHERINI, Francis|Gherini, Francis]] ] . ''A Family and an Island'' Adapted from a talk given by Francis Gherini to his friends at A Convocation of the North American Society for Sitting under Walnut Trees, April 8, 1991. Edited by Linley Kroll and published for the 1996 Annual Advisory Council Meeting, Santa Cruz Island Foundation, December 7, 1996, Santa Barbara. Pasadena: Castle Press, 1996. Pictorial stapled wraps. 5-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches. 14 pages. Signed: Tony Kroll Dec. 7, '96; Lin Kroll; Francis Gherini 12/7/96; Andrea Gherini 12/7/96. Cover photograph of Scorpion Ranch, Santa Cruz Island. Interior photograph of Francis Gherini at Scorpion Ranch, 1995. The author is the great grandson of Justinian Caire.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib M. D. Daily]

* Gherini, John. '''Santa Cruz Island. A History of Conflict and Diversity''' 1993. Unpublished manuscript, spiral bound.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Gherini, John. '''Santa Cruz Island. A History of Conflict and Diversity''' Oxnard, CA: The Arthur Clark Company, 2005. First edition in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Gherini, John. '''Santa Cruz Island: An Illustrated History''' Oxnard, CA: V3 Corporation, 2016. First edition in d.j. Two volumes, boxed.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Goeden, Richard D., Charles A. Fleschner and [[RICKER, Donald W.|Donald W. Ricker]] ''Biological Control of Prickly Pear Cacti on Santa Cruz Island, California'' Hilgardia 38(16):579-606, November 1967

* Gherini, John. '''Santa Cruz Island. A History of Conflict and Diversity''' Spokane, Washington: The Arthur Clark Company, 2005. First edition in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[GREENE, Edward Lee|Greene, E. L. ]] ''Santa Cruz Island'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110231#page/149/mode/1up] West American Scientist 3(20):1-4, 1886

* [[GREENE, Edward Lee|Greene, E. L.]] ''Studies in the Botany of California'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31481#page/53/mode/1up] Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 3(20):1-4, 1886

* [[GREENE, Edward Lee|Greene, E. L. ]] ''Studies in the Botany of California'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87431#page/51/mode/1up] Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences, 1887

* [[GREENE, Edward Lee|Greene, E. L.]] ''Santa Cruz Island'' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/110231#page/241/mode/1up] West American Scientist 3(23):77, 1887

* [[GOODYEAR, Watson Andrews|Goodyear, W. A.]] ''Santa Cruz Island'' California Division of Mines 9th Annual Report for the year 1889 (9): 155-170, 1890

* Gumina, Deanna Paoli. '''The Italians of San Francisco 1850-1930''' New York: Center for Migration Studies, (1978).First edition, wraps. Contains information on many of the founders of the Santa Cruz Island Company.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[HEIZER, Robert Fleming|Heizer, Robert F.]] and Harper Kelley, U. of C. ''Burins and Bladelets in the Cessac Collection from Santa Cruz Island, California'' American Philosophical Society Quarterly 106(2):94-105, 1962

* [[HENSHAW, Henry Wetherbee|Henshaw, Henry W.]] ''Description of a new jay from California'' [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v003n04/p0452-p0453.pdf] Auk 3:452-453, October 1886

* Holdredge, Helen. '''Mammy Pleasant''' New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1953). First edition. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 311 pages+ photographic illustrations. Signed by the author, Helen Holdredge. Tipped in are two news articles: one about Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park, San Francisco, and the other a book review by Oscar Lewis. Pleasant was a San Francisco madame and also was considered Mother of Civil Rights in California. She knew Barron and Forbes of Santa Cruz Island.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Holdredge, Helen. '''Mammy Pleasant''' New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1953). First edition. Cloth Lacks dust jacket. Inscribed: "For Marla Daily from Carey Stanton, Santa Cruz Island, April 10, 1977. 40th anniversary of the Stanton Family on Santa Cruz Island."
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Holdredge, Helen. Mammy Pleasant's Partner [Thomas Frederick Bell]. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1954). First edition. Cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 308 pages. Bell, already involved in a series of land-grabbing schemes and scandals in San Francisco, became associated with the notorious Mammy Pleasant in 1852. Bell was involved with both Barron and Forbes, owners of Santa Cruz Island. See pages: 106-107, 113-114, 164, 174, 179, 222, 286.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Holing, Dwight. '''California Wild Lands. A Guide to The Nature Conservancy's Preserves''' San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1988). First edition, wraps. Santa Cruz Island on p. 145-151.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Hrdlicka, Ales. '''Skeletal Remains Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America''' Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 33. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. Santa Cruz Island skulls p. 106-107.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Hutchings, J. M. ''The Quicksilver Mine of New Almaden'' Hutchings' California Magazine I: 3 (97-105) 1856

* [ITALIANS]. Gumina, Deanna Paoli. '''The Italians of San Francisco 1850-1930''' New York: Center for Migration Studies, (1978). First edition, wraps. Contains information on many of the founders of the Santa Cruz Island Company.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Johnson, J. ''Abundance and distribution of Saw-whet Owls'' (Aegolius acadicus) ''on Santa Cruz Island'' M.Sc. thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 1999
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Johnson, Kenneth M. The New Almaden Quicksilver Mine California. Talisman Press, 1963.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[JUNAK, Steve|Junak, Steve]] et al. '''Flora of Santa Cruz Island''', Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1995. First edition, wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[KINSELL, Martinette| Kinsell, Martinette ]] ''The Santa Barbara Islands '' [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/ahj1472.2-18.108/623:9?rgn=full+text;view=image] Overland Monthly 2nd Series, 18(108):617-631, December 1891

* Kirk, Heatherwick. ''Another Treasure Island'' (Santa Cruz Island.) Sunset 14(3):235-240), January 1905.

* [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal Lee]] ''The Vertebrates of Santa Cruz Island'' Review, Current Status, and Management Recommendations. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy, 1982. Spiral-bound wraps. 59 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[LE CONTE, Joseph|Le Conte, Joseph ]] ''The floras of the coast islands of California in relation to recent changes of physical geography'' American Journal of Science Series 3, 34:457-460, 1887

* [[LE CONTE, Joseph |Le Conte, Joseph ]] ''The Flora of the Coast Islands of California in relation to Recent Changes of Physical Geography '' American Geologist 1:76-81, January-June 1888

* [[LINTON, Clarence Brockman|Linton, C. B.]] [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v010n03/p0124-p0129.pdf ''Notes from Santa Cruz Island'' [SCI coot recording<nowiki>]</nowiki>] The Condor 10(3):124-129, May-June 1908

* [[LINTON, Clarence Brockman|Linton, C. B.]] [https://sora.unm.edu/node/94940 ''Pipilo Clemente'' Excluded from Santa Cruz Avifauna''] The Condor 10(5):208, 1908

* [[LINTON, Clarence Brockman|Linton, C. B.]] ''[https://sora.unm.edu/node/94940 Pipilo Clementae'' excluded from Santa Cruz Island Avifauna] Auk 10:208, Sept-Oct.

* Macdougall, Stewart. '''Macdougall's Cruise Journal to California's Mysterious Santa Cruz Island''' Canada: Orton Book Publishing, (2004). First edition, boards with spiral-bound pages
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [ [[McELRATH, Clifford|McElrath, Clifford]] ]. '''On Santa Cruz Island.''' The ranching recollections of Clifford McElrath. Los Angeles: Santa Barbara Historical Society by Dawson’s Book Shop, 1967. First edition. 125 pages, green cloth. One of 1000 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at Castle Press. Illustrations by John Gorham. Signed: Clifford McElrath Oct. 14, 1967. Photographic negative of shoeing a horse in envelope sent by McElrath to Glen Dawson laid-in.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [ [[McELRATH, Clifford|McElrath, Clifford]] ]. '''On Santa Cruz Island.''' The ranching recollections of Clifford McElrath. Los Angeles: Santa Barbara Historical Society by Dawson’s Book Shop, 1967. First edition. 125 pages, green cloth. One of 1000 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at Castle Press. Illustrations by John Gorham. Signed on p. X: Thirtieth anniversary of Stanton Family on Santa Cruz Island. Carey Stanton.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [ [[McELRATH, Clifford|McElrath, Clifford]] ]. '''On Santa Cruz Island. The Ranching Recollections of Clifford McElrath''' Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, (1967). First edition. 125 pages, green cloth. Signed by the illustrator, John Gorham (1910-1985) with Gorham card set in.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib Sexton Family]

* [ [[McELRATH, Clifford|McElrath, Clifford]] ]. '''On Santa Cruz Island. The Ranching Recollections of Clifford McElrath''' Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, (1967). First edition in green cloth.
:: second copy. 1993 reprint. Wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[MAILLIARD, Joseph|Mailliard, Joseph ]] ''Measurements of the Santa Cruz Jay'' Condor 2(2):42, 1900

* [[MAILLIARD, Joseph|Mailliard, Joseph ]] ''Spring Notes on the Birds of Santa Cruz Island, Cal. April, 1898 '' [https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v001n03/p0041-p0045.pdf] Condor 1(3):41-45 May-June, 1899

* Morris, Don. '''A Guide to East Santa Cruz Island''' Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing (on demand), (2003). First edition, wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE]. [BILLINGS, Frederick]. Winks, Robin W. '''Frederick Billings. A Life''' The story of one of the 19th century's great railway builders and early American conservationists. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. First edition in d.j. Contains information of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine [Santa Cruz Island connection].
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE]. Hutchings, J. M. ''The Quicksilver Mine of New Almaden'' Hutchings' California Magazine I: 3 (97-105) 1856

* [NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE]. Johnson, Kenneth M. The New Almaden Quicksilver Mine California. Georgetown, California: Talisman Press, 1963. First edition in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE] Lanyon, Milton and Laurence Bulmore. '''Cinnabar Hills. The Quicksilver Days of New Almaden''' Los Gatos, California: Village Printers, (1982). Fourth printing in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE] Schneider, Jimmie. '''Quicksilver. The Complete History of Santa Clara County's New Almaden Mine''' San Jose, California: Zella Schneider, 1992. First edition in d.j.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[ORR, Phil Cummings| Phil C. Orr]] ''Who Painted Painted Cave?'' Archaeological Survey Association of Southern California Newsletter 2(2):7-8, 1954

* Owens, Rob C. ''Caves of Santa Cruz Island '' [https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog] Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, 1897
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Peterson, Michel. '''Three Short Stories by Michellino''' Intimate stories from Santa Cruz Island. 1995. Stapled wraps. A limited edition of 200. Ten dollars. Inscribed to Marla Daily 11/21/95. A second copy not inscribed.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Pinney, Thomas. '''The Wine of Santa Cruz Island''' Santa Cruz Island Foundation/Zamorano Club, 1994. With a foreword by Marla Daily, and illustrations and photographs from the collection of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation. Burgundy cloth. 104 pages. #1/350 this #1/50 with wine label. Signed :Thomas Pinney. 350 copies of which 175 were printed for The Zamorano Club, Los Angeles, and 175 were printed for the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, Santa Barbara, of which 50 were numbered and contain an original Santa Cruz Island zinfandel wine label tipped-in. Zamorano edition has end papers with the island symbol of a cross on a hill.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Pinney, Thomas. '''The Wine of Santa Cruz Island.''' Santa Cruz Island Foundation/Zamorano Club, 1994. With a foreword by Marla Daily, and illustrations and photographs from the collection of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation. Burgundy cloth. 104 pages. 1 of 350 copies. Signed (to Marla Daily) 10/8/94, to the real author. 350 copies of which 175 were printed for The Zamorano Club, Los Angeles, and 175 were printed for the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, Santa Barbara. SCIF edition end papers are the Santa Cruz Island ficha. Zamorano Club keepsake October 8-9, 1994.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [[POWER, Dennis|Power, Dennis]] ''Evolution of the House Finch on Santa Cruz Island'' Canadian Journal of Zoology 49:675-684, 1971

* [[RAND, William Whitehill|Rand, William]] ''[[Media: Mining_in_CA_April,_1931.pdf|Preliminary Report of the Geology of Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California]]'' California Division of Mines and Geology State Mining Bureau Annual Report, 27(2):214-219, 1931
:: [“This paper presents briefly some of the results of a five-month’s geological examination of Santa Cruz Island, carried on during the summers of 1928, 1929, and 1930. It is a short preliminary statement which the writer expects to amplify later…”]
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[SANTA CRUZ ISLAND LITIGATION|Santa Cruz Island Company Litigation.]] '''L.A. No. 9165 In the Supreme Court of the State of California. Aglae S. Capuccio, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. Arthur J. Caire et al., [Defendants other than Edmund A. Rossi], Defendants and Respondents, Edmund A. Rossi, Defendant and Appellant''' San Francisco, Pernau-Walsh Printing Co., (March, 1926). Perfect-bound wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[Santa Cruz Island Wine.]] UCSB Graduate Program in Public Historical Studies. '''Aged in Oak. The Story of the Santa Barbara County Wine Industry''' UCSG: South Coast Historical Series, 1998. Perfect-bound wraps. Santa Cruz Island wines p. 10-11.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[SCHUMACHER, Paul|Schumacher, Paul ]] ''Ancient Graves and Shell-Heaps of California'' Smithsonian Annual Report for the Year 1874 (p. 335-350), 1874
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[SCHUMACHER, Paul|Schumacher, Paul ]] ''Some Kjokkenmoddings and Ancient Graves of California '' [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/ahj1472.1-13.004/293:1?rgn=full+text;view=image ] Overland Monthly lst series, 13(4):297-302, 1874

* Schuster, Robert O. and Albert A. Grigarick. ''Tardigradia of Santa Cruz Island'' Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49(3):184-193, 1sts 970. Sta[pled separate.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[SHELDON, Henry Hargrave|Sheldon, H. H.]] ''Wild Boars of Santa Cruz'' Field and Stream 37:22-23, 62, December 1932

* [[[STANTON, Carey Q.]]] '''An Island Memoir''' Los Angeles: Santa Cruz Island Company, 1984. Prepared for publication with a Preface by Msgr. Francis J. Weber from an address delivered before the Zamorano Club on March 2, 1983. Brown cloth, gilt stamped. 38 pages. #2/350 copies. Inscribed: To my dear friend, Marla Daily from Carey Stanton, Santa Cruz Island, August 28, 1984. Preface signed: Francis J. Weber. Stapled list of book recipients typed by Stanton laid in.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [[[STANTON, Carey Q.]]] '''An Island Memoir''' Los Angeles: Santa Cruz Island Company, 1984. Prepared for publication with a Preface by Msgr. Francis J. Weber from an address delivered before the Zamorano Club on March 2, 1983. Brown cloth, gilt stamped. 38 pages. #95/350 copies. Inscribed: To Marla Daily without whose efforts this book would not have been possible. Carey Stanton, Santa Cruz Island, March 2, 1986.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [[[STANTON, Carey Q.]]] Kroll, Anthony and Msgr. Francis Weber. ''Descanse en Paz, Amigo Mio. Carey Stanton (February 1923-December 1987)'' Pasadena: Castle Press, (1988). Presented as a keepsake in an edition of 250 copies on the occasion of the nineteenth biennial gathering of the Roxburgh and Zamorano clubs, San Francisco, October 1988, by George Kinney, Anthony F. Kroll, and Msgr. Francis J. Wweber.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [[STRUSS, Karl]]. '''Karl Struss: Man with a Camera''' The Artist-Photographer. His Photographs and Film. [Michigan: University of Michigan Publications Office, 1976.] First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 103 pages. Exhibition and catalogue. Perfect-bound wraps.
: Karl Struss photographed Gloria Swanson on Santa Cruz Island during her film debut in Male and Female, 1919. (See page 79).
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* [[The Nature Conservancy]]. '''The Santa Cruz Island Interpretive Trail: Prisoners' Harbor to Pelican Bay''' n.p., revised May 28, 1996. Stapled wraps, 16 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* Thurman, Michael E. '''The Naval Department of San Blas''' New Spain's Bastion for Alta California and Nootka 1767 to 1798. Glendale, California" Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1967. First edition in red cloth.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* Ting, Gordon ''[[Media: Hwy Patrol 1993 SCRI.pdf|Santa Cruz Island, A Vacation Paradise]]'' California Highway Patrolman 57(8):44-50, August 1993
:: [original in SCIF archives] [Santa Cruz Island]

* Van Vuren, Dirk. ''The Feral Sheep on Santa Cruz Island''. Status and impacts. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy, September 1981. Spiral-bound wraps.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* Van Vuren, Dirk ''[https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v101n03/p0620-p0621.pdf Aerobatic Rolls by Ravens on Santa Cruz Island, California]'' Auk 101:620-621, July 1984. Separate.
:: [original in SCIF archives ]

* [[WALSH, Joe| Walsh, Joe]] ''[[Media: Alaska Beyond Joe Walsh.pdf|Joe Walsh Honoring Service]]'' Alaska Beyond, November 2018 p. 80-83. Rock musician Joe Walsh is President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Warren, Earl, Jr. ''The Agriculture of Santa Cruz Island with a Survey of Califoria's Other Islands'', University of California, School of Agriculture, Davis, 1952, unpublished masters thesis. Rocq #13723.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[WEAVER, Donald|Weaver, Donald]] et al. ''Geology of the northern Channel Islands.'' Special Publication. Pacific Sections AAPG-SEPM. American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Soc. Econ. Paleontologists & Mineralogists, 1969. Perfect-bound wraps. Inscribed: " Carey Stanton, Thank you again for your many kindnesses which permitted the work to be completed. Don Weaver."
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* [[WEBER, Monsignor Francis J.|Weber, Msgr. Francis J.]] ''Homily given in La Capilla de la Santa Cruz del Rosario, Santa Cruz Island, May 3, 1989''. Pasadena: Castle Press, 1990. Pictorial wraps. 12 pages, staple bound. 5 x 7 inches. Introduction by Eric Hvolbøll. Editorial supervision by Marla Daily. Design, Coordination by Anthony F. Kroll and Elva Marshall. Portrait of Carey Stanton by Richard Diebenkorn inside front cover. Presented as a keepsake in an edition of 250 copies on the occasion of the Twelfth Biennial Gathering of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, Los Angeles, October 1990 and an additional 100 copies for the Santa Cruz Island Foundation by George Kinney, Anthony F. Kroll, Eric Hvolboll, and Msrg. Francis J. Weber..
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Wentworth, Edward Norris & Charles Wayland Towne. '''Shepherd’s Empire''' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1946. First edition. Blue cloth in illustrated dust jacket. 364 pages. With drawings by Harold Bugbee.
: Includes “Sheep against the Sea” p. 204-212 and references letters from Frederic F. Caire and Edwin L. Stanton to the authors.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* Wentworth, Edward Norris. ''' America's Sheep Trails. History. Personalities.''' Iowa: The Iowa State College Press, 1948. Brown cloth in illustrated dust jacket. 667 pages. Santa Cruz Island pages 202-205.
:: [original in SCIF archives] [ex-lib. M. D. Daily]

* [[YATES, Lorenzo Gordin| Yates, Lorenzo G. ]] ''Notes on the Geology and Scenery of the Islands forming the Southern Line of the Santa Barbara Channel '' [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87931#page/15/mode/1up] American Geologist 14:43-52, January-June, 1890

* [[YATES, Lorenzo Gordin| Yates, Lorenzo G. ]] ''Fragments of the History of a Lost Tribe '' '[http://www.jstor.org/stable/658478?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents] American Anthropologist IV:373-376, 1891

* [[YATES, Lorenzo Gordin| Yates, Lorenzo G. ]] ''On Some Causes which Influence Topographical Changes and Geological Formations in the Channel Islands of California'' [https://archive.org/details/jstor-2452142] American Naturalist 26:(1-4), January, 1892

* [[YATES, Lorenzo Gordin| Yates, Lorenzo G. ]] ''The Deserted Homes of Lost People, The Santa Barbara Channel Islands '' [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moajrnl/ahj1472.2-27.161/544:12?rgn=full+text;view=image] Overland Monthly 2nd series, 27(161):538-544, 1896

DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.

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[[File:DIBBLEE, Thomas W. Jr.(1911-2004)©.jpg|450px|thumbnail|right|<Center>Thomas W. Dibblee Jr. (1911-2004) Mapping Anacapa Island, 1998</center>]]
[[File:Aspen Dibblee.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Tom Dibblee with NIta Vail (left) and Bill Dewey (right) arriving on Santa Barbara Island, 1998</center>]]

'''DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.''' (1911-2004), Santa Barbara geologist, born October 11, 1911, who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan.

Tom often traveled in his old pick-up truck, sleeping across the front seat, with the door open and a board extended out, to accommodate his long legs and feet. A cabbage in a wicker fish basket served for days as his food. He never ate both halves of a sandwich, but rather saved half for the next day. His geology-minded friend, Helmut Ehernspeck (1943-2001) often accompanied Dibblee in the field.

Thomas Wilson Dibblee, Jr. is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara. His house and estate were bequeathed to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History through the Dibblee Geological Foundation.

* 1950. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950

* 1966. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966

* 1987. Barth, Steve. '''Tom Dibblee: Living Legend''' Coastlines 18(1):8-10, Summer 1987.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1997. Barth, Steve '''Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee''' Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997

* 1998. '''Tom Dibblee Issue'''. La Reata, Number 14, Winter, 1998

* 1998. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]], John J. Woolley and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Santa Rosa Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #2, 1998

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #3, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Anacapa & Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #4, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Western Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part A, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Eastern Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part B, 2001

DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.

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[[File:DIBBLEE, Thomas W. Jr.(1911-2004)©.jpg|450px|thumbnail|right|<Center>Thomas W. Dibblee Jr. (1911-2004) Mapping Anacapa Island, 1998</center>]]
[[File:Aspen Dibblee.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Tom Dibblee with NIta Vail (left) and Bill Dewey (right) arriving on Santa Barbara Island, 1998</center>]]

'''DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.''' (1911-2004), Santa Barbara geologist, born October 11, 1911, who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan.

Tom often traveled in his old pick-up truck, sleeping across the front seat, with the door open and a board extended out, to accommodate his long legs and feet. A cabbage in a wicker fish basket served for days as his food. He never ate both halves of a sandwich, but rather saved half for the next day.

* 1950. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950

* 1966. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966

* 1987. Barth, Steve. '''Tom Dibblee: Living Legend''' Coastlines 18(1):8-10, Summer 1987.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1997. Barth, Steve '''Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee''' Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997

* 1998. '''Tom Dibblee Issue'''. La Reata, Number 14, Winter, 1998

* 1998. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]], John J. Woolley and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Santa Rosa Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #2, 1998

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #3, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Anacapa & Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #4, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Western Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part A, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Eastern Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part B, 2001

DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.

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[[File:DIBBLEE, Thomas W. Jr.(1911-2004)©.jpg|450px|thumbnail|right|<Center>Thomas W. Dibblee Jr. (1911-2004) Mapping Anacapa Island, 1998</center>]]
[[File:Aspen Dibblee.png|450px|thumbnail|right|<center>Tom Dibblee with NIta Vail (left) and Bill Dewey (right) arriving on Santa Barbara Island, 1998</center>]]

'''DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.''' (1911-2004), Santa Barbara geologist, born October 11, 1911, who was graduated from Stanford University in 1936 and immediately hired as a field geologist first by Union Oil Company, and then by Richfield Oil Company. Dibblee mapped geology on the northern Channel Islands as early as 1938 when he and Rodman Cross mapped Santa Rosa Island for Richfield. In 1998, at age 87, Dibblee mapped the geology of Santa Barbara Island. “The Channel Islands were elevated mainly by arching along a zone of east-trending faults. The Santa Barbara Channel is a submerged crustal downward between the islands and the Santa Ynez mountains. On the Channel Islands, dunes are at the west end and south sides of Santa Cruz; the east end, north and southwest sides of Santa Rosa, and scattered over San Miguel.” (Smith p.7-8). In 1983 he was the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Action Award, presented by then president, Ronald Reagan.

Tom often traveled in his old pick-up truck, sleeping across the front seat, with the door open and a board extended out, to accommodate his long legs and feet. A cabbage in a wicker fish basket served for days as his food.

* 1950. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of southern Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 150, 1950

* 1966. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] '''Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California''' California Division of Mines Bulletin 186, 1966

* 1987. Barth, Steve. '''Tom Dibblee: Living Legend''' Coastlines 18(1):8-10, Summer 1987.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1997. Barth, Steve '''Rock solid, legendary geologist Tom Dibblee''' Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Spring 1997

* 1998. '''Tom Dibblee Issue'''. La Reata, Number 14, Winter, 1998

* 1998. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]], John J. Woolley and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Santa Rosa Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #2, 1998

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #3, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and Helmut E. Ehrenspeck
:'''Geologic Map of Anacapa & Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #4, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Western Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part A, 2001

* 2001. [[DIBBLEE, Thomas Wilson Jr.|Dibblee, T. W.]] and John A. Minch
:'''Geologic Map of Eastern Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California'''
:Santa Cruz Island Foundation Occasional Map #5 Part B, 2001

Portal:Movies

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'''Movies''' have been filmed around the Channel Islands since the development of the silent film industry shortly after the turn of the century. Films through the 1920s were silent.

* '''American Film Company » [[Flying A Studio]] (1910-1923)'''

'''MOVIES FILMED AT THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS:'''

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT MULTIPLE ISLANDS 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[The Love Trader]] || Joseph Henaby||1932 ||
|-
| [[West of the West]] || Sam Tyler, Peter Seaman, Brent Sumner ||2016 || exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT ANACAPA ISLAND 
|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebymWt8tzfc&ab_channel=fullmetalgokudo Foes] || || 1977 ||
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Underwater Warrior]] || Metro Goldwyn Mayer ||1956 || exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SAN MIGUEL ISLAND 
|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Sea Wolf (film)]] || Hobart Bosworth Productions Company ||1913 || lost
|-
| [[Mutiny on the Bounty]] || ||1935 || exists
|-
|}

'''From the 1920s through the mid 1940s movies were filmed close to Hollywood, due to lack of easy transportation. Thus many films that required "tropical" backgrounds were shot on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California. It was here, in Two Harbors, that films such as the original "Mutiny on the Bounty," "Old Ironsides," "Treasure Island," "King of Kings," "Captain Blood," "Rain," "Count of Monte Cristo," "Captain's Courageous," "Hurricane," The Sea Hawk," "The Ten Commandments," and "Ebb Tide" were filmed. More movies were filmed at the Isthmus than anywhere, other than Hollywood, during that time.'''

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
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| [[Shanghaied]] || ||1909 || unknown
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3gaYbb38I&ab_channel=HaydenWelch Man's Genesis] || film by director D. W. Griffith. One of the first films made on Catalina. ||1912 || available
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| [[Sea Wolf (film)]] || Hobart Bosworth Productions Company ||1913 || lost
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| [[Valley of the Moon]] || ||1914 || unknown
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| [[The Sea Nymphs]] || ||1914 || unknown
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| [[Young Romance 1915|Young Romance]] || ||1915 || available
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2orJyDYVpTg&ab_channel=TheFederalFile A Submarine Pirate] || Harold Lloyd film starring Charlie Chaplin ||1915 || available
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBvNSaE8qMg Civilization] || film by Thomas H. Ince ||1915 || available
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| [[Treasure of the Sea]] || Metro All-Star Series ||1918 || lost
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| [[Terror Island]] ||starring Harry Houdini; directed by Colin Campbell ||1920 || partial
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPQHr6LVRE The Corsican Brothers] ||starring Dustin Farnum; directed by James Cruze ||1920 || partial
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| [[Leap Year]] ||starring Roscoe Arbuckle; co-directed by James Cruze ||1921 || available
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| [[The Ten Commandments]] || directed by Cecile B. DeMille ||1923 || available
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| [[The Isle of Lost Ships]] || ||1923 ||
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| [[The Navigator]] || filmed by Buster Keaton ||1924 || available
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| [https://www.silentera.com/video/vanishingAmericanHV.html The Vanishing American] || ||1924 || available
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| [[Feet of Clay]] || ||1924 || exists
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| [[The Sea Hawk]] || ||1924 || exists
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63t9ue_0pUU Ben Hur] || ||1925 || available
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| [[LAUREL, Stan|Half a Man]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGYejVdGIQ '''Half a Man'''] || 1925
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaI-vo5x5OQ The Black Pirate] || with Douglas Fairbanks ||1926 || available
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| [[Old Ironsides (Two Harbors)]] ||''[[S. N. Castle]]'' burned for film ||1926 || available
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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amsoemMsFJ0&ab_channel=Films The Kid Brother] ||Ted Wilde, director ||1927 || available
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| [[Jacob's Well aka The King of Kings (Two Harbors)]] ||Cecil B. DeMille’s silent epic || 1927 ||
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| [[Island of Lost Souls]] || starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi||1932 || available
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| [[Bird of Paradise]] || ||1932 ||
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| [[Rain]] || ||1932 || unknown
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| [[Zane Grey's South Sea Adventure]] || ||1932 || Sol Lesser
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| [[The Son of Kong]] || ||1933 ||
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| [[Count of Monte Cristo]] || ||1934 ||
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| [[Treasure Island]] || with Wallace Beery ||1934 || unknown
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| [[Mutiny on the Bounty]] ||starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable ||1935 || exists
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| [[Murder on a Honeymooon]] || starring Edna May Oliver ||1935 || unknown
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| [[Pirate Party on Catalina Isle]] || ||1935 || unknown
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| [[Captain Blood]] || ||1935 || unknown
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| [[Captain Calamity]] || ||1936 || unknown
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| [[Captains Courageous]] || ||1937 || unknown
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| [[Ebb Tide]] || ||1937 || unknown
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| [[The Hurricane]] || ||1937 || unknown
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| [[You're Only Young Once]] ||starring Mickey Rooney ||1937 || unknown
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| [[Isle of Destiny]] || ||1939 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0gOsx8-mZo WATCH]
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| [[Guadalcanal Diary]] || ||1943 ||
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| [[Adventure]] ||with Clark Gable ||1945 || exists
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| [[The Sea Hounds]] ||with Buster Crabbe ||1947 ||
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| [[Neptune's Daughter]] ||with Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Ricardo Montalban ||1949 || exists
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| [[All Ashore]] ||with Mickey Rooney ||1950s || unknown
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| [[Crimson Pirate]] ||with Burt Lancaster ||1952 ||
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| [[All Ashore]] ||with Mickey Rooney and Dick Haymes ||1953 ||
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| [[Summer Children]] ||directed by James Bruner ||1965 ||
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| [[The Glass Bottom Boat]] ||with Doris Day ||1966 || exists
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| [[Catalina Caper]] ||starring Tommy Kirk ||1967 ||
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| [[Night of the Squid]] ||Jacques Cousteau director ||1970 || exists
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| [[Bless the Beasts and the Children]] ||starring Bill Mumy; Stanley Kramer, director ||1971 || exists
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| [[Disney's "The Little Shepherd Dog of Catalina" Season 19 Ep 17]] ||starring Clint Rowe ||1973 || exists
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| [[Chinatown]] ||starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway ||1974 || exists
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{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 

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| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
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| [[How Algy Captured a Wild Man ~ Selig Motion Picture Company 1911|How Algy Captured a Wild Man ]] || Selig Motion Picture Company || 1911 || unknown
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| [[Calamity Anne’s Dream ~ Flying A Studios 1913|Calamity Anne's Dream]] || Flying A Studios ||1913 || unknown
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| [[The Quest ~ Flying A Studios 1915|The Quest]] || Flying A Studios || 1915 || unknown
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| [[Heart of my Heart ~ Alhambra Motion Pictures DeLuxe 1915|Heart of my Heart]] || Alhambra Motion Pictures DeLuxe || 1915 || unknown
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| [[Undine ~ Universal 1915|Undine]] (pic)|| Universal ||1915 || unknown
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| [[Diamond from the Sky ~ Flying A Studios 1915|Diamond from the Sky ]] || Flying A Studios ||1915 || unknown
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| [[Out of the Darkness ~ Flying A Studios 1915|Out of the Darkness ]] || Flying A Studios || 1915 || unknown
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| [[Pearl of Paradise 1916|Pearl of Paradise ]](pic) || Harry Pollard Productions || 1916 || unknown
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| [[Put Out the Darkness ]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
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| [[The Game of Hearts/Battle of Hearts 1916|The Game of Hearts]] (pic)|| Fox || 1916 || unknown
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| [[The Secret of the Submarine 1916|Secret of the Submarine]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
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| [[Lillo of the Sulu Seas ~ Flying A Studios 1916|Lillo of the Sulu Seas]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
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| [[Smugglers of Santa Cruz]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
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| [[A Gamble in Souls]] || Ince-Triangle|| 1916 || unknown
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| [[ Betty and the Buccaneers|Betty and the Buccaneers ]] || Flying A Studios || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ Sirens of the Sea 1917|Sirens of the Sea ]] || || 1917 || unknown
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| [[The Bottle Imp 1917 | The Bottle Imp ]] || Jesse L. Lasky (Paramount) || 1917 || unknown
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| [[The Fighting Trail|The Fighting Trail ]] || Vitagraph Company || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ The Midnight Man 1917|The Midnight Man ]] || Universal || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ The Curse of Eve 1917|The Curse of Eve ]] || Corona Cinema Company || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ The Showdown 1917|The Showdown ]] || || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ Vengeance—And the Woman]] || Vitagraph Company || 1917 || unknown
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| [[ The Woman in the Web]] || Vitagraph Company || 1918 || unknown
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| [[Adam and Eve 1918|Adam and Eve ]] || || 1918 || unknown
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| [[ A Modern Lorelei 1917|A Modern Lorelei ]] || || 1918 || unknown
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| [[ Male and Female 1919|Male and Female ]] || Lasky Studio || 1919 || exists
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| [[ The Isle of Intrigue 1919|The Isle of Intrigue ]] || Metro || 1919 || unknown
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| [[ Miss Adventure|Miss Adventure ]] || Fox || 1919 || unknown
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| [[ The Tiger's Tale ]] || unknown || 1919 || unknown
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| [[ Temple of the Sea 1920s|Temple of the Sea ]] || || 1920s || unknown
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| [[ Temple of Venus 1923|Temple of Venus ]] (pic) || Fox Film Company || 1923 || unknown
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| [[ Peter Pan 1924|Peter Pan ]](pic)|| Lasky Company || 1924|| exists
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| [[ Follies of Vanity 1925|Follies of Vanity ]]|| Fox Film Company || 1925 || unknown
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| [[ The Devil's Master 1926|The Blue Eagle aka The Devil's Master ]] || Fox Film Company || 1926 || exists
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| [[ The Rescue 1928|The Rescue ]] || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer || 1929|| exists
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| [[ Unsolved Mysteries|Santa Cruz Island Unidentified Remains ]] || [[Unsolved Mysteries]] || 1990|| exists
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|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA ROSA ISLAND 

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| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
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| [[Shipwreck of the Aggi]] || ||1915 || unknown
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|}

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=====In the News~=====

'''June 6, 1912 [SBMP]:''' “The successful outcome of the recent attempt to picture the Santa Cruz Island seal in their native haunts and in the process of capture, has encouraged the Pacific Motion Picture Company to extend their effort, and to secure a general island film, perhaps 3000 feet in length, and including scenery as well as action. Such advices have come to Captain George McGuire, who is associated with Captain Rosaline Vasquez in sealing operations. Captain Vasquez on the schooner ''Gussie M'', superintended the operations of the picture company at the island last month when sealing views were taken. Word has just come from Los Angeles that the films are of extraordinary merit, and the company is anxious to complete the series. Arrangements have been made for the second cruise next week, at which time the camera will be able to catch sheep round-up and shearing in full operation. Wine making will also be illustrated. W. H. Clifford, the president of the company, who is also the scenario writer, will accompany the troop.”

'''June 18, 1912 [SBI]:''' “William H. Clifford, president of the Pacific Coast Motion Picture Company and D. Daniels, manager of the company, returned Monday from the islands where they have been with Captain Vasquez in his boat, ''Gussie M'', taking pictures of seals. While on this last trip they took over 2,000 feet of films. They have completed a series of pictures which show the seal from its babyhood to the time it is captured by the hunter. Three trips to the islands have been necessary to get the films.”

'''June 21, 1912 [SBI]:''' “Captain Vasquez of the ''Gussie M'' sailed this morning for the islands with a handsome gold watch presented to him by the manager of the Pacific Coast Moving Picture Company. The company has for the last six months used Captain Vasquez’s boat to carry its picture-making machines to and around the islands while pictures of seals and island scenery were being taken. The manager considers the pictures among the best yet procured and presented the watch as proof of the value he placed on the Captain’s part of the work.”

'''May 25, 1913 [SBMP]:''' “''Otter'' takes movies. Captain Vasquez of the steamer ''Otter'' will take a party of Los Angeles people to his tent city camp on Santa Cruz Island this morning. His party includes Big Otto, the manager of Selig Motion Pictures, Animal Farm of Eastlake Park, Los Angeles, also Lazard H. Lippman and son of Los Angeles. They will remain on the island camping for a week or more.”

'''June 17, 1913 [SBMP]:''' “Speedy launch takes camera men on island cruise. One of the speediest launches that ever came into the Santa Barbara Harbor arrived late yesterday afternoon, with a party of motion picture men aboard. The launch is from San Pedro and en route stopped at Santa Barbara Island. Today Santa Cruz Island will be visited. This port will be headquarters for the expedition during its channel operations. Pictures are being taken of the island scene for the Pather Weekly. Charles Davis, a nature student, and until recently special office for the Santa Barbara Humane Society, is aboard as a guide.”

'''August 24, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Captain Vasquez sailed this morning for Santa Cruz Island on the ''Otter'' with members of the Flying A, who go to take scenes not obtainable elsewhere. They particularly wish to secure the romantic waterfall pictures. There are a number of highly effective waterfalls on the island, which will make splendid setting for stories which the Flying A is to film. It is also stated that they will film a Robinson Crusoe skit while away.”

'''August 26, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “The Santa Barbara Motion Picture company’s actors left yesterday for Santa Cruz Island, where Henry Otto will direct a primitive play. Mrs. Harley Shafer and her daughter, Miss Margaret Shafer, accompanied the party, which will be gone three days.”

'''August 27, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Harry Pollard, one of the directors of the Flying A company, made pictures at Castle Rock and on the channel close to shore this afternoon. A company of the Santa Barbara film companies actors are making regular trips into the channel and to the islands on the ''Otter'', for pictures of ocean and wild coasts.”

'''August 30, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “Instead of remaining at Santa Cruz Island but three days, Henry Otto, director of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, has decided to remain longer with his group of players. The ''Otter'' returned here yesterday for more provisions. It is believed Mr. Otto has decided the situation is so unusual that he will take advantage of it for more pictures than he originally planned.”

'''October 26, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “To shoot wild boars and hunt fish for a few days, ten young men from the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company left yesterday in the powerboat ''Otter'', Captain Vasquez, for Santa Cruz Island, to be gone part of this week. A party of eight trained nurses took the ride across the channel, returning with the boat in the afternoon.”

'''October 27, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “After passing several days on Santa Cruz Island, rusticating, catching fish, shooting at quail, wild boars, and other ‘varmints’ in season, and generally experiencing a Robinson Crusoe life, ten players and mechanical department employees of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, are back on the job today, having returned last evening from the island, to which they went Sunday.”

'''November 3, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Movie people are now very busy filming Santa Barbara scenery. Everyone was extremely busy at the Flying A studio last week… After passing four or five days at Santa Cruz Island last week, Director Scott R. Beal, Assistant Director Everitt Shallenberger, and several other notables of the Santa Barbara studio, are back on the job again… Captain Vasquez of the powerboat ''Otter'' took the movie men over, and treated them right royally, virtually turning over to them the key to his camp…”

'''March 4, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday Captain Ira K. Eaton returned to Santa Cruz Island in the ''Sea Wolf'', taking a company of motion picture actors bent on capturing some of the incomparable scenery of the island for a photoplay.”

'''March 4, 1915 [SBDNI]:''' “A party of motion picture players is at Santa Cruz Island today, using the incomparable scenery as settings for a photoplay. The actors and actresses were taken over yesterday by Captain Ira K. Eaton in his launch, the ''Sea Wolf''.”

'''March 5, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Actors return to island. Captain Ira K. Eaton went to Santa Cruz Island yesterday morning, taking back there a company of Santa Barbara actors who he had brought back from the island the evening before, after a day spent there to work on a photoplay.”

'''May 9, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “''Otter'' busy… Today the boat is at Valdez Harbor with a party of twenty-five of the Flying A people who started over at a late hour last night and will return this evening.”

'''May 11, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “The Flying A boys who went to the island in the ''Otter'' last Saturday night, returned at 4 o’clock P.M. on the following day, having had a royal good time at Valdez Cave and in the surrounding country on a wild boar hunt. As a trophy of their chase, they brought home an immense old boar, with tusks seven inches long, the monster having been shot by a member of the party.”

'''June 1, 1915 [SBDNI]:''' “In order to make use of the island’s unsurpassed scenery as backgrounds for a photoplay, the Kalem Film Company of Los Angeles, today made arrangements with B. Hilbing, business agent of the powerboat ''Otter'', to take a party of motion picture artists to Santa Cruz Island a week from today. The movie people will make the newly-established camp at Fry’s Harbor their headquarters.”

'''August 21, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Tom Ricketts is preparing for his next Mutual masterpiece, which will be an unusual smuggling story with Harold Lockwood, May Allison as the principals. Nearly all of this will be taken at the sea. Mr. Ricketts expects to be at Santa Cruz Island for an entire week with his players. Use will also be made of the Point Conception lighthouse. There will be a number of sensations, such as a shipwreck and a buoy explosion, and the close is to be a more artistic piece of work.”

'''October 12, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday afternoon Captain Ira K. Eaton left for Santa Rosa Island waters after a load of fish, the morning hours having been devoted by the boat and her skipper to posing for a scene in a nautical picture by Flying A Company.”

'''November 17, 1915 [SBMP Flying A Notes]:''' “William Russell and other players under the direction of Donald McDonald have been at the Point Conception lighthouse the last two days working around the lighthouse for a three-reel clipper, '''Across the Sunset Sea'''. Scenes for this were also made at Santa Cruz Island. The players returned to the city last evening.”

'''November 28, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Harold Lockwood and other players, under the direction of Donald MacDonald, spent several days at Santa Cruz Island last week on '''Lillo of the Sunset Sea''', a three-reeler written by Kenneth B. Clarke.

'''April 7, 1916 [SBDN]:''' “William Farnum, director of 30 actors of the Fox Motion Picture Company of Los Angeles, and Sidney D. Gray, formerly with the old Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, sailed for Santa Cruz Island today, aboard Captain Eaton’s launch to film a marine picture. Harry Pollard and his company of 30 are already on the island, making over 60 actors now colonizing Eaton’s camp. Pollard has just taken over additional actors. He was here last evening. ‘We are taking the finest pictures that were ever filmed, I really believe,’ said the director. ‘There is no other place on the globe where pictures can be excel those offered by the rugged scenery of Santa Cruz Island.’ Captain Eaton will tomorrow take over a party of American players for a brief visit, just to snatch a few pictures in completing a film. The American discovered the islands as a paradise for the motion picture artist.”

'''December 24, 1916 [LAT]:''' “The ‘mistaken identity’ story, written so often of photoplay folk and their doings has, it is claimed, become taboo, but Director Walter Edwards of the Ince-Triangle forces tells us one which he stoutly avers is true. It concerns an incident that happened during the recent filming of A Gamble in Souls, the Triangle-Kay-Bee play by Lannier Bartlett, starring William Desmond and Dorothy Dalton. The story is of a minister and a girl who survive a shipwreck and are cast up on shore in the middle of the Pacific. The pictures were taken on Santa Cruz Island. Garbed in rags and tatters becoming their unfortunate plight, Mr. Desmond and Miss Dalton were wandering along the shore, waiting the coming of the director and cameraman. At the same time, the captain of a small coastwise vessel was surveying the horizon with his glasses. He caught sight of the two film stars and, as he afterward asserted, believed them to be veritable castaways, and began preparations to send out a small boat to their rescue. Then Edwards and the cameraman put in an appearance and the well-meaning captain, seeing that all was well—returned thanks? No, he did not. He cussed!”

'''January 19, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “In the teeth of a southeast gale, Captain Ira Eaton started out for Pelican Bay in the ''Sea Wolf'' yesterday afternoon about 2:30 with a company of fifteen moving picture actors in quest of scenery and ‘locations.’ The actor folk represented the Corona Cinema Company of Los Angeles, headed by ‘Scotty’ Beale, son of Louise Hester, and formerly well known here… The strongest impelling force that the company had for starting on this voyage in a storm was the fact that several members of the same company were already at Pelican Bay, where they have been for about a week, and it was felt by the others that they must join them with new stocks of provisions.”

'''January 27, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “’Scotty’ Beale’s party of Corona Cinema players returned yesterday from Santa Cruz Island in Captain Ira Eaton’s ''Sea Wolf'', after a ten days’ professional stay. They made the out-bound trip in the face of a heavy gale, but suffered no inconvenience. The return voyage was made delightful. The party went to Los Angeles later in the day.”

'''April 13, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “A taste of the back to nature doctrine is being given a company of Los Angeles motion picture people, who this morning embarked aboard boats for Santa Cruz Island to film many scenes connected with a feature production. The party arrived in Santa Barbara last night from Universal City in charge of Director L. F. Reynolds. Miss Myrtle Gonzales, one of the stars of the Universal, headed the cast of principals. The party remained overnight at the Arlington hotel and early this morning made preparations for the start to the island. The company carries a large mountain of baggage and mechanical equipment for the pitching of camp on the island during the time consumed in making the picture.”

'''April 24, 1917 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Featuring William Farnum in When Men See Red, a company of the Fox Film Company is expected here Thursday, to remain for several days at the Hotel Hermosa. Under the directorship of Frank Lloyd, a number of local scenes will be taken. The film promises to be one of the best yet produced by the Fox Company. Louis H. Sherer was here Monday to make the preliminary arrangements.”

'''May 1, 1917 [TI/Avalon]:''' “William Farnum intends to leave New York as soon as the film When Men See Red is completed. He’s planned to spend July and August in Avalon. He is one of the most expert and enthusiastic rod men who visit this angling center, and he has taken all the varieties of game fish while angling from the launch Ruth, Captain I. L. Newberry.”

'''May 26, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday morning Captain Ira K. Eaton returned from Pelican Bay in the ''Sea Wolf'', bringing over 15 members of Director Sturgis' company of American Film actors who had spent five days on the island and had worked a great deal of the picturesque island coast for a new picture show in the making, most of the scenes being laid between Valdez Cave and Pelican Bay. A contingent of 30 people from the Universal Film Company of Los Angeles will go to the island with Captain Eaton tomorrow on the same kind of business bent. From June 10 to July 15 a company of 15 people, headed by Henry Otto, formerly of the Flying A and now a director in the Marine film company of Los Angeles, will encamp at Pelican Bay for work on a big picture.”

'''May 26, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “Captain Ira Eaton, skipper of the ''Sea Wolf'', returned to Santa Barbara yesterday with a company of moving picture actors from the American studios who have been spending the past five days on Santa Cruz Island taking scenes for a screen production. The rugged coastline from Valdez Cave to Pelican Bay was used in the various locations. Captain Eaton expects to take a company of 30 from the Universal Studios in Los Angeles to the island tomorrow. The diversities of scenery make the place an ideal rendezvous for the various movie companies and several different directors have made plans for visiting the place this summer.”

'''June 17, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Captain Ira Eaton came over from Pelican Bay yesterday afternoon accompanied by F. J. Leary, business manager of the Universal Film Company, who has a company of nearly 70 people on the island engaged on a big marine picture. The trip to the mainland was for the purpose of allowing Mr. Leary to get his headquarters on the wire for a report of progress and to give the commissary department of the island camp a replenishment. The captain and his passenger list and cargo will return to the camp this morning.”

'''June 18, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “The Universal Film Company has about 70 actors still on Santa Cruz Island, under the direction of F. J. Leary. Leary came across the channel Saturday with Captain Ira Eaton to contract for a large amount of camp supplies.”

'''July 13, 1917 [SBDNI]:''' “The Marine Film Company returned Monday from Santa Cruz Island to Los Angeles. The company has been producing a number of sea films at the island. There are now no film companies on Santa Cruz, as the Universal returned several weeks ago to Los Angeles.”

'''September 7, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Henry Otto, who has had a company of moving picture actors in camp on Santa Cruz Island for the past two weeks, sent his scout boat over to the mainland yesterday morning for a new supply of the material comforts of camp life. All of his people are reported well and progressing favorably with a picture on which Mr. Otto is working as an independent producer.”

'''January 26, 1918 [Motography, p. 171]: ''' “Spend Ten Days on Wild Island. William Duncan, star and director of the Vitagraph serial “Vengeance—and the Woman,” celebrated the holidays by retaking scenes by day for two later episodes of the serial and cutting scenes by night. Notwithstanding the cold weather and the fact the company lived in tents, many beautiful scenes were taken during a sojourn of ten days at Santa Cruz Islands [sic], off southern California. While there, Carol Holloway and Mr. Duncan jumped from a fifty-foot cliff on a horse's back into the sea. This thrill is but one of the many which appear in the tenth episode.”

'''February 15, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “Bernard Fish, representative of the Goldwyn Moving Picture Company of Los Angeles, was in town yesterday. While here, Fish met his old friend, Charles Newton of the Mission Theatre. Newton has made arrangements to show in Santa Barbara '''The Border Legion''', scenes of which were taken at Painted Cave.”

'''March 6, 1919 [SBDN]:''' “Mrs. Ira K. Eaton sailed for Santa Cruz Island this morning in the ''Sea Wolf'', going to prepare camp at Pelican Bay for a party of 30 members of the Fox Film Company, who are coming up from Los Angeles to spend a week or more filming pictures.”

'''May 17, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “The Fox Company players will for the next few weeks make Santa Cruz their headquarters while they film important South Sea views there in imitation of the island of Tahiti.”

'''May 19, 1919 [SBDN]:''' “…All camping privileges on Santa Cruz [Island] have been leased from the Santa Cruz Island Company by Captain Eaton, according to the statement of Alonzo L. Swain, superintendent for the company, and campers’ permits are to be obtained from him… The beach at Fry’s Harbor, one of the most beautiful of the miniature harbors of Santa Cruz Island, is now being transformed into a tropical beach by the Lasky Motion Picture Company. Palm trees, bamboo, luxurious vegetation of all kinds has been brought there and is being transplanted to give the beach every appearance of a cannibal isle, which will figure prominently in a picture now being produced by the Lasky Company. Cecile DeMille’s company will spend three weeks at the harbor as soon as the work is completed making scenes for the picture on which they now are working.”

'''June 21, 1919 [LAT]:''' “Santa Cruz Island, at least a portion of it, has literally been changed in all but name since the arrival of the Famous Players Lasky Corporation to take scenes for the ''Admiral Crichton'', the big picture production of the famous Barrie play. The film folk are busy shooting the scenes of the shipwreck, which forms so important a part of this unusual drama. Elaborate sets have been built to add realism to the location, in addition to strengthening the illusion of tropical verdure. The company will be busy for another week on their location. The scenes will require a longer time than originally anticipated, because of the difficulties encountered. In the first place the trip to the island was stormy, and landing proved troublesome business. After the sets had been erected a high windstorm wrought havoc for a day, but by spirited effort the large force of assistants that Mr. DeMille took with him managed to repair the damage quickly so that the filming of the scenes might be started. An unusually large company was taken to the islands by Mr. DeMille. Gloria Swanson is the star, with Tom Meighan as leading man. Other popular picture people in the play are Lila Lee, Mildred Reardon, Theodore Roberts and Raymond Hatton. Jesse L. Lansky, first vice-president of the film corporation, spent a day on the island, and returned sunburned but satisfied with the results.”

'''June 27, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “The yacht ''Rheingold'' from San Pedro left this port for Fry’s Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, yesterday afternoon. The ''Rheingold'', which has been chartered by the Lasky Company in connection with the pictures being filmed at the islands, makes frequent trips to Santa Barbara for supplies.”

'''June 30, 1919 [LAT]:''' “Of all the nature-conquering contrivances known to mankind, the submarine is unlisted as among the possessions of Cecil B. DeMille, director-general of Famous Players Lasky. DeMille has just purchased a seagoing vessel, combination sailing and powerboat, that struck his fancy while filming the screen adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s Admirable Crichton on the tropical isle into which Santa Cruz Island has been transformed. When DeMille and his company of artists repaired to picturesque Santa Cruz Island on location, a trim craft was hired to make daily trips between the scene of the shooting and the laboratory at the Famous Players Lasky studios. So impressed was DeMille with the sixty-footer that he set about making it his own…”

'''October 2, 1919 [LAT]:''' “…some of the big plans which the Fox Company has for the future… Miss White will do two stories in the West, one The Tiger’s Club, by George Potter and another by Hiram Perry Maxim, which will be done on Santa Cruz Island. It seems that Mr. Maxim was so great an admirer of Miss White’s that he wrote the play especially for her.”

'''March 25, 1920 [LAT]:''' ‘Like a voice from another world comes the announcement that a character conceived by Jack London during his lifetime is to be given substance and body in the form of screen characterization and story. As is entirely fitting, this embodiment is to be accomplished by his widow, Charmian London, and as a further touch of fittingness, she is to be assisted in her labors by the writer’s friend and pal, Hobart Bosworth. In fact, Mrs. London and Mr. Bosworth have already finished their work of collaboration on the writing, and Mr. Bosworth is about to begin work on the picturization of the story for the J. Parker Read Productions, out at the Ince studio… The story is a vivid and colorful tale of the South Sea Islands, and Mr. Read will spare no expense in making the production noteworthy. The entire company will shortly embark for Santa Cruz Island, where scenes will be made. Two large ocean-going schooners will be part of the properties, and whole villages will be erected…”

'''April 19, 1920 [SCICo]:''' “I have sold the moving picture people 600 lineal feet of young eucalyptus trees @1/2 cent per lineal foot. They did their own cutting and hauling using our teams for which I charged them $5/day and they supplied the drivers. These trees were from 1 to 4 inches in diameter. The schooner is now hauling these to Cueva Valdez @ $75/day...”

'''April 26, 1920 [SCICo]:''' “Sunday April 18th the schooner unloaded a cargo of movie props at Cueva Valdez which she had been unable to unload before because of weather conditions. Monday April 19th the schooner hauled eucalyptus poles to Cueva Valdez.”

'''July 27, 1920 [LAT]:''' “Earthquake helps. Russell Simpson, who is portraying the title role in Goldwyn’s adaptation of Black Pawl, has gone to Santa Cruz for the purpose of filming the ‘storm at sea’ scenes for production. Reports from Reginald Barker from the island yesterday were to the effect that the earthquake had caused a young tidal wave, and they were getting plenty of stormy sea. They will return early next week to resume filming of interior acts at the studio.”

'''August 21, 1921 [LAT]:''' “In my Hobart Bosworth productions of the South Seas (note also the Cecil DeMille production of Barrie’s Admirable Crichton) Santa Cruz and Catalina Islands sufficed.”

'''August 10, 1922 [LAT]:''' “’Thelma’ begins to live on celluloid. While her Viking father started on his last voyage in the high-prowed craft of those ancient mariners, amid the raging seas which separate the wild and rugged island of Santa Cruz from the mainland, Jane Novak cruised nearby, in a modern, luxurious yacht. With the filming of the picturesque Viking scenes, and the life of ‘Thelma’ amid the luxuries of the English aristocracy, began the production of Jane Novak’s ideal story, the romance by Marie Corelli. Affording the necessary locations for the reproduction of the land of the midnight sun, the barren island of Santa Cruz has been the home of Viking voyagers for the past week. With the return of the company to the studios, Chester Bennett, the producer, immediately set about the filming of the picturesque interiors of Thelma’s Norwegian home.”

'''November 23, 1922 [ODC]:''' “Mack Sennett, motion picture comedy producer, is spending a vacation on Santa Cruz Island. He has a camp at Pelican Bay and is enjoying the scenery and island life with 12 other movie people. The party went to the island on the yacht ''Edris'' that Sennett purchased from Tom Ince, another noted motion picture producer. It is stated that the movie people went out there decidedly for a rest, but it is thought some scenes will be taken while the party is on the island.”

'''Several movies have been filmed at Catalina Harbor, dating back to the turn of the century. The most notable film was the 1926 production of Old Ironsides, were the south point of the Harbor (near Pin Rock) was turned into the port of Tripoli with the construction of giant sets. Several of this films left behind the burned out and blown up hulks used in the making of the movie. There are at least six known wrecks in Cat Harbor. www.cawreckdivers.org/CatHarbor.htm
Wrecks at Inner Catalina Harbor (Isthmus): ''Ning Po''; ''Palmyra''; ''Margaret C''.; ''Charles F. Crocker''

'''July 6, 1937 [LAT]:''' “If Paramount Pictures wants to film a spectacular dive of a man from the top of Ribbon Rock at Santa Catalina Island into the blue waters of the Pacific 250 feet below, they will have to use a dummy or fake it. That is, if Harry Field, president of the Divers Club, has his way about it. Yesterday Field served the studio with a copy of a protest dispatched to the Board of Supervisors asking that official action be taken to prevent the stunt. His letter contends that such a plunge would prove fatal. He pointed to the results of a dive made recently by a stunter from the San Francisco bridge which is just a bit higher that the site of the proposed movie dive. Such a scene is written in the script for Ebb Tide, which James Hogan is directing. In all probability he will heed warnings of the hazard involved and use other means to achieve the same effect.”

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'''Movies''' have been filmed around the Channel Islands since the development of the silent film industry shortly after the turn of the century. Films through the 1920s were silent.

* '''American Film Company » [[Flying A Studio]] (1910-1923)'''

'''MOVIES FILMED AT THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS:'''

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT MULTIPLE ISLANDS 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[The Love Trader]] || Joseph Henaby||1932 ||
|-
| [[West of the West]] || Sam Tyler, Peter Seaman, Brent Sumner ||2016 || exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT ANACAPA ISLAND 
|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebymWt8tzfc&ab_channel=fullmetalgokudo Foes] || || 1977 ||
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Underwater Warrior]] || Metro Goldwyn Mayer ||1956 || exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SAN MIGUEL ISLAND 
|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Sea Wolf (film)]] || Hobart Bosworth Productions Company ||1913 || lost
|-
| [[Mutiny on the Bounty]] || ||1935 || exists
|-
|}

'''From the 1920s through the mid 1940s movies were filmed close to Hollywood, due to lack of easy transportation. Thus many films that required "tropical" backgrounds were shot on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California. It was here, in Two Harbors, that films such as the original "Mutiny on the Bounty," "Old Ironsides," "Treasure Island," "King of Kings," "Captain Blood," "Rain," "Count of Monte Cristo," "Captain's Courageous," "Hurricane," The Sea Hawk," "The Ten Commandments," and "Ebb Tide" were filmed. More movies were filmed at the Isthmus than anywhere, other than Hollywood, during that time.'''

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 

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| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Shanghaied]] || ||1909 || unknown
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3gaYbb38I&ab_channel=HaydenWelch Man's Genesis] || film by director D. W. Griffith. One of the first films made on Catalina. ||1912 || available
|-
| [[Sea Wolf (film)]] || Hobart Bosworth Productions Company ||1913 || lost
|-
| [[Valley of the Moon]] || ||1914 || unknown
|-
| [[The Sea Nymphs]] || ||1914 || unknown
|-
| [[Young Romance 1915|Young Romance]] || ||1915 || available
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2orJyDYVpTg&ab_channel=TheFederalFile A Submarine Pirate] || Harold Lloyd film starring Charlie Chaplin ||1915 || available
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBvNSaE8qMg Civilization] || film by Thomas H. Ince ||1915 || available
|-
| [[Treasure of the Sea]] || Metro All-Star Series ||1918 || lost
|-
| [[Terror Island]] ||starring Harry Houdini; directed by Colin Campbell ||1920 || partial
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPQHr6LVRE The Corsican Brothers] ||starring Dustin Farnum; directed by James Cruze ||1920 || partial
|-
| [[Leap Year]] ||starring Roscoe Arbuckle; co-directed by James Cruze ||1921 || available
|-
| [[The Ten Commandments]] || directed by Cecile B. DeMille ||1923 || available
|-
| [[The Isle of Lost Ships]] || ||1923 ||
|-
| [[The Navigator]] || filmed by Buster Keaton ||1924 || available
|-
| [https://www.silentera.com/video/vanishingAmericanHV.html The Vanishing American] || ||1924 || available
|-
| [[Feet of Clay]] || ||1924 || exists
|-
| [[The Sea Hawk]] || ||1924 || exists
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63t9ue_0pUU Ben Hur] || ||1925 || available
|-
| [[LAUREL, Stan|Half a Man]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGYejVdGIQ '''Half a Man'''] || 1925
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaI-vo5x5OQ The Black Pirate] || with Douglas Fairbanks ||1926 || available
|-
| [[Old Ironsides (Two Harbors)]] ||''[[S. N. Castle]]'' burned for film ||1926 || available
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amsoemMsFJ0&ab_channel=Films The Kid Brother] ||Ted Wilde, director ||1927 || available
|-
| [[Jacob's Well aka The King of Kings (Two Harbors)]] ||1927 ||
Cecil B. DeMille’s silent epic
|-
| [[Island of Lost Souls]] || starring Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi||1932 || available
|-
| [[Bird of Paradise]] || ||1932 ||
|-
| [[Rain]] || ||1932 || unknown
|-
| [[Zane Grey's South Sea Adventure]] || ||1932 || Sol Lesser
|-
| [[The Son of Kong]] || ||1933 ||
|-
| [[Count of Monte Cristo]] || ||1934 ||
|-
| [[Treasure Island]] || with Wallace Beery ||1934 || unknown
|-
| [[Mutiny on the Bounty]] ||starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable ||1935 || exists
|-
| [[Murder on a Honeymooon]] || starring Edna May Oliver ||1935 || unknown
|-
| [[Pirate Party on Catalina Isle]] || ||1935 || unknown
|-
| [[Captain Blood]] || ||1935 || unknown
|-
| [[Captain Calamity]] || ||1936 || unknown
|-
| [[Captains Courageous]] || ||1937 || unknown
|-
| [[Ebb Tide]] || ||1937 || unknown
|-
| [[The Hurricane]] || ||1937 || unknown
|-
| [[You're Only Young Once]] ||starring Mickey Rooney ||1937 || unknown
|-
| [[Isle of Destiny]] || ||1939 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0gOsx8-mZo WATCH]
|-
| [[Guadalcanal Diary]] || ||1943 ||
|-
| [[Adventure]] ||with Clark Gable ||1945 || exists
|-
| [[The Sea Hounds]] ||with Buster Crabbe ||1947 ||
|-
| [[Neptune's Daughter]] ||with Esther Williams, Red Skelton and Ricardo Montalban ||1949 || exists
|-
| [[All Ashore]] ||with Mickey Rooney ||1950s || unknown
|-
| [[Crimson Pirate]] ||with Burt Lancaster ||1952 ||
|-
| [[All Ashore]] ||with Mickey Rooney and Dick Haymes ||1953 ||
|-
| [[Summer Children]] ||directed by James Bruner ||1965 ||
|-
| [[The Glass Bottom Boat]] ||with Doris Day ||1966 || exists
|-
| [[Catalina Caper]] ||starring Tommy Kirk ||1967 ||
|-
| [[Night of the Squid]] ||Jacques Cousteau director ||1970 || exists
|-
| [[Bless the Beasts and the Children]] ||starring Bill Mumy; Stanley Kramer, director ||1971 || exists
|-
| [[Disney's "The Little Shepherd Dog of Catalina" Season 19 Ep 17]] ||starring Clint Rowe ||1973 || exists
|-
| [[Chinatown]] ||starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway ||1974 || exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA CRUZ ISLAND 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[How Algy Captured a Wild Man ~ Selig Motion Picture Company 1911|How Algy Captured a Wild Man ]] || Selig Motion Picture Company || 1911 || unknown
|-
| [[Calamity Anne’s Dream ~ Flying A Studios 1913|Calamity Anne's Dream]] || Flying A Studios ||1913 || unknown
|-
| [[The Quest ~ Flying A Studios 1915|The Quest]] || Flying A Studios || 1915 || unknown
|-
| [[Heart of my Heart ~ Alhambra Motion Pictures DeLuxe 1915|Heart of my Heart]] || Alhambra Motion Pictures DeLuxe || 1915 || unknown
|-
| [[Undine ~ Universal 1915|Undine]] (pic)|| Universal ||1915 || unknown
|-
| [[Diamond from the Sky ~ Flying A Studios 1915|Diamond from the Sky ]] || Flying A Studios ||1915 || unknown
|-
| [[Out of the Darkness ~ Flying A Studios 1915|Out of the Darkness ]] || Flying A Studios || 1915 || unknown
|-
| [[Pearl of Paradise 1916|Pearl of Paradise ]](pic) || Harry Pollard Productions || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[Put Out the Darkness ]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[The Game of Hearts/Battle of Hearts 1916|The Game of Hearts]] (pic)|| Fox || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[The Secret of the Submarine 1916|Secret of the Submarine]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[Lillo of the Sulu Seas ~ Flying A Studios 1916|Lillo of the Sulu Seas]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[Smugglers of Santa Cruz]] || Flying A Studios || 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[A Gamble in Souls]] || Ince-Triangle|| 1916 || unknown
|-
| [[ Betty and the Buccaneers|Betty and the Buccaneers ]] || Flying A Studios || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ Sirens of the Sea 1917|Sirens of the Sea ]] || || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[The Bottle Imp 1917 | The Bottle Imp ]] || Jesse L. Lasky (Paramount) || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[The Fighting Trail|The Fighting Trail ]] || Vitagraph Company || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Midnight Man 1917|The Midnight Man ]] || Universal || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Curse of Eve 1917|The Curse of Eve ]] || Corona Cinema Company || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Showdown 1917|The Showdown ]] || || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ Vengeance—And the Woman]] || Vitagraph Company || 1917 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Woman in the Web]] || Vitagraph Company || 1918 || unknown
|-
| [[Adam and Eve 1918|Adam and Eve ]] || || 1918 || unknown
|-
| [[ A Modern Lorelei 1917|A Modern Lorelei ]] || || 1918 || unknown
|-
| [[ Male and Female 1919|Male and Female ]] || Lasky Studio || 1919 || exists
|-
| [[ The Isle of Intrigue 1919|The Isle of Intrigue ]] || Metro || 1919 || unknown
|-
| [[ Miss Adventure|Miss Adventure ]] || Fox || 1919 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Tiger's Tale ]] || unknown || 1919 || unknown
|-
| [[ Temple of the Sea 1920s|Temple of the Sea ]] || || 1920s || unknown
|-
| [[ Temple of Venus 1923|Temple of Venus ]] (pic) || Fox Film Company || 1923 || unknown
|-
| [[ Peter Pan 1924|Peter Pan ]](pic)|| Lasky Company || 1924|| exists
|-
| [[ Follies of Vanity 1925|Follies of Vanity ]]|| Fox Film Company || 1925 || unknown
|-
| [[ The Devil's Master 1926|The Blue Eagle aka The Devil's Master ]] || Fox Film Company || 1926 || exists
|-
| [[ The Rescue 1928|The Rescue ]] || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer || 1929|| exists
|-
| [[ Unsolved Mysteries|Santa Cruz Island Unidentified Remains ]] || [[Unsolved Mysteries]] || 1990|| exists
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable "
!colspan="4"| MOVIES FILMED AT SANTA ROSA ISLAND 

|-
| '''FILM''' || '''FILM COMPANY''' || '''RELEASED || '''STATUS'''
|-
| [[Shipwreck of the Aggi]] || ||1915 || unknown
|-
|}

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=====In the News~=====

'''June 6, 1912 [SBMP]:''' “The successful outcome of the recent attempt to picture the Santa Cruz Island seal in their native haunts and in the process of capture, has encouraged the Pacific Motion Picture Company to extend their effort, and to secure a general island film, perhaps 3000 feet in length, and including scenery as well as action. Such advices have come to Captain George McGuire, who is associated with Captain Rosaline Vasquez in sealing operations. Captain Vasquez on the schooner ''Gussie M'', superintended the operations of the picture company at the island last month when sealing views were taken. Word has just come from Los Angeles that the films are of extraordinary merit, and the company is anxious to complete the series. Arrangements have been made for the second cruise next week, at which time the camera will be able to catch sheep round-up and shearing in full operation. Wine making will also be illustrated. W. H. Clifford, the president of the company, who is also the scenario writer, will accompany the troop.”

'''June 18, 1912 [SBI]:''' “William H. Clifford, president of the Pacific Coast Motion Picture Company and D. Daniels, manager of the company, returned Monday from the islands where they have been with Captain Vasquez in his boat, ''Gussie M'', taking pictures of seals. While on this last trip they took over 2,000 feet of films. They have completed a series of pictures which show the seal from its babyhood to the time it is captured by the hunter. Three trips to the islands have been necessary to get the films.”

'''June 21, 1912 [SBI]:''' “Captain Vasquez of the ''Gussie M'' sailed this morning for the islands with a handsome gold watch presented to him by the manager of the Pacific Coast Moving Picture Company. The company has for the last six months used Captain Vasquez’s boat to carry its picture-making machines to and around the islands while pictures of seals and island scenery were being taken. The manager considers the pictures among the best yet procured and presented the watch as proof of the value he placed on the Captain’s part of the work.”

'''May 25, 1913 [SBMP]:''' “''Otter'' takes movies. Captain Vasquez of the steamer ''Otter'' will take a party of Los Angeles people to his tent city camp on Santa Cruz Island this morning. His party includes Big Otto, the manager of Selig Motion Pictures, Animal Farm of Eastlake Park, Los Angeles, also Lazard H. Lippman and son of Los Angeles. They will remain on the island camping for a week or more.”

'''June 17, 1913 [SBMP]:''' “Speedy launch takes camera men on island cruise. One of the speediest launches that ever came into the Santa Barbara Harbor arrived late yesterday afternoon, with a party of motion picture men aboard. The launch is from San Pedro and en route stopped at Santa Barbara Island. Today Santa Cruz Island will be visited. This port will be headquarters for the expedition during its channel operations. Pictures are being taken of the island scene for the Pather Weekly. Charles Davis, a nature student, and until recently special office for the Santa Barbara Humane Society, is aboard as a guide.”

'''August 24, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Captain Vasquez sailed this morning for Santa Cruz Island on the ''Otter'' with members of the Flying A, who go to take scenes not obtainable elsewhere. They particularly wish to secure the romantic waterfall pictures. There are a number of highly effective waterfalls on the island, which will make splendid setting for stories which the Flying A is to film. It is also stated that they will film a Robinson Crusoe skit while away.”

'''August 26, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “The Santa Barbara Motion Picture company’s actors left yesterday for Santa Cruz Island, where Henry Otto will direct a primitive play. Mrs. Harley Shafer and her daughter, Miss Margaret Shafer, accompanied the party, which will be gone three days.”

'''August 27, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Harry Pollard, one of the directors of the Flying A company, made pictures at Castle Rock and on the channel close to shore this afternoon. A company of the Santa Barbara film companies actors are making regular trips into the channel and to the islands on the ''Otter'', for pictures of ocean and wild coasts.”

'''August 30, 1914 [SBMP]:''' “Instead of remaining at Santa Cruz Island but three days, Henry Otto, director of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, has decided to remain longer with his group of players. The ''Otter'' returned here yesterday for more provisions. It is believed Mr. Otto has decided the situation is so unusual that he will take advantage of it for more pictures than he originally planned.”

'''October 26, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “To shoot wild boars and hunt fish for a few days, ten young men from the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company left yesterday in the powerboat ''Otter'', Captain Vasquez, for Santa Cruz Island, to be gone part of this week. A party of eight trained nurses took the ride across the channel, returning with the boat in the afternoon.”

'''October 27, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “After passing several days on Santa Cruz Island, rusticating, catching fish, shooting at quail, wild boars, and other ‘varmints’ in season, and generally experiencing a Robinson Crusoe life, ten players and mechanical department employees of the Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, are back on the job today, having returned last evening from the island, to which they went Sunday.”

'''November 3, 1914 [SBDNI]:''' “Movie people are now very busy filming Santa Barbara scenery. Everyone was extremely busy at the Flying A studio last week… After passing four or five days at Santa Cruz Island last week, Director Scott R. Beal, Assistant Director Everitt Shallenberger, and several other notables of the Santa Barbara studio, are back on the job again… Captain Vasquez of the powerboat ''Otter'' took the movie men over, and treated them right royally, virtually turning over to them the key to his camp…”

'''March 4, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday Captain Ira K. Eaton returned to Santa Cruz Island in the ''Sea Wolf'', taking a company of motion picture actors bent on capturing some of the incomparable scenery of the island for a photoplay.”

'''March 4, 1915 [SBDNI]:''' “A party of motion picture players is at Santa Cruz Island today, using the incomparable scenery as settings for a photoplay. The actors and actresses were taken over yesterday by Captain Ira K. Eaton in his launch, the ''Sea Wolf''.”

'''March 5, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Actors return to island. Captain Ira K. Eaton went to Santa Cruz Island yesterday morning, taking back there a company of Santa Barbara actors who he had brought back from the island the evening before, after a day spent there to work on a photoplay.”

'''May 9, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “''Otter'' busy… Today the boat is at Valdez Harbor with a party of twenty-five of the Flying A people who started over at a late hour last night and will return this evening.”

'''May 11, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “The Flying A boys who went to the island in the ''Otter'' last Saturday night, returned at 4 o’clock P.M. on the following day, having had a royal good time at Valdez Cave and in the surrounding country on a wild boar hunt. As a trophy of their chase, they brought home an immense old boar, with tusks seven inches long, the monster having been shot by a member of the party.”

'''June 1, 1915 [SBDNI]:''' “In order to make use of the island’s unsurpassed scenery as backgrounds for a photoplay, the Kalem Film Company of Los Angeles, today made arrangements with B. Hilbing, business agent of the powerboat ''Otter'', to take a party of motion picture artists to Santa Cruz Island a week from today. The movie people will make the newly-established camp at Fry’s Harbor their headquarters.”

'''August 21, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Tom Ricketts is preparing for his next Mutual masterpiece, which will be an unusual smuggling story with Harold Lockwood, May Allison as the principals. Nearly all of this will be taken at the sea. Mr. Ricketts expects to be at Santa Cruz Island for an entire week with his players. Use will also be made of the Point Conception lighthouse. There will be a number of sensations, such as a shipwreck and a buoy explosion, and the close is to be a more artistic piece of work.”

'''October 12, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday afternoon Captain Ira K. Eaton left for Santa Rosa Island waters after a load of fish, the morning hours having been devoted by the boat and her skipper to posing for a scene in a nautical picture by Flying A Company.”

'''November 17, 1915 [SBMP Flying A Notes]:''' “William Russell and other players under the direction of Donald McDonald have been at the Point Conception lighthouse the last two days working around the lighthouse for a three-reel clipper, '''Across the Sunset Sea'''. Scenes for this were also made at Santa Cruz Island. The players returned to the city last evening.”

'''November 28, 1915 [SBMP]:''' “Harold Lockwood and other players, under the direction of Donald MacDonald, spent several days at Santa Cruz Island last week on '''Lillo of the Sunset Sea''', a three-reeler written by Kenneth B. Clarke.

'''April 7, 1916 [SBDN]:''' “William Farnum, director of 30 actors of the Fox Motion Picture Company of Los Angeles, and Sidney D. Gray, formerly with the old Santa Barbara Motion Picture Company, sailed for Santa Cruz Island today, aboard Captain Eaton’s launch to film a marine picture. Harry Pollard and his company of 30 are already on the island, making over 60 actors now colonizing Eaton’s camp. Pollard has just taken over additional actors. He was here last evening. ‘We are taking the finest pictures that were ever filmed, I really believe,’ said the director. ‘There is no other place on the globe where pictures can be excel those offered by the rugged scenery of Santa Cruz Island.’ Captain Eaton will tomorrow take over a party of American players for a brief visit, just to snatch a few pictures in completing a film. The American discovered the islands as a paradise for the motion picture artist.”

'''December 24, 1916 [LAT]:''' “The ‘mistaken identity’ story, written so often of photoplay folk and their doings has, it is claimed, become taboo, but Director Walter Edwards of the Ince-Triangle forces tells us one which he stoutly avers is true. It concerns an incident that happened during the recent filming of A Gamble in Souls, the Triangle-Kay-Bee play by Lannier Bartlett, starring William Desmond and Dorothy Dalton. The story is of a minister and a girl who survive a shipwreck and are cast up on shore in the middle of the Pacific. The pictures were taken on Santa Cruz Island. Garbed in rags and tatters becoming their unfortunate plight, Mr. Desmond and Miss Dalton were wandering along the shore, waiting the coming of the director and cameraman. At the same time, the captain of a small coastwise vessel was surveying the horizon with his glasses. He caught sight of the two film stars and, as he afterward asserted, believed them to be veritable castaways, and began preparations to send out a small boat to their rescue. Then Edwards and the cameraman put in an appearance and the well-meaning captain, seeing that all was well—returned thanks? No, he did not. He cussed!”

'''January 19, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “In the teeth of a southeast gale, Captain Ira Eaton started out for Pelican Bay in the ''Sea Wolf'' yesterday afternoon about 2:30 with a company of fifteen moving picture actors in quest of scenery and ‘locations.’ The actor folk represented the Corona Cinema Company of Los Angeles, headed by ‘Scotty’ Beale, son of Louise Hester, and formerly well known here… The strongest impelling force that the company had for starting on this voyage in a storm was the fact that several members of the same company were already at Pelican Bay, where they have been for about a week, and it was felt by the others that they must join them with new stocks of provisions.”

'''January 27, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “’Scotty’ Beale’s party of Corona Cinema players returned yesterday from Santa Cruz Island in Captain Ira Eaton’s ''Sea Wolf'', after a ten days’ professional stay. They made the out-bound trip in the face of a heavy gale, but suffered no inconvenience. The return voyage was made delightful. The party went to Los Angeles later in the day.”

'''April 13, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “A taste of the back to nature doctrine is being given a company of Los Angeles motion picture people, who this morning embarked aboard boats for Santa Cruz Island to film many scenes connected with a feature production. The party arrived in Santa Barbara last night from Universal City in charge of Director L. F. Reynolds. Miss Myrtle Gonzales, one of the stars of the Universal, headed the cast of principals. The party remained overnight at the Arlington hotel and early this morning made preparations for the start to the island. The company carries a large mountain of baggage and mechanical equipment for the pitching of camp on the island during the time consumed in making the picture.”

'''April 24, 1917 [TI/Avalon]:''' “Featuring William Farnum in When Men See Red, a company of the Fox Film Company is expected here Thursday, to remain for several days at the Hotel Hermosa. Under the directorship of Frank Lloyd, a number of local scenes will be taken. The film promises to be one of the best yet produced by the Fox Company. Louis H. Sherer was here Monday to make the preliminary arrangements.”

'''May 1, 1917 [TI/Avalon]:''' “William Farnum intends to leave New York as soon as the film When Men See Red is completed. He’s planned to spend July and August in Avalon. He is one of the most expert and enthusiastic rod men who visit this angling center, and he has taken all the varieties of game fish while angling from the launch Ruth, Captain I. L. Newberry.”

'''May 26, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Yesterday morning Captain Ira K. Eaton returned from Pelican Bay in the ''Sea Wolf'', bringing over 15 members of Director Sturgis' company of American Film actors who had spent five days on the island and had worked a great deal of the picturesque island coast for a new picture show in the making, most of the scenes being laid between Valdez Cave and Pelican Bay. A contingent of 30 people from the Universal Film Company of Los Angeles will go to the island with Captain Eaton tomorrow on the same kind of business bent. From June 10 to July 15 a company of 15 people, headed by Henry Otto, formerly of the Flying A and now a director in the Marine film company of Los Angeles, will encamp at Pelican Bay for work on a big picture.”

'''May 26, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “Captain Ira Eaton, skipper of the ''Sea Wolf'', returned to Santa Barbara yesterday with a company of moving picture actors from the American studios who have been spending the past five days on Santa Cruz Island taking scenes for a screen production. The rugged coastline from Valdez Cave to Pelican Bay was used in the various locations. Captain Eaton expects to take a company of 30 from the Universal Studios in Los Angeles to the island tomorrow. The diversities of scenery make the place an ideal rendezvous for the various movie companies and several different directors have made plans for visiting the place this summer.”

'''June 17, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Captain Ira Eaton came over from Pelican Bay yesterday afternoon accompanied by F. J. Leary, business manager of the Universal Film Company, who has a company of nearly 70 people on the island engaged on a big marine picture. The trip to the mainland was for the purpose of allowing Mr. Leary to get his headquarters on the wire for a report of progress and to give the commissary department of the island camp a replenishment. The captain and his passenger list and cargo will return to the camp this morning.”

'''June 18, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “The Universal Film Company has about 70 actors still on Santa Cruz Island, under the direction of F. J. Leary. Leary came across the channel Saturday with Captain Ira Eaton to contract for a large amount of camp supplies.”

'''July 13, 1917 [SBDNI]:''' “The Marine Film Company returned Monday from Santa Cruz Island to Los Angeles. The company has been producing a number of sea films at the island. There are now no film companies on Santa Cruz, as the Universal returned several weeks ago to Los Angeles.”

'''September 7, 1917 [SBMP]:''' “Henry Otto, who has had a company of moving picture actors in camp on Santa Cruz Island for the past two weeks, sent his scout boat over to the mainland yesterday morning for a new supply of the material comforts of camp life. All of his people are reported well and progressing favorably with a picture on which Mr. Otto is working as an independent producer.”

'''January 26, 1918 [Motography, p. 171]: ''' “Spend Ten Days on Wild Island. William Duncan, star and director of the Vitagraph serial “Vengeance—and the Woman,” celebrated the holidays by retaking scenes by day for two later episodes of the serial and cutting scenes by night. Notwithstanding the cold weather and the fact the company lived in tents, many beautiful scenes were taken during a sojourn of ten days at Santa Cruz Islands [sic], off southern California. While there, Carol Holloway and Mr. Duncan jumped from a fifty-foot cliff on a horse's back into the sea. This thrill is but one of the many which appear in the tenth episode.”

'''February 15, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “Bernard Fish, representative of the Goldwyn Moving Picture Company of Los Angeles, was in town yesterday. While here, Fish met his old friend, Charles Newton of the Mission Theatre. Newton has made arrangements to show in Santa Barbara '''The Border Legion''', scenes of which were taken at Painted Cave.”

'''March 6, 1919 [SBDN]:''' “Mrs. Ira K. Eaton sailed for Santa Cruz Island this morning in the ''Sea Wolf'', going to prepare camp at Pelican Bay for a party of 30 members of the Fox Film Company, who are coming up from Los Angeles to spend a week or more filming pictures.”

'''May 17, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “The Fox Company players will for the next few weeks make Santa Cruz their headquarters while they film important South Sea views there in imitation of the island of Tahiti.”

'''May 19, 1919 [SBDN]:''' “…All camping privileges on Santa Cruz [Island] have been leased from the Santa Cruz Island Company by Captain Eaton, according to the statement of Alonzo L. Swain, superintendent for the company, and campers’ permits are to be obtained from him… The beach at Fry’s Harbor, one of the most beautiful of the miniature harbors of Santa Cruz Island, is now being transformed into a tropical beach by the Lasky Motion Picture Company. Palm trees, bamboo, luxurious vegetation of all kinds has been brought there and is being transplanted to give the beach every appearance of a cannibal isle, which will figure prominently in a picture now being produced by the Lasky Company. Cecile DeMille’s company will spend three weeks at the harbor as soon as the work is completed making scenes for the picture on which they now are working.”

'''June 21, 1919 [LAT]:''' “Santa Cruz Island, at least a portion of it, has literally been changed in all but name since the arrival of the Famous Players Lasky Corporation to take scenes for the ''Admiral Crichton'', the big picture production of the famous Barrie play. The film folk are busy shooting the scenes of the shipwreck, which forms so important a part of this unusual drama. Elaborate sets have been built to add realism to the location, in addition to strengthening the illusion of tropical verdure. The company will be busy for another week on their location. The scenes will require a longer time than originally anticipated, because of the difficulties encountered. In the first place the trip to the island was stormy, and landing proved troublesome business. After the sets had been erected a high windstorm wrought havoc for a day, but by spirited effort the large force of assistants that Mr. DeMille took with him managed to repair the damage quickly so that the filming of the scenes might be started. An unusually large company was taken to the islands by Mr. DeMille. Gloria Swanson is the star, with Tom Meighan as leading man. Other popular picture people in the play are Lila Lee, Mildred Reardon, Theodore Roberts and Raymond Hatton. Jesse L. Lansky, first vice-president of the film corporation, spent a day on the island, and returned sunburned but satisfied with the results.”

'''June 27, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “The yacht ''Rheingold'' from San Pedro left this port for Fry’s Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, yesterday afternoon. The ''Rheingold'', which has been chartered by the Lasky Company in connection with the pictures being filmed at the islands, makes frequent trips to Santa Barbara for supplies.”

'''June 30, 1919 [LAT]:''' “Of all the nature-conquering contrivances known to mankind, the submarine is unlisted as among the possessions of Cecil B. DeMille, director-general of Famous Players Lasky. DeMille has just purchased a seagoing vessel, combination sailing and powerboat, that struck his fancy while filming the screen adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s Admirable Crichton on the tropical isle into which Santa Cruz Island has been transformed. When DeMille and his company of artists repaired to picturesque Santa Cruz Island on location, a trim craft was hired to make daily trips between the scene of the shooting and the laboratory at the Famous Players Lasky studios. So impressed was DeMille with the sixty-footer that he set about making it his own…”

'''October 2, 1919 [LAT]:''' “…some of the big plans which the Fox Company has for the future… Miss White will do two stories in the West, one The Tiger’s Club, by George Potter and another by Hiram Perry Maxim, which will be done on Santa Cruz Island. It seems that Mr. Maxim was so great an admirer of Miss White’s that he wrote the play especially for her.”

'''March 25, 1920 [LAT]:''' ‘Like a voice from another world comes the announcement that a character conceived by Jack London during his lifetime is to be given substance and body in the form of screen characterization and story. As is entirely fitting, this embodiment is to be accomplished by his widow, Charmian London, and as a further touch of fittingness, she is to be assisted in her labors by the writer’s friend and pal, Hobart Bosworth. In fact, Mrs. London and Mr. Bosworth have already finished their work of collaboration on the writing, and Mr. Bosworth is about to begin work on the picturization of the story for the J. Parker Read Productions, out at the Ince studio… The story is a vivid and colorful tale of the South Sea Islands, and Mr. Read will spare no expense in making the production noteworthy. The entire company will shortly embark for Santa Cruz Island, where scenes will be made. Two large ocean-going schooners will be part of the properties, and whole villages will be erected…”

'''April 19, 1920 [SCICo]:''' “I have sold the moving picture people 600 lineal feet of young eucalyptus trees @1/2 cent per lineal foot. They did their own cutting and hauling using our teams for which I charged them $5/day and they supplied the drivers. These trees were from 1 to 4 inches in diameter. The schooner is now hauling these to Cueva Valdez @ $75/day...”

'''April 26, 1920 [SCICo]:''' “Sunday April 18th the schooner unloaded a cargo of movie props at Cueva Valdez which she had been unable to unload before because of weather conditions. Monday April 19th the schooner hauled eucalyptus poles to Cueva Valdez.”

'''July 27, 1920 [LAT]:''' “Earthquake helps. Russell Simpson, who is portraying the title role in Goldwyn’s adaptation of Black Pawl, has gone to Santa Cruz for the purpose of filming the ‘storm at sea’ scenes for production. Reports from Reginald Barker from the island yesterday were to the effect that the earthquake had caused a young tidal wave, and they were getting plenty of stormy sea. They will return early next week to resume filming of interior acts at the studio.”

'''August 21, 1921 [LAT]:''' “In my Hobart Bosworth productions of the South Seas (note also the Cecil DeMille production of Barrie’s Admirable Crichton) Santa Cruz and Catalina Islands sufficed.”

'''August 10, 1922 [LAT]:''' “’Thelma’ begins to live on celluloid. While her Viking father started on his last voyage in the high-prowed craft of those ancient mariners, amid the raging seas which separate the wild and rugged island of Santa Cruz from the mainland, Jane Novak cruised nearby, in a modern, luxurious yacht. With the filming of the picturesque Viking scenes, and the life of ‘Thelma’ amid the luxuries of the English aristocracy, began the production of Jane Novak’s ideal story, the romance by Marie Corelli. Affording the necessary locations for the reproduction of the land of the midnight sun, the barren island of Santa Cruz has been the home of Viking voyagers for the past week. With the return of the company to the studios, Chester Bennett, the producer, immediately set about the filming of the picturesque interiors of Thelma’s Norwegian home.”

'''November 23, 1922 [ODC]:''' “Mack Sennett, motion picture comedy producer, is spending a vacation on Santa Cruz Island. He has a camp at Pelican Bay and is enjoying the scenery and island life with 12 other movie people. The party went to the island on the yacht ''Edris'' that Sennett purchased from Tom Ince, another noted motion picture producer. It is stated that the movie people went out there decidedly for a rest, but it is thought some scenes will be taken while the party is on the island.”

'''Several movies have been filmed at Catalina Harbor, dating back to the turn of the century. The most notable film was the 1926 production of Old Ironsides, were the south point of the Harbor (near Pin Rock) was turned into the port of Tripoli with the construction of giant sets. Several of this films left behind the burned out and blown up hulks used in the making of the movie. There are at least six known wrecks in Cat Harbor. www.cawreckdivers.org/CatHarbor.htm
Wrecks at Inner Catalina Harbor (Isthmus): ''Ning Po''; ''Palmyra''; ''Margaret C''.; ''Charles F. Crocker''

'''July 6, 1937 [LAT]:''' “If Paramount Pictures wants to film a spectacular dive of a man from the top of Ribbon Rock at Santa Catalina Island into the blue waters of the Pacific 250 feet below, they will have to use a dummy or fake it. That is, if Harry Field, president of the Divers Club, has his way about it. Yesterday Field served the studio with a copy of a protest dispatched to the Board of Supervisors asking that official action be taken to prevent the stunt. His letter contends that such a plunge would prove fatal. He pointed to the results of a dive made recently by a stunter from the San Francisco bridge which is just a bit higher that the site of the proposed movie dive. Such a scene is written in the script for Ebb Tide, which James Hogan is directing. In all probability he will heed warnings of the hazard involved and use other means to achieve the same effect.”

RUM-RUNNERS

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'''RUM-RUNNING''' was a means of making big profits in the 1920s during the enforcement of the Volstead Act of Prohibition. In the early years, local Santa Barbara officers were thwarted in their enforcement attempts because they lacked a patrol vessel. Ira Eaton and Alvin Hyder were both well-known for their illicit liquor businesses on the California Channel Islands.

In August of 1923, the Santa Barbara Yacht Club's vessel, ''Caprice'', was used for a raid conducted on Santa Cruz Island, which netted 11 barrels of full-strength beer from two caves at Hazard's Anchorage.

The rum-running vessel out of Los Angeles, ''Grey Ghost'', was apprehended at Valley Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island.

'''» ''Grey Ghost''; [[PROHIBITION]]'''

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=====In the News~=====

'''April 29, 1920 [LAT]:''' “Santa Barbara. April 28. Ten barrels of whiskey mash and a commercial size still have been seized on Santa Cruz Island, thirty miles off coast here, by prohibition officers and the investigators are now on the island looking for more stills which they believe to be located there. Captain Ira Eaton, owner of a pleasure launch here and lessee of a resort on the island, is in jail here and will be taken to Los Angeles tomorrow morning to answer charges before the Federal Court there. The mash and still were found on Eaton’s lease. The raiding party which seized the whiskey mash came here aboard a sub chaser from San Pedro, late yesterday. In the party are Arthur Klete, chief prohibition officer for the district, William White, chief deputy, Frank Reynolds, chief field deputy, E. Vance and George Coloneous, deputies, and an assistant United States District Attorney.”

'''April 29, 1920 [LAT]:''' “Islander accused. Ira Eaton, who lives on Santa Cruz Island, set up a still for the manufacture of liquor, according to a complaint filed before the United States Commissioner Long yesterday, but forgot to register it, as required by law. Eaton will be arraigned before the commissioner this morning.”

'''May 2, 1920 [LAT]:''' “Some twenty or thirty illicit stills are said to be in operation in the rocky islands off Santa Barbara. The people who are crazy about our California sunshine may get real nutty over the moonshine if this thing keeps up.”

'''May 2, 1920 [Bakersfield Morning Echo]:''' “Moonshiner school on San Nicolas Isle. Los Angeles, April 29.—A school for moonshiners is being conducted on San Nicolas Island, 75 miles off the coast of Los Angeles county, according to a statement declared to have been made by Ira Eaton, arrested on Santa Cruz Island, off Santa Barbara, Tuesday, charged with operating an illicit still.”

'''June 22, 1920 [LAT]:''' “The supposed president of the ‘University of Moonshiners’ of the Channel Islands, said to supply most of the bootleggers and bootleg of this part of California, is under arrest at Santa Barbara. He is Augustine Cozzani, a Santa Barbara fisherman, who has just been taken into custody there with a magnificent assortment of joy water and liquor-making apparatus. A manufacturer of forbidden beverages who was arrested some weeks ago on one of the Channel Islands told the government agents that a school for liquor-making was operated on San Nicolas Island, and that the graduates were plying their trade at various insular retreats near Santa Barbara. The Channel Islands, he indicated, are heavily equipped with illicit stills…”

'''December 17, 1922 [LAT]:''' “Lose ‘em in channel. Schooners and small power craft that clear Vancouver for Ensenada and Manzanillo and then never reach Mexican ports with their costly liquor cargoes often lose them in the dangerous passages of the Channel Islands. These smuggler-infested channels are dreaded by the skipper of every legitimate whiskey liner in Vancouver and Victoria. On numerous occasions during the past year these little Britishers have been lying innocently at anchor off Santa Cruz, Catalina, or San Clemente, when the liquor buccaneers swept in out of the darkness, boarded the craft and took off a thousand or two cases of the finest Scotch before the bewildered crew of the attacked boat knew what was up. Broken in heart and spirits, the crew of the abused Britisher would put back to Vancouver. Smugglers’ Cove on Santa Cruz Island, the Isthmus of Catalina Island, and similar little-known protected spots along the islands that lie handy off the Southern California coast, are the favorite rendezvous of the rum fleet. By daylight the most depraved crew of the flagship of the rum fleet looks like an honest crew of fishermen after a hard night on the halibut banks. But they are a reckless bunch, these bootleg buccaneers—because there is no one to fear. The police and the customs officials at Los Angeles Harbor have made repeated requests to the powers that be for craft to combat the rum-runners, but there has been forthcoming not even a rowboat. And without a dry Navy the port authorities are helpless before this growing flood of good liquor and bad.”

'''December 18, 1922 [LAT]:''' “Rum-runners head south. Hide and seek around the points and coves of the Channel Islands will be the Christmas game of local Federal officers and certain boats of the Vancouver rum fleet. Reports received from the north yesterday advised the authorities that numerous units of the whiskey fleet would ‘depart for Mexico’ early this week…”

'''August 3, 1923 [ ]:''' “The seizure made yesterday uncovers the first actual evidence of bonded liquor smuggling by water into Santa Barbara.” The beer was “removed to the county jail,” and shortly after this incident, Captain George W. Gourley and the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club voted to prohibit the use of ''Caprice'' for such operations for fear it might result in reprisals aimed at club members. '''» Prohibition'''

'''November 10, 1923 [SDET]:''' “Rum runners must stay outside. Run runners off southern California must peddle their stuff about 75 miles off the mainland, according to an interpretation of a statement by Captain F. W. C. Byer of the revenue cutter ''Vaughn''. Capt. Byer said Washington holds that American waters extend from Point Arguello to Santa Rosa Island and south, taking the group of islands including Catalina and San Clemente, thence to the mainland. If the recently signed 12-mile pact with Britain is included, the boot-leggers' freedom of the seas begins that distance the other side of the islands, or perhaps 75 miles from San Diego.”

'''May 9, 1926 [LAT]:''' “United States Judge James yesterday hastily disposed of three prohibition cases by the expedient of fines, and on top of it ordered the famous Long Beach rum ship, ''Nigger Boy'', sold at auction today at berth 132, Wilmington… The ''Nigger Boy'' will be sold by Marshal Al Sittel for the part it played in a sensational rum-running expedition off the south coast which later involved several Long Beach businessmen, including Captain Cecil K. Sherman, owner of the craft…”

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'''November 16, 1926 [OT]:''' “San Francisco. November 16. Four alleged ring-leaders of a rum ring said to extend from the Mexican border to British Columbia, were arrested in Los Angeles this afternoon, according to advices received at local prohibition headquarters. This makes ten arrests in the past twenty-four hours in a move to clean up alleged wholesale liquor operations of a group of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver liquor capitalists… The four arrested in Los Angeles today are George Garvin, said to be involved with Forsythe and specifically charged with landing 200 cases of booze on Santa Cruz Island…”

'''December 25, 1934 [SBMP]:''' “After a futile search of Santa Cruz Island for a cache of 4,000 gallons of alcohol reported to have been made there by operators of a rum-runner, two Santa Barbara police detectives and two federal reserve detectives of Los Angeles returned here yesterday. According to information received by the federal operatives, the alcohol had been salvaged from a wrecked rum-runner en route from Mexican waters to San Luis Obispo and hidden in a cove on the island… the rum-runner had caught fire and blew up in last Tuesday while in the Santa Barbara channel… The crew was rescued by a Santa Barbara fishing boat, and managed to take aboard more than 4,000 gallons of Mexican alcohol, most of which was cached in a cove on the island and a small portion of which was distributed among the fishing boat skipper, the crew and the owner. Several dozen cans of the alcohol floated ashore near Naples Tuesday night and Wednesday morning...”

BURTNESS, George

2026-07-31T17:23:03Z

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[[File:G. Burtness 2012.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>George Burtness, 2012</center>]]

[[File:George Burtness.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>George Burtness, All Eight Club member #135 </center>]]

'''BURTNESS, George''' (November 29, 1931—June 11, 2026), Santa Barbara native and member of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation Advisory Council. Burtness first visited Santa Catalina Island in the 1940s when he served parts of several summers as a counselor at Camp Cherry Valley for the Boy Scouts.

After a long hiatus, the next island he visited was Santa Cruz Island in 1988, the year after Carey Stanton died, thus he never got to meet him. During the decades since, Burtness has been on Santa Cruz Island as a volunteer more than 100 times, volunteering for The Nature Conservancy, the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Channel Islands National Park, and the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.

At various times Burtness was on Anacapa, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa Islands, mostly in volunteer roles. Eventually he made the long voyage to Santa Barbara Island (a 5-hour trip back then). More recently, Burtness added the two Navy islands, San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island, doing work with the Channel Islands Restoration group for the Navy, and thus completing visits to all eight California Channel Islands.

George Burtness' decades of service to the California Channel Islands is unparalleled among volunteers. He passed away on June 11, 2026 at age 94.

He was one of three brothers: George (b. 1931); William 'Bill' Burtness of Santa Barbara (1932-2025); and Bob Burtness [= Lynn ].

In 2013 George Burtness became member #135 of the All 8 Club of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.

BURTNESS, George

2026-07-31T17:20:57Z

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[[File:G. Burtness 2012.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>George Burtness, 2012</center>]]

[[File:George Burtness.png|400px|thumbnail|right|<center>George Burtness, All Eight Club member #135 </center>]]

'''BURTNESS, George''' (November 29, 1931—June 11, 2026), Santa Barbara native and member of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation Advisory Council. Burtness first visited Santa Catalina Island in the 1940s when he served parts of several summers as a counselor at Camp Cherry Valley for the Boy Scouts.

After a long hiatus, the next island he visited was Santa Cruz Island in 1988, the year after Carey Stanton died, thus he never got to meet him. During the decades since, Burtness has been on Santa Cruz Island as a volunteer more than 100 times, volunteering for The Nature Conservancy, the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Channel Islands National Park, and the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.

At various times Burtness was on Anacapa, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa Islands, mostly in volunteer roles. Eventually he made the long voyage to Santa Barbara Island (a 5-hour trip back then). More recently, Burtness added the two Navy islands, San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island, doing work with the Channel Islands Restoration group for the Navy, and thus completing visits to all eight California Channel Islands.

George Burtness' decades of service to the California Channel Islands is unparalleled among volunteers. He Burtness passed away on June 11 at age 94.

He was one of three brothers: George (b. 1931); William 'Bill' Burtness of Santa Barbara (1932-2025); and Bob Burtness [= Lynn ].

In 2013 George Burtness became member #135 of the All 8 Club of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation.

LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee

2026-07-29T00:45:55Z

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[[File: Lyndal L.png|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Lyndal Laughrin</center>]]
[[File: Marla Daily, Joe Walsh, Lyndal Laughrin.jpg|thumbnail|right |300px|<center>Marla Daily, Joe Walsh and Lyndal Laughrin on Santa Cruz Island. </center>]]

'''LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee '''(b. 1943), biologist and resident manager for the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve (1968-2018). He completed his PhD at U.C.S.B. and is a foremost authority on island foxes. Lyndal is member #5 of the All Eight Club.

When Laughrin retired, he was hired back for several more years. In 2019 the Reserve system hired Jay Reti as the new U.C. Santa Cruz Island Reserve Director. He didn't last long. Now approaching his mid-80s, Laughrin continues as director of the Santa Cruz Island Reserve.

Laughrin collected on:
* [[#SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND|SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND]]
* [[#SAN MIGUEL ISLAND|SAN MIGUEL ISLAND]]
* [[#SANTA CRUZ ISLAND|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND]]

* 1973. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''[[Media: Environment_SW_Isl.Fox.pdf |The Island Fox]]'' Environment Southwest 458:6-9, Winter/Spring 1989
:: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1977. [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Laughrin, Lyndal]] ''The island fox: a field study of its behavior and ecology.'' Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Santa Barbara, 1977. 83 pages.
:: [original in SCIF archives]

[http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin Portraits of the Central Coast: Lyndal Laughrin] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=http://www.portraitsofthecentralcoast.com/individual-stories/2015/1/3/dr-lyndal-laughrin]]

[[Media: Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf |Oral History Interview with Dr. Lyndal Laughrin]] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0d/Dr._Lyndal_Laughrin-Dewey_Livingston.pdf]]

[[Media: Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf |'''Oral History Interview with Lyndal Laughrin ''']] [[File:Pdficon small 2.gif|20px|link=https://www.islapedia.com/images/0/0f/Interview_with_Lyndal_Laughlin.pdf ]]

[http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/141222 NPR Radio interview with Lyndal Laughrin, Rob Klinger and Ed Cassano, June 24, 1997 at Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island]

[http://www.news.ucsb.edu/santa-cruz-island '''Lyndal Laughrin and the Santa Cruz Island Reserve''']

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Image: Lyndal Christy 9.15.84.jpg|<center>Lyndal Laughrin (left) marking a calf's ear, Christy Ranch, Santa Cruz Island Sept. 15, 1984</center>
Image: Photo for Brent Sumner 001.jpg|<center>Left to right: Bob Hansen, employee of The Nature Conservancy (left),with Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, during the transition ceremony turning the island over to TNC, 1988</center>
Image: 2 Thatcher,M(1925-2013)©.jpg|<center>Left to right: Margaret Thatcher shaking hands with Lyndal Laughrin; Jim Sulentich and Steve Junak, 1991</center>
Image: Marla, fred and lyndal.jpg|<center>Fred, the polled Hereford who grew long horns. He was kept on the island as "a pet" to live out his life. Marla Daily and Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island, 1993</center>
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===== SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND =====

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| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN'''
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| San Clemente Island || Lyndal Laughrin || SBMNH ||February 1972 || SBMNH OS 836|| ''Urocyon littoralis clementae'' ||Mammals
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===== SAN MIGUEL ISLAND =====

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| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232895 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232896 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232897 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232898 ||''Batrachoseps pacificus'' || Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232899 || ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||March 24, 1978||MVZ-232900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157392|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157393|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157394|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157395|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157396|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157397|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157398|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157399|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157400|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157401|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
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| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157402|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157403|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157404|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157405|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157406|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157407|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157408|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157409|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157410|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157411|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157412|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157413|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157414|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157415|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157416|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157417|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| San Miguel Island || Kay P. Yanev & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & [[COLLINS, Paul|Paul Collins]]|| MVZ||May 24, 1978||MVZ-157418|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
|}

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===== SANTA CRUZ ISLAND =====

{| class="wikitable "
|-
| '''ISLAND''' || '''COLLECTOR''' || '''INSTITUTION'''|| '''DATE'''|| '''NUMBER''' || '''SPECIMEN''' ||
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012835|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-012836|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014390|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || YPM||November 19, 1967||YPM-014391|| ''Urocyon littoralis santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4014|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||November 23, 1968||CCBER-4016|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 23, 1969||CCBER-4017|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 24, 1969||CCBER-4015|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144897|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144898|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144899|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144900|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144901|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144902|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144903|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144904|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144905|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144906|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144907|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144908|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-1448909|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144910|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144911|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame || LACM||March 13, 1971||LACM-144912|| ''Batrachoseps pacificus'' ||Herps
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||February 4, 1973||CCBER-3439|| ''Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 27, 1989||SBMNH OS-4334|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4340|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island || [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||1989||SBMNH OS-4372|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||June 1, 1991||SBMNH-5867|| ''Callipepla californica'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || CCBER||October 12, 1994||CCBER-28967|| ''Pheucticus melanocephalus'' ||Birds
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216955|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216956|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216957|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216958|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216959|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||Jeff T. Wilcox & [[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee|Lyndal Laughrin]] || MVZ||April 1, 2005||MVZ-216960|| ''Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae'' ||Mammals
|-
| Santa Cruz Island ||[[LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee| Lyndal Laughrin]] || SBMNH||May 17, 2007||SBMNH-10404 ''Larus californicus'' ||Birds
|-
|}

Land of Sunshine

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'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.

At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.

In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.

'''VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894'''
* June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
* July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
* Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
* Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
* Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
* Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. ''Famous Fish of Southern California'' p. 110-111
: ''With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...''

'''VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895'''
* Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
*Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
* Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
* March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] ''The Palmer Collection'' p. 68-69
* April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
* '''May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]'''

'''VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895 
'''VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896 
'''VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 [June, September, November]''' 
'''VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897 
'''VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897 [July, September, October]'''

'''VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900 [January (#2), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]'''

'''VOLUME THIRTEEN: June to 'Christmas' 1900 [June (#1), July (#2), August (#3), November (#5), 'Christmas' (#6)]'''

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* 1895. J. B. B. ''The Yates Collection'' Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May

* 1896. [no author] ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. S. E. A. Higgins. ''[[Media: SunshineMag Lighthouse.pdf|Santa Barbara Lighthouse]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]

* 1898. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Avalon, Santa Catalina Island'' (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898

* 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Smith, Ruth Tangier. ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, January 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. Kennedy, S. M. ''Southern California Points of Interest'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder Charles Frederick]]. ''A California Aquarium and Zoological Station'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Dubois, Constance. ''Some Unknown Missions of California'' Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Dying San Nicolas'' Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder, Charles Frederick]]. ''Royal Sport'' Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
: [original in SCIF archives]

Skunk Point Yacht Club, Santa Rosa Island

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[[File:Skunk flag option 2.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Skunk Point Yacht Club burgee]]

[[File:1. B. Hughey 9-1950 Cruise - Cap. Joaquin Alvarez, Capt. Pierce Sherman, Capt. Ben Hughey, Capt. Andrew Davis.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|Skunk Point Yacht Club members, Joaquin Alvarez, Pierce Sherman, Ben Hughey, and Andrew Davis San Miguel Island </center>]]

[[File:Screen Shot 2021-04-25 at 9.44.57 AM.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Skunk Point Yacht Club, Lloyd's Register, 1969]]

'''Skunk Point Yacht Club, Santa Rosa Island''' was formed by [[HUGHEY, Ben|Jay Benedict “Ben” Hughey]] (1906-1997) after World War II in 1949. Hughey was a Missouri-born businessman and astute entrepreneur with a love of the ocean. Ben Hughey founded the Skunk Point Yacht Club, Santa Rosa Island, named for the island's easternmost point. Hughey cunningly registered the club with Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, thus giving him reciprocal privileges to yacht clubs around the world. The Skunk Point Yacht Club membership card declared:
: "Bearer is entitled to Free Drinks and Courtesies of Clubhouse on San Miguel Island."

There was no Clubhouse on San Miguel Island, of course.

Ben Hughey annointed Islapedia author, Marla Daily, as the only card-carrying member.

'''1971 Flag officers:'''
* Commodore: Ben Hughey (1906-1997)
* Vice Commodore: Andy Davis
* Rear Commodore: Joaquin Alvarez (1910-2006)
* Boatswain: Pierce Sherman (1907-1972)
* Commodore-Puget Sound: Bill Palmer

'''Expelled commodores:'''
* Benedict Arnold
* Rasputin
* John Wilkes Booth
* Captain Bligh
* The guy who invented alimony

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=====In the News~=====

'''May 1952 [Motor Boating]:''' “The facts surrounding the choice of names which are given yachts at the christening ceremonies are, and have always been, mighty interesting, but equally as absorbing are the circumstances which accompany the formation and naming of some yacht clubs... New club with a romantic background. But now a new club which has had an equally fascinating beginning, although there is a bit more romantic reason for its present existence. At first glance its name does not seem to be connected with sentiment, for those who recently founded the organization have decided that it should be known as the Skunk Point Yacht Club. While we stay on the windward side of the striped animal, for which the famous point [on Santa Rosa Island] undoubtedly received its name, we can outline the facts behind the formation and naming of the new yachting organization. History related that Juan Cabrillo died and was buried in 1542 on San Miguel Island, one of the group of islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Skunk Point is one of the famous arms of the island and juts into the blue Pacific Ocean. From time to time expeditions of yachtsmen have gone to San Miguel Island and attempted to locate Juan Cabrillo's grave but all without success. In these amateur expeditions Skunk Point played an important role, so it is not surprising that the new club should bear the name of the familiar landmark. Although history relates the date of Juan Cabrillo's demise, it does not indicate the exact spot on the island where his remains were buried. This question has plagued the minds of the club's flag officers to the extent that it is understood the organization's first commodore, Ben Hughey, has flown to Europe where he will seek in the archives for more accurate data pointing to the spot where the mortal remains of Juan Cabrillo might be found on San Miguel Island. It is understood that Commodore Hughey will inspect the records in Spain, Italy, Portugal and other old-world countries to determine, if at all possible, the exact spot of the great explorer's grave.”

'''September 3, 1964 [Valley News, Van Nuys]:''' “Foursome dines prior to game. Prior to attending the baseball game at the Dodger Stadium, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Sherman of Malibu beach were entertained at dinner at the Wild Goose restaurant by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall of Sherman Oaks. All are members of the Skunk Point Yacht Club.”

'''[n.p.; n.d.]:''' “Exclusive organization around town is the Skunk Point Yacht Club, with only five charter members, all yachtsmen who have sailed through the rough Santa Cruz passage to Skunk Point, a little sand spit that sticks out on the eastern end of Santa Rosa Island. The members, Bill Palmer, Ben Hughey, Joaquin Alvarez, Pierce Sharman and Andy Davis, even have their own flag (with a skunk on it) and sweatshirts with the club's name printed on them. They've just completed their third annual cruise to Skunk Point aboard Palmer's 50-foot schooner, ''Bluejacket''. Not much point to it because there's nothing on the island, so they just turn around and come back, but it's one way to pass time.”

Welcome to Islapedia

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| [[United States Coast Survey|U.S. COAST SURVEY]]|| [[Portal:The Bad Guys|POACHERS, PIRATES, RUSTLERS & RUMRUNNERS]] || [[Portal:Avalon|ALL THINGS AVALON]]
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| [[Portal:Archaeologists|ARCHAEOLOGISTS]]|| [[TAXIDERMISTS]] || [[Portal:Books|ISLAND NON FICTION BOOKS]]
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|[[Portal:Artists|ARTISTS]]|| [[Portal:Fish & Marine Life|FISH & MARINE LIFE]] || [[Portal:Poetry|ISLAND POETRY]]
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|[[Portal:Channel Swimmers|CHANNEL SWIMMERS]] || [[Portal:Natural Disasters|EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES & FIRES]] || [[Portal:Non-Profit Agencies|AGENCIES: NON-PROFIT]]
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|[[Portal:Entomologists|ENTOMOLOGISTS & INSECTS]] || [[HAM RADIO OPERATIONS]] || [[Portal:Institutions|INSTITUTIONS AND MUSEUMS]]
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|[[Portal:Famous Visitors|FAMOUS VISITORS]] || [[SANTA CRUZ ISLAND ACCIDENT PHOTOS: VEHICLES, VESSELS AND PLANES |ISLAND ACCIDENTS]] (Photos) || [[Portal: Odd & Unusual Finds|ODD & UNUSUAL ISLAND FINDS]]
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|[[Portal:Fishermen|FISHERMEN]] || [[Portal:Airplane Accidents|ISLAND AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS]] || [[Portal:Yacht Clubs|YACHT CLUBS]]
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|[[Portal:Natural History-Geology & Mining|GEOLOGISTS, GEOLOGY, MINING]] || [[Portal:Deaths|ISLAND DEATHS]] || [[Portal:Flags and burgees|ISLAND FLAGS/BURGEES]]
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|[[Portal:Herpetologists|HERPETOLOGISTS]] || [[Portal:Shipwrecks|ISLAND SHIPWRECKS]] || [[MAPS]]
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|[[Portal:Ornithologists|ORNITHOLOGISTS]] || [[Portal:War Time|WAR TIME]]|| [[SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION BOARD AND ADVISORY COUNCIL 1988-Current |SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION BOARD & ADVISORY COUNCIL 1988-Current]]
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<li>[[Portal:San Miguel Island|'''SAN MIGUEL ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:Santa Rosa Island|'''SANTA ROSA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:Santa Cruz Island|'''SANTA CRUZ ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:Anacapa Island|'''ANACAPA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:San Nicolas Island|'''SAN NICOLAS ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:Santa Barbara Island|'''SANTA BARBARA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:Santa Catalina Island|'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:San Clemente Island|'''SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Año Nuevo Island|'''AÑO NUEVO ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Farallon Islands|'''FARALLON ISLANDS''']]</li>
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<li>[[Islas Coronados|'''ISLAS CORONADOS''']]</li>
<li>[[Isla Todos Santos|'''ISLA TODOS SANTOS''']]</li>
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<li>[[Isla San Martin|'''ISLA SAN MARTIN''']]</li>
<li>[[Isla San Geronimo|'''ISLA SAN GERONIMO''']]</li>
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<li>[[Isla Guadalupe|'''ISLA GUADALUPE''']]</li>
<li>[[Isla Cedros |'''ISLA CEDROS''']]</li>
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<li>[[Islas San Benito|'''ISLAS SAN BENITO''']]</li>
<li>[[Isla Natividad|'''ISLA NATIVIDAD''']]</li>
<li>[[Isla Asuncion|'''ISLA ASUNCION''']]</li>
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<li>[[Clarion Island|'''CLARION ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Clipperton Island|'''CLIPPERTON ISLAND''']]</li>
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<td style="width:25%; font-size:100%;">
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<li>[[Revillagigedo Islands|'''REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS''']]</li>
<li>[[Roca Partida|'''ROCA PARTIDA''']]</li>
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<li>[[San Benedicto Island|'''SAN BENEDICTO ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Socorro Island|'''SOCORRO ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Tres Marias Islands|'''TRES MARIAS ISLANDS''']]</li>

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* '''DEDICATED TO CAREY STANTON.'''
:How prescient you were the many times you teased me with your chant: ''Lidia, Lidia—My en-sick-lo-pedia!''

Welcome to Islapedia

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MDaily:

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<center>'''THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS SAVING THEIR HISTORY— TELLING THEIR STORIES''' 

ISLAPEDIA is dedicated to perpetuating the memories of those whose exploration, energy and enterprise became the building blocks of the history of all California Islands. 

Sponsored by the [[Santa Cruz Island Foundation|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION]] Readers are encouraged to contact ISLAPEDIA author, Marla Daily, with comments, edits and suggestions. Feedback and questions are welcomed and appreciated. [mailto:marla@scifoundation.org marla@scifoundation.org] [[Santa Cruz Island Foundation Archives|SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION ARCHIVES CATALOGUE]] 

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<div style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;"> '''ISLAPEDIA''' is a [[Media: Caliornia Channel Islands & Pacific Baja Islands.png|comprehensive California Islands]] encyclopedia covering hundreds of topics and thousands of entries on all eight California Channel Islands: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Nicolas, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands. All additional Islands of the Californias are also included. ISLAPEDIA includes more than 2000 people whose lives or deaths intersected with the islands, plus place names, ships and shipwrecks, island events and noteworthy topics. [[19th CENTURY CHANNEL ISLANDS ARTICLES BY YEAR|Rare 19th century]] and [[1900-1925 CHANNEL ISLANDS ARTICLES BY YEAR|early 20th century]] California islands references and unique unpublished manuscripts and diaries are found here. ISLAPEDIA was begun in 1973 by cultural anthropologist, [https://www.islapedia.com/index.php?title=Marla_Daily_Bibliography Marla Daily], president of the [http://www.scifoundation.org Santa Cruz Island Foundation](1987-current). The Santa Cruz Island Foundation is the sole institution devoted to the cultural history, art, film and science of all California Islands. ISLAPEDIA is a continuing research work in progress—now in its 5th decade.

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|[[VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY]] || [[Portal:Photographers|PHOTOGRAPHERS]] || [[Portal:All Eight Club|ALL EIGHT CLUB]]
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| [[United States Coast Survey|U.S. COAST SURVEY]]|| [[Portal:The Bad Guys|POACHERS, PIRATES, RUSTLERS & RUMRUNNERS]] || [[Portal:Avalon|ALL THINGS AVALON]]
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| [[Portal:Archaeologists|ARCHAEOLOGISTS]]|| [[TAXIDERMISTS]] || [[Portal:Books|ISLAND NON FICTION BOOKS]]
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|[[Portal:Relic Hunters|INDIAN RELIC HUNTING]] || [[Portal:Animals & Wildlife|ANIMALS & WILDLIFE]] || [[Portal:Fiction|ISLAND FICTION]]
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| [[Portal:Juana Maria, Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island|JUANA MARIA, LONE WOMAN OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND]]|| [[Portal:Birds|BIRDS AND GUANO]] || [[Portal:Magazines|ISLAND MAGAZINES & JOURNALS]]
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|[[Portal:Artists|ARTISTS]]|| [[Portal:Fish & Marine Life|FISH & MARINE LIFE]] || [[Portal:Poetry|ISLAND POETRY]]
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| [[Portal:Biologists & Biological Surveys|BIOLOGISTS & BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS]]|| [[ Portal:Marine Mammals|MARINE MAMMALS]] || [[Portal:Movies|ISLAND MOVIES]]
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|[[Portal:Botanists|BOTANISTS]] || [[Portal:Botanical|PLANTS/BOTANY]] || [[Portal:Government Agencies|AGENCIES: GOVERNMENT]]
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|[[Portal:Channel Swimmers|CHANNEL SWIMMERS]] || [[Portal:Natural Disasters|EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES & FIRES]] || [[Portal:Non-Profit Agencies|AGENCIES: NON-PROFIT]]
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| [[Portal:Ethnic Populations|CHINESE, JAPANESE, AUSTRIANS & RUSSIANS]]|| [[Portal:Natural History-Weather|WEATHER]] || [[Portal:Business|ISLAND BUSINESSES]]
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|[[Portal:Entomologists|ENTOMOLOGISTS & INSECTS]] || [[HAM RADIO OPERATIONS]] || [[Portal:Institutions|INSTITUTIONS AND MUSEUMS]]
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<li>[[Portal:San Miguel Island|'''SAN MIGUEL ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:Santa Rosa Island|'''SANTA ROSA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:Santa Cruz Island|'''SANTA CRUZ ISLAND''']]</li>
<li>[[Portal:Anacapa Island|'''ANACAPA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:San Nicolas Island|'''SAN NICOLAS ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Portal:Santa Catalina Island|'''SANTA CATALINA ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Isla Natividad|'''ISLA NATIVIDAD''']]</li>
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<li>[[Clipperton Island|'''CLIPPERTON ISLAND''']]</li>
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<li>[[Revillagigedo Islands|'''REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS''']]</li>
<li>[[Roca Partida|'''ROCA PARTIDA''']]</li>
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<li>[[Socorro Island|'''SOCORRO ISLAND''']]</li>
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* '''DEDICATED TO CAREY STANTON.'''
:How prescient you were the many times you teased me with your chant: ''Lidia, Lidia—My en-sick-lo-pedia!''

Santa Barbara Yacht Club

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[[File:Sbycburgee.jpg|300px|thumbnail|right|<center>Santa Barbara Yacht Club Burgee</center>]]
[[File:SBYC2015.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Santa Barbara Yacht Club, 2010</center>]]
[[File:SBYC.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Santa Barbara Yacht Club</center>]]
[[File:CQS_&_Charlie_Watson.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Carey Stanton with Charlie Watson, SBYC, on Santa Cruz Island, 1987</center>]]
[[File:SBYC~Stanton.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Carey Stanton with members of the SBYC Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island</center>]]
[[File:Place SBYCPelican.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>SBYC members at Pelican Bay, Santa Cruz Island</center>]]
[[File:Wharfinger house.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>SBYC’s first clubhouse 1922-1926. The first clubhouse was originally the home and office of John P. Stearns while he was building the Wharf.</center>]]
[[File:SBYC 5th.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>The fifth yacht club on its current location,1950-1966 (courtesy photo)</center>]]

'''Santa Barbara Yacht Club''' was first founded in 1872 , just seven years following the conclusion of the Civil War According to the Bible of all things maritime, Lloyd's Register Of American Yachts, the Santa Barbara Yacht Club was formed in 1872, although not formally incorporated until May 5, 1887, with its original corporate charter for a period of 50 years. This was a time before the first Southern Pacific train reached the city and State Street was a graded dirt thoroughfare with boardwalks and lighted by gas imported from San Francisco. In the world of yachting this was the beginning of the "golden age" with the first race for the America's Cup in 1870. The proximity of the town to the ocean gave rise to an emerging consciousness of the joys of water sports and sailing, just as it was doing on San Francisco Bay. The sport of sailing rapidly spread to every seaport in the country, from the sophisticated East Coast to the shores of the Pacific and the picturesque town of Santa Barbara.

In 1872, stimulated by an influx of Eastern visitors, the businessmen awakened to the area's potential. A Chamber of Commerce was formed under the name of the Immigration Bureau and the first item on the agenda was the formation of a tourist hotel - The Arlington. A mule car line was established between the water front and the site of the proposed hotel. The long isolation of the community was broken with the completion of a substantial wharf named for its builder, John B. Stearns. Ships could now unload their passengers without rowing them ashore.

The original clubhouse was a 35 x 20 foot building at the foot of Stearns Wharf on the West side. During the building of the wharf this had been the home of John Stearns. The southeast corner of the building was occupied by a galley with a wood stove. The southwest corner was a head with a pipe leading to the beach below. A battered piano stood in the Northeast corner. The membership totaled 50. The clubhouse was destroyed by a storm in February of 1924. It washed out to sea.

In early 1925 Messrs. Fleischman, Storke, Murphy and Spaulding said they would have a clubhouse built on Stearns Wharf and leased to the Club. This Club House opened in 1926, at the location of the present Harbor Restaurant. From 1921 to 1929 a regatta was held every year. In 1925, the year of the Santa Barbara earthquake, the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) Regatta was scheduled. SCYA offered to call it off because of the earthquake damage. The club said it was willing to put it on if the visitors didn't mind a few inconveniences. The regatta that year was the biggest and best. The banquet, ball and distribution of prizes was held at La Cumbre Country Club. In 1926 Major Fleischman offered financial help for the construction of a suitable harbor. In spite of previous advice the city recommended the harbor be built in its present location. A bond issue was approved in 1926 for $250,000 for a 1,000 foot breakwater and work started in January 1927. When work was eventually completed the length was 2,435 feet at a cost of $775,000.

The Santa Barbara Yacht Club has a long tradition of sponsoring races around the Santa Barbara Channel Islands.

* PHONE: (805) 965-8112

'''COMMODORES:'''

* 1908-1910 Francis Townsend Underhill (1863-1929)
* 1911 John S. Edwards
* 1912 [[DOULTON, Harold Josiah|Harold Josiah Doulton]] (1860-1928)
* 1917 Cleo Lloyd (1864-1921)
* 1918 [[WELLS, George Selmon|Dr. George Selmon Wells]] (1863-1946)
* 1919 James Carden Bainbridge (1862-1931)
* 1921 John T. McCurdy
* 1922 [[OVINGTON, Earle|Earle Ovington]] (1879-1936)
* 1925 Elmer Awl (1899-1983)
* 1929-1930 [[GOURLEY, Edwin Johnson |Edwin J. Gourley]] (1879-1956)
* 1935-1936 Niels Martin
* 1939-1940 John C. Grim
* 1941 Roy E. Gammill (1903-1965)
* 1942-1943 Dr. Albert Quincy Spaulding (1895-1965)
* 1944-1945 W. T. Warren
* 1946 Joseph Edward Knowles (1907-1980)
* 1947 Wiley A. Cole
* 1948 Russell A. Boner
* 1949 Ken Weber
* 1950 J. J. Hollister, Jr.
* 1951 Alex Funke (1905-1972)
* 1952 Tom S. Crawford
* 1953 Thomas Worthington Fair (1986-1973)
* 1954 Graham Dexter George (1906-1982)
* 1955 Earl B. Hayward
* 1956 Wilmot Hughes (1919-2002)
* 1957 Kenneth C. Urton
* 1958 Paul O. Backman (1909-1990)
* 1959 Jens H. Christiansen
* 1960 Paul D. Kolyn
* 1961 Ronald Bollay
* 1962 Douglas Warner
* 1963 Ray Czerny Skeel (1885-1969)
* 1964 Charles P. Barnes
* 1965 William H. Wilson
* 1966 Noel D. Cooke
* 1967 Russell H. Roberts
* 1968 Frank Cline, Jr.
* 1969 Irving Milton Harris (1914-1989)
* 1970 Lester Goodman Baldwin, Jr. (1915-1990)
* 1971 Harry G. Iddings, Jr.
* 1972 John Stifel Handloser (1921-2000)
* 1973 Stanley M. Darrow
* 1974 Glenn Stabler
* 1975 Donald L. McFarland
* 1976 Allen W. Schmidt
* 1977 Robert Stoddart Magee (1923-2014)
* 1978 Nelson "Cork" Otis (1928-2009)
* 1979 Max Lynn
* 1980 David George Latta (1935-2007)
* 1981 James M. Cunnungham
* 1982 William J. Underwood, Jr. (1927-2016)
* 1983 Ronald Elden Strahal (1942-2017)
* 1984 James G. Pattillo
* 1985 Fred Rice (1920-2010)
* 1986 Robert Junet
* 1987 Charles E. Watson
* 1988 Stan Los
* 1989 Dexter Goodell
* 1990 William W. Deardorff
* 1991 Edward T. Attlesey
* 1992 William H. Lenvik
* 1993 Edward J. Marini
* 1994 James A. Rudy
* 1995 Stanley M. Los
* 1996 [[GOODFIELD, Llewellyn|Llewellyn Goodfield, Jr.]]
* 1977 James J. Zimmerman
* 1998 Guy C. Turner
* 1999 Eugene G. Glover
* 2000 Douglas B Ewins

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'''SANTA BARBARA YACHT CLUB ROSTERS IN THE SCIF ARCHIVES:'''
* 1959;
* 1970; '''1971'''; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; '''1976'''; 1977; 1978; 1979;
* 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; '''1988'''; 1989
* 1990; '''1991'''; 1992; '''1993'''; '''1994'''; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; '''1999''';
* 2000; '''2001'''; '''2002'''; 2003; 2004; '''2005-2008'''; 2009
* 2010; '''2011'''; 2012; '''2013-2014'''; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019
* '''2020-2023'''; 2024

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=====In the News~=====

'''January 11, 1881 [SBDP]:''' “Santa Barbara’s Harbor. The harbor of Santa Barbara is destined to make this city’s future. Large enough to accommodate the fleets of the world, safely sheltered… Once in five or ten years a severe southeast storm visits this portion of the coast, and the waves rolling in at the southern entrance of the channel, render the harbor insecure. At these times vessels are compelled to run across the channel, a distance of some fifteen miles, and seek shelter under the lofty cliffs of Santa Cruz Island.”

'''July 6, 1882 [SBDP]:''' “A yacht club. The pleasure excursion of the yacht ''Casco'', yesterday, caused a revival of the oft repeated question, why does not Santa Barbara have a yacht club… Mr. J. Doulton’s ''Dashaway'' has proven an entire success, and should stimulate others to follow his example, and own private yachts, but in any event clubs should formed, and at least one large first-class yacht should be placed on the channel.”

'''May 18, 1887 [SBMP]:''' “The charter members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club met at General S. W. Bacus’ office yesterday to complete organization of the club by the adoption of by-laws, and the election of the following Board of Directors: A. L. Clark, S. W. Backus, L. C. Dreyfus, Walter N. Hawley, Wm. M. Eddy, A. E. Putnam and W. N. Cowles. A. L. Clark was elected president, F. M. Whitney vice-president, A. O. Perkins, secretary, and Charles A. Edwards, treasurer. A long list of names was proposed for membership and the meeting adjourned until Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. The Club has been duly incorporated and the Directors will push matters so as to be able to have a regatta at the opening of the railroad, if possible. The election for Commodore and Vice Commodore was postponed for a future meeting. Life membership is fixed at $100. The Club starts with fully ninety members; annual membership at $20 for initiation and $10 for annual dues. Visitors can enjoy the privileges of the Club on payment of $5 per month, or $20 for a season. The Directors have written to San Francisco for information relative to yachts offered for sale.”

'''(DATE??)''' The election of commodore and vice-commodore was postponed until later. A board of directors was chosen. Life membership is fixed at $100. Annual membership is $20 for initiation and $10 for annual dues. Visitors can pay $5 per month.”

'''April 5, 1899 [SBMP]:''' “…Since the ''Lark'' was launched the interest in local yachting circles has increased and now bids fair to grow to such proportions as to warrant the organization of a yacht club, which would be a good thing for the town and would afford no small amount of pleasure to a large number of people who would like to see some good yacht races on the near future.”

'''December 23, 1906 [SBMP]:''' “…Boat club? Yacht club? Ain’t none here… That’s the exact situation in Santa Barbara today… Once upon a time, the writer is informed, a yacht club was organized here. It gave itself an attractive imposing name. It held many meetings. It elected a full compliment of officers, from commodore down… The members were enthusiastic on paper… Somehow the idea didn’t get below Haley Street…”

'''January 4, 1908 [SBMP]:''' “In line with the proposed coming of the yachts from the southern waters to hold regattas here in the coming fall, J. D. Lowsley, at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night, spoke in favor of Santa Barbara organizing a yacht club of her own. The suggestion met with favor and the secretary was instructed by motion, to call a meeting of local yachtsmen to meet at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce in the near future, to take preliminary steps toward the organization of such a club. Dr. Stambach stated that there were a number of young men here who handle small yachts with expert skill and that interest in water sports was deepening. There should be a local club, he said, to give the visitors the proper sort of nautical welcome to these waters.”

'''January 29, 1908 [SBMP]:''' “… There are ardent yachtsmen in this city. But somehow they never seem to get it together. The invitation is now out from the Chamber of Commerce, following a decision of that organization to foster such a club. And under the wing of the Chamber of Commerce the club should grow to be independent, to live in its own home down by the water side, with its moorings and its nodding craft at anchor…”

'''July 2, 1917 [SBDN]:''' “The Santa Barbara Yacht Club returned yesterday from a cruise to the islands aboard the ''Royal''. The party of 20 members of the club left here Saturday afternoon and returned late yesterday.”

'''June 18, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “The return of skipper E. J. Gourley of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club is anxiously awaited here by members of the club as the problem of securing a yacht for a regatta to be staged here within the next few weeks is a paramount issue. It is expected that Gourley, who left for San Francisco last Friday to look over a 65-foot boat in the north, will arrive either today or tomorrow and will then make his report as to what he found in the bay region. A 65-footer in the harbor here would about come up to the idea of all those who are interested in the project. Hereafter the ''Royal'', a craft much smaller, has held the boards here and has always given satisfactory service. But providing the new boat is purchased by the yacht club, a regular crew will be needed and when the boat bends her sails to the wind there is going to be some galloping over the waves noticeable in this section.”

'''June 26, 1919 [SBMP]:''' “In the way of adding joy to the announcement that the Santa Barbara Yacht Club has purchased the ''Caprice'', now at Sausalito, members of the club will give a ball at the Belvedere hotel tomorrow evening… Skipper E. J. Gourley leaves for San Francisco Saturday evening, where he will supervise the installation of the engine in the ''Caprice'' and look into other details. It is believed that everything will be in readiness to sail with the ''Caprice'' to Santa Barbara by next Thursday or Friday. A number of yachtsmen here will leave for the north next Wednesday, for the purpose of boarding the ''Caprice'' on her maiden voyage to this city. The ''Caprice'' is 65 feet overall; 17-foot beam, has 14 sleeping berths, a fine dining room, is schooner rigged, and on a day cruise has accommodations for 50 passengers. Dr. D. C. Bainbridge is commodore of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, and George Becker, vice commodore. The ''Caprice'' is the fastest yacht in Pacific waters. Yearly it has figured prominently in the Honolulu-San Francisco and Farallones island runs. Her cabins are loaded with trophies.”

'''May 28, 1925 [SBMP]:''' “Eighteen members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club will leave Stearn’s Wharf at 6:15 o’clock tomorrow night for a week-end cruise to Santa Cruz Island…”

'''June 18, 1927 [SBMP]:''' “Members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club will leave this afternoon on the annual cruise to Santa Cruz Island. They will spend the night in the tent city on the island and return tomorrow afternoon. Captain Ira Eaton’s ''Sea Wolf'' will be the flagship of the cruise and will take many of the members across the channel. Several other boats also will make the trip. An interesting program is being arranged by Bob Cornwall, secretary of the club, and who is in charge of the arrangements.”

West of the West

2026-07-07T01:07:15Z

MDaily:

'''West of the West: Tales from California's Channel Islands''' is a documentary consisting of fourteen Channel Islands stories from multiple islands filmed over the course of three years. Produced, written, directed and filmed by Sam Tyler, Peter Seaman and Brent Sumner, the film was released March 5, 2016 at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara at a sold-out show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtFyQ-tbPdk

'''WEST OF THE WEST: TALES'''

1. '''First People:''' Island rotation—the Channel Islands Relocated; Arlington Man—Oldest human remains in North America discovered; First contact—the voyage of Cabrillo— the 'discovery of the Channel Islands in 1542; Sa Hi Pa Ca—an archaeological dig on Santa Cruz Island and its cultural significance; The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island—A native woman survives alone for 18 years

2. '''Settlers:''' Last round-up—Island cattle ranching ends as a National Park is born; Graveyard of ships—the wreck of the ''Winfield Scott'' on Anacapa Island; Magic Isle—the glory years of Catalina and its struggles to stay relevant; The Legendary King of San Miguel—Betsy Lester Roberti travels back to the desolate island where she grew up as a child

3. '''Return:''' The Doctor and the Rock Star—an odd couple friendship leads to the preservation of Santa Cruz Island; Cache—the discovery on San Nicolas Island of an amazing 'cache' of historic objects; Island restoration—the showdown over the fate of non-native species; Dark water—Chumash paddle a 'tomol' across dangerous waters to their ancestral home

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=====In the News~=====

'''January
WEST OF THE WEST:
T
ALES FROM CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS
Documentary Premieres at Arlington Theatre March 5 & 6,
2016
Three Part Mini Series Slated for PBS in 2016
Santa Barbara, California:
WEST OF THE WEST: TALES FROM CALIFORNIA’S CHANNEL ISLANDS
is a
three part documentary mini
-
series on the human history of the
eight California
Channel
I
slands currently in
fi
nal
production,
presented by the Santa Cruz Island Foundation and
the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
. Many of the 14 tales in the films will premiere at
the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara
Saturday
March 5, 2016 at 7:30pm and
Sunday
March 6, at 7:00pm.
This highly anticipated documentary series has been in production for nearly three years
with over 70 days of shooting on the islands and mainland with experts and descendants
of island dwellers.
The final product will be three one
-
hour films to be aired
on every
primary P
BS channel in California in April of 2016.
Work has also begun on scheduling
screenings on major PBS stations in other parts of the USA
beginning next fall
.
The films
will be distributed free to schools through California and the nation
v
ia a new website
,
complete with custom curriculum materials. The films are engaging and enlightening
“tales” told from the point of view of the people who have experienced the Channel
Islands
–
lived on, wrecked on, dived under, filmed, raised children, bootlegged, fished, surfed, sailed, explored and restored in a remarkable saga that begins 13,000 years ago. Filmmakers include Writer Peter Seaman who has had a distinguished career in the feature film business. His co-writing credits include WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, THE LAST HOLIDAY, THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS, and SHREK THE THIRD. Producer Sam Tyler, along with Seaman, is donating his time for this project. Tyler is a long-time independent producer who has funded, planned and produced nine specials for PBS stations. Project Originator/Cinematographer and Editor Brent Sumner has operated a video production business in Santa Barbara for the past 18 years. All three were producers of the 2009 powerful documentary film CITIZEN McCAW. In addition to the two public premiere screenings, there will be a matinee screening on Sunday March 6 the at the Arlington called Education Sunday, with an invited audience of students and teachers from schools from the Santa Barbara Unified School District and
Santa Barbara County Schools. Of particular interest to elementary schools is the material on The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, upon which the best-selling book Island of the Blue Dolphins was based. The book is required reading in 4th grade in California. Due to the great success of a recent Kickstarter Campaign, the March 5th screening is nearly sold out, but a limited number of tickets are still available. Due to popular demand a second screening will be on March 6 the at 7:00pm. All tickets are available at the Arlington Theatre Box Office, 805-963-4408. For full details on the film including filmmaker bios, photos, and story angles visit www.thecifilm.com.”

'''February 17, 2016 [Imperial Valley News]:''' “New Documentary Explores over 13,000 Years of Human History. Ventura, California - Channel Islands National Park invites the public to explore over 13,000 years of human history on the Channel Islands at the March 6 premiere of the new documentary, West of the West: Tales from California's Channel Islands, in downtown Ventura. Produced by Sam Tyler and written and directed by Peter Seaman and Brent Sumner, the documentary provides an in-depth look into fourteen intriguing stories of island inhabitants, ranging from the first contact between Spanish explorers and the Island Chumash to the National Park Service's efforts to restore the islands' ecosystems. Sumner, the film's cinematographer, came up with the idea for the film in 2010, after reading several books on the Channel Islands during his recovery from a serious dive accident that occurred off of Santa Cruz Island. He uncovered many compelling stories and coaxed Tyler, a former PBS producer, and Seaman, a Hollywood screenwriter, into donating their time and talent to create the documentary. The filmmaking process was intensive, with nearly 80 days of filming over three years, extensive research, and dozens of interviews with scientists, historians, island dwellers, park rangers, representatives from Native American cultures, and others. The full documentary, which will be available in three, one-hour parts, will be available to view on public television in April 2016. It has been condensed into a 110-minute version for the premiere in Ventura. The Ventura premiere will take place on March 6, at the Century 10 Theater in downtown Ventura, and admission to the four screenings –12:00, 2:30, 5:00, and 7:45 pm –is free. There will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers following the 5:00 pm screening. Free tickets for the Ventura premiere are available any day through March 4, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, at the Channel Islands National Park visitor center in the Ventura Harbor. Any remaining tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis at the park's check-in table at the event. Tickets will not be distributed at the Century 10 Theater box office. The full, three-hour documentary is premiering at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara on March 5 and 6, with tickets still available for the Sunday showing at 7:00 pm. Tickets are on sale at the Arlington Theatre Box Office or by calling 805-963-4408. The Ventura film premiere is sponsored by Channel Islands Park Foundation and Channel Islands National Park. This event is one of many celebrations for the National Park Service Centennial, which honors 100 years of sharing America's treasures. West of the West: Tales from California's Channel Islands is presented by the Santa Cruz Island Foundation and Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. To learn more about the film, filmmakers, and story angles, visit www.thecifilm.com. The venue for the documentary premiere of West of the West: Tales from California's Channel Islands has been generously provided by the City of Ventura, in partnership with Cinemark Century Theaters. This event is part of several celebrations for the 150th anniversary for the City of Ventura. To learn more, visit celebrateventura.org.”

Land of Sunshine

2026-07-05T18:06:06Z

MDaily:

'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.

At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.

In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.

'''VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894'''
* June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
* July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
* Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
* Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
* Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
* Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. ''Famous Fish of Southern California'' p. 110-111
: ''With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...''

'''VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895'''
* Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
*Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
* Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
* March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] ''The Palmer Collection'' p. 68-69
* April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
* '''May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]'''

'''VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895 
'''VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896 
'''VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 [June, September, November]''' 
'''VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897 
'''VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897 [July, September, October]'''

'''VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900 [January (#2), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]'''

'''VOLUME THIRTEEN: June to 'Christmas' 1900 [July (#2), August (#3), November (#5), 'Christmas' (#6)]'''

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* 1895. J. B. B. ''The Yates Collection'' Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May

* 1896. [no author] ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. S. E. A. Higgins. ''[[Media: SunshineMag Lighthouse.pdf|Santa Barbara Lighthouse]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]

* 1898. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Avalon, Santa Catalina Island'' (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898

* 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Smith, Ruth Tangier. ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, January 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. Kennedy, S. M. ''Southern California Points of Interest'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder Charles Frederick]]. ''A California Aquarium and Zoological Station'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Dubois, Constance. ''Some Unknown Missions of California'' Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Dying San Nicolas'' Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder, Charles Frederick]]. ''Royal Sport'' Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
: [original in SCIF archives]

Land of Sunshine

2026-07-05T18:05:28Z

MDaily:

'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.

At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.

In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.

'''VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894'''
* June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
* July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
* Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
* Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
* Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
* Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. ''Famous Fish of Southern California'' p. 110-111
: ''With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...''

'''VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895'''
* Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
*Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
* Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
* March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] ''The Palmer Collection'' p. 68-69
* April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
* '''May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]'''

'''VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895 
'''VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896 
'''VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 [June, September, November]''' 
'''VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897 
'''VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897 [July, September, October]'''

'''VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900 [January (#2), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]'''
'''VOLUME THIRTEEN: June to 'Christmas' 1900 [July (#2), August (#3), November (#5), 'Christmas' (#6)]'''

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* 1895. J. B. B. ''The Yates Collection'' Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May

* 1896. [no author] ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. S. E. A. Higgins. ''[[Media: SunshineMag Lighthouse.pdf|Santa Barbara Lighthouse]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]

* 1898. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Avalon, Santa Catalina Island'' (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898

* 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Smith, Ruth Tangier. ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, January 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. Kennedy, S. M. ''Southern California Points of Interest'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder Charles Frederick]]. ''A California Aquarium and Zoological Station'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Dubois, Constance. ''Some Unknown Missions of California'' Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Dying San Nicolas'' Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder, Charles Frederick]]. ''Royal Sport'' Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
: [original in SCIF archives]

Land of Sunshine

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'''Land of Sunshine''' (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

The Land of Sunshine was first published by the F. A. Pattee Publishing Company in June 1894 as a quarto measuring 9 by 12 inches (23 cm × 30 cm). It was originally ghost-edited by Charles Dwight Willard, while Harry Ellington Brook and Frank A. Pattee were both also involved in the creation and publication of the magazine. Willard was secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce while he edited The Land of Sunshine, which from its inception was supportive of commercial interests in Los Angeles and San Diego to the extent that it would have caused a clear conflict of interest controversy if Willard was publicly linked to the magazine. According to Edwin Bingham, in its first volume The Land of Sunshine developed a long-standing dichotomy between covering regional commerce and culture.

At the end of 1894 Charles Fletcher Lummis was publicly named editor of The Land of Sunshine, and the first issue produced under his control was January 1895. Lummis promised that the magazine's coverage of Southern California would be "concise, interesting, expert, accurate" to the extent that it would be trusted by Eastern readers. He also placed an increased emphasis on the cultural and intellectual content of the magazine. According to the Los Angeles Times, he transformed the magazine from a "Chamber of Commerce promotional sheet" into a "sterling literary magazine" in which he voiced his own opinions about everything from art and philosophy to politics and current events.

In June 1895, the magazine was reduced to dimensions of 6 by 9 inches (15 cm × 23 cm), although its total number of pages grew.

'''VOLUME ONE: June to November 1894'''
* June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
* July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
* Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
* Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
* Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
* Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. ''Famous Fish of Southern California'' p. 110-111
: ''With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...''

'''VOLUME TWO: December 1894 to May 1895'''
* Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
*Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
* Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
* March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] ''The Palmer Collection'' p. 68-69
* April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
* '''May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]'''

'''VOLUME THREE: June to November 1895 
'''VOLUME FOUR: December 1895 to May 1896 
'''VOLUME FIVE: June to November 1896 [June, September, November]''' 
'''VOLUME SIX: December 1896 to May 1897 
'''VOLUME SEVEN: June to November 1897 [July, September, October]'''

'''VOLUME TWELVE: January to November 1900 [January (#1), February (#3), March (#4), May (#6)]'''

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* 1895. J. B. B. ''The Yates Collection'' Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May

* 1896. [no author] ''Echoes of California Fiestas'' Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. S. E. A. Higgins. ''[[Media: SunshineMag Lighthouse.pdf|Santa Barbara Lighthouse]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1896. [[EARLE, Homer P.|Earle, Homer P.]] ''[[The Santa Barbara Islands]]'' Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. Owens, Rob C.'' [[Caves of Santa Cruz Island]]'' Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/landsunshine03unkngoog The Heart of Santa Catalina]'' Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1897. [[BRITTON, James R.|Britton, J. R.]] ''[http://archive.org/stream/outwestland07archrich/outwestland07archrich_djvu.txt Our Summer Isles'' (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands)] Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897
: [original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]

* 1898. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Avalon, Santa Catalina Island'' (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898

* 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Smith, Ruth Tangier. ''[https://archive.org/details/landofsunshine10losa/page/n7 One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island)]'' Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, January 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. ''The American Mentone'' [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899
: [original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

* 1899. Kennedy, S. M. ''Southern California Points of Interest'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 10(5):290-299, April 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder Charles Frederick]]. ''A California Aquarium and Zoological Station'' [Catalina Island] Land of Sunshine 11(2):77-84, July 1899
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1899. Dubois, Constance. ''Some Unknown Missions of California'' Land of Sunshine 11(6):317-324. November 1899. Mission Santa Ysabel.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[TRASK, Luella Blanche|Trask, Blanche]]. ''Dying San Nicolas'' Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1900. [[HOLDER, Charles Frederick|Holder, Charles Frederick]]. ''Royal Sport'' Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.
: [original in SCIF archives]

* 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901
: [original in SCIF archives]

GOODAN FAMILY

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[[File:Goodon Family 9-64.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Goodan family on Santa Cruz Island. </center>]]
[[File:P. Goodan.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Polly Goodan cleaning the office on Santa Cruz Island. (Carey Stanton in his chair.)</center>]]
[[File:Goodan, Polly.jpg|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Polly Goodan (left) with Marla Daily, Santa Cruz Island, 2004 </center>]]
[[File:Goodans grave.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Bill & Polly Goodan burial at Forest Lawn, Glendale. </center>]]

'''GOODAN FAMILY'''

The Goodans were lifelong friends of Carey Stanton. Polly Phleger Goodan was a classmate ('43) of Stanton's at Stanford University. She married Bill Goodan, son of May Chandler Goodan [Los Angeles Times family], and they had three children.

Bill Goodan (1919-1990)[SS#561-30-9303] = Mary Elena “Polly” Phleger (1922-2005)
*1. Roger Goodan
*2. Mary Elena Goodan (b. 1948) = [1983] Lester Hilger were married on Santa Cruz Island
*3. Amanda Goodan [William C. Koelsch] (1950-2014)

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=====In the News~=====

'''May 07, 1990 [LAT]:''' “William Goodan, a private financier and grandson of former Los Angeles Times Publisher Harry Chandler, died at his home early Sunday in Pasadena. He was 70. A native of Los Angeles, Goodan was vice president and director of Chandis Securities Co., a privately held firm that oversees the Chandler and Otis family investments and holdings. He was a graduate of Stanford University. His parents were the late Roger and May Chandler Goodan. She was the daughter of Harry Chandler, publisher of The Times from 1917 to 1944, and Magdalena Schlador. Goodan is survived by his wife, Mary Elena; his brother, Douglas Goodan, and two sisters, Ruth Applegarth and Jean Barclay. He also leaves three children--son Roger Goodan and two daughters, Mary Elena and Amanda, as well as two grandchildren. Services will be held at noon Wednesday at the All Saints Episcopal Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Goodan's honor to the Memorial Book Fund of the Stanford University Libraries or other charities.”

'''December 21, 2005 [The Almanac]:''' “Mary Elena "Polly" Phleger Goodan, whose transfer of her family's 1,200-acre estate in Woodside to the Peninsula Open Space Trust allowed a major addition to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, died December 1 after a fall in her Pasadena home. She was 83. Ms. Goodan sold the heavily forested property to POST for $25 million in 1995. POST then turned the property over to the national park system. With the addition of the Phleger estate, the park was extended from the San Francisco watershed in the north to Huddart County Park in the south. It also became part of a 400-mile trail system that spans ridgelines in the nine-county Bay Area. It was the largest addition to Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 20 years, according to park spokesman Rich Weideman. POST had been working with Ms. Goodan's mother, Mary Elena Phleger, at the time of her death in 1990; with her mother's passing, Ms. Goodan became the senior family member and completed the deal. "Polly was very supportive of giving us the chance to protect the land," says Audrey Rust, president of POST. Acquiring the Phleger estate was the largest project POST had ever undertaken. The largest previous project was a $6 million purchase. It also required the intercession and sustained efforts of several politicians, including Rep.Tom Lantos, Sen. Alan Cranston, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and Rep. Anna Eshoo, to extend the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Phleger Estate, enabling it be transferred over to the National Park Service. The property was bought by her father, San Francisco attorney Herman Phleger, in 1935. Mr. Phleger, a partner in the law firm Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison, was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials and legal adviser to the State Department during the Eisenhower administration. Ms. Goodan, a graduate of Stanford University in 1944, was active in many California philanthropies. Her husband, Harry [Bill] Goodan, a financier who died in 1990, was a grandson of Harry Chandler, a publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Her mother, the former Mary Elena Macondray, was a member of the Atherton and Macondray families, early settlers of the Peninsula. Ms. Goodan is survived by her son, Roger Goodan of Samish Island, Washington; two daughters, Mary Elena Hilger of Alameda and Amanda Koech of Pasadena; and five grandchildren. The family prefers memorials be made to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation, 1010 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, 93101; or Save the Redwoods League, 114 Sansome St., San Francisco, 94104.”

'''Deecember 3, 2005 [Pasadena Star-News]:''' “Mary Elena (Polly) Goodan, 83, died following an accidental fall on Dec. 1, 2005. She was a magnet for friends and family, and her exuberant personality came through in everything she did. She gave to everyone on a grand scale. Her family, and especially her grandchildren benefited the most, but Polly also gave tirelessly to her favorite causes: Save the Redwoods League, Stanford University, Art Center College of Art and Design, LA County Hospital, Pasadena Garden Club, LACMA, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena Art Alliance, California Historical Society, Santa Cruz Island Foundation, and Los Angeles Children's Hospital. Polly always wanted to have a full house of people, food, and flowers, and she usually got her wish. Polly brought flower arrangements everywhere she went, and she had a huge collection of friends from every part of her life. She grew up in San Francisco and Woodside, and then went to Westover School in CT. She still has friends from these days. At Stanford University, where she majored in Art History, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Kappas and Stanford continue to hear from Polly. Since 1944, she has lived in Los Angeles and Pasadena and greatly enhanced those communities with strong commitments. She encouraged those around her to participate and contribute in so many things. Polly tirelessly worked with the Garden Club of America in many responsible positions, including the board. The women of the Garden Club of America supported her efforts to turn her parents' 1300 acre property in Woodside into the Phleger Estate portion of the Golden Gate State National Recreation Area. Polly was the oldest daughter of Mary Elena Macondray and Herman Phleger, a powerful northern California attorney who, in addition to founding the law firm Brobeck,, Phleger and Harrison, served terms as prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, US representative to International Court of Justice (The Hague), as Legal advisor to the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in the Eisenhower administration, and as US Ambassador to Antarctic Treaty (1960). After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Art history in 1943, she married Bill Goodan, son of May Chandler Goodan and Roger Goodan. Bill was the oldest son of May Chandler Goodan, daughter of Harry Chandler, publisher of the LA Times from 1917 to 1944. Polly Goodan is survived by two daughters, Mary Elena Goodan of Alameda, CA and Amanda Goodan of Pasadena, CA, Roger Goodan of Samish Island, WA and eight grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Santa Cruz Island Foundation and Save the Redwoods League.”

* Vandenberg Air Force Base

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[[[File:February 28, 1959.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 2 February 28, 1959 Discoverer 1. The Ghost Satellite. First satellite launched from the Pacific Coast. First Polar orbit.</center>]]

[File:April 13, 1959.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 2 April 13, 1959 First successful Capsule Separation from Polar Orbit.</center>]]

[[File:VAFB June 3, 1959 .png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 3 June 3 1959 Agena guidance failure. Vehicle fell into the Pacific Ocean. The CORONA satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972. Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of 38 Discoverer satellites [1959-1962] which were part of the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket on 28 February 1959 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was a prototype of the KH-1 satellite, but did not contain either a camera or a film capsule. It was the first satellite launched toward the South Pole in an attempt to achieved a polar orbit, but was unsuccessful. </center>]]

[[File:VAFB Nov. 7, 1959.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 7 November 7, 1959 Mission failed. Satellite tumbled in orbit.</center>]]

[[File:Sept. 29, 1960.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 29, 1960 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File:Dec. 10, 1960 VAFB.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>December 10, 1960 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File:July 10, 1961.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 10, 1961 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File: Discoverer 36.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 36 December 12, 1961 Best mission to date. Launch carried OSCAR 1 to orbit. The final Discoverer satellite, Discoverer 37, launched 13 January 1962, was the last CORONA mission to bear the Discoverer name. Subsequent CORONA missions were simply classified as "Department of Defense satellite launches." [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File: Screen Shot 2022-11-14 at 6.27.20 AM.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 38 February 27, 1962 First mission of the KH-4 series and last to be named Discoverer. Much of film slightly out of focus. [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

'''Vandenberg Air Force Base'''

Established in 1941 as Camp Cooke, Vandenberg Air Force Base—renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 14, 2021— is located in Santa Barbara County. The base was re-named in 1958 in honor of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899-1954), a United States Air Force general who served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. The facility is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also performs space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

The base contains 99,604 acres of land, operates approximately 16 launch facilities and complexes, and maintains the second largest airfield runway in the Department of Defense, which is 15,000 feet long.

October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, shocking the American public and beginning the Space Age.

On '''December 16, 1958''' the first missile launch from Vandenberg AFB was a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile launched from Space Launch Complex-2 East.

On '''February 28, 1959''', the first two-stage Thor/Agena missile lifted the world’s first polar earth orbiting satellite, the Discoverer 1 from Space Launch Complex-1 West. Soon after, the first Atlas missile launched from Vandenberg AFB on '''September 9, 1959''' at launch facility 576 A-2.

'''SPACE MAIL:''' On November 12, 1960 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, an Agena-B rocket was launched carrying Discoverer 17 (also known as Corona 9012), an optical reconnaissance satellite. On board Discoverer were a secret panoramic camera, a biological research payload (the satellite's official purpose), and perhaps 28 pieces of mail similar. This was, as USAF Chief of Staff White writes, "the first time that letters have been sent by a satellite ... in the tradition of airmen who less than thirty years ago pioneered in the first use of airmail." After "travelling ... at speeds greater than 18,000 miles per hour," the photographic film and the mail were returned to Earth in a Satellite Recovery Vehicle that separated off from Discoverer. The SRV, descending by parachute, was captured over the mid-Pacific by the grappling hooks of the USAF plane Pelican 2. These first pieces of orbital mail were delivered only to the elite of the political, defense, and aviation worlds. A piece traced at auction was sent to the first NASA Administrator. [A second piece sold at Bonhams for $37,500 in 2012.]

The first Global Positioning Satellite launched from Space Launch Complex-3E on 22 February 1978. The world’s first commercial spaceport became operational at Vandenberg on 19 September 1996 at Space Launch Complex-8.

Significant launch programs since 1958 have included: the Nike, Scout, Peacekeeper, Atlas, Minotaur, Titan, Thor, Thor/Agena (1959-1968), Thrust Augmented Thor, Thor/Delta, BOMARC, Delta II, Delta IV, Minuteman, Pegasus, Scout, and Falcon 9.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)#Discoverer DISCOVERER SATELLITE LAUNCH HISTORY] Scroll down for launch dates.

* Department of the Air Force. '''Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mineral Resource Management Plan''' Potential Exploration, Development, and Production of Oil and Gas Resources. June 1987. Perfect bound.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* 1984. SCHILLER, Norbert. Strange Happening at Vandenberg Surf. Santa Barbara: McVicker Sutcliffe Press, 1984. Hand-made book, blue tied boards. #8. Signed: Norbert Schiller; Judy Sutcliffe.

'''SATELLITE AND MISSILE LAUNCH COVERS''' postmarked Lompoc, CA Vandenberg AFB in SCIF Archives:

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'''1960'''
* September 29, 1960 Atlas Polar Orbit
* December 10, 1960 Hot Cargo Capsule Recovery

'''1961'''
* July 10, 1961 Discoverer No. 26 Capsule Recovery
* September 2, 1961 Discoverer No. 29 Capsule Recovery
* September 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 30
* September 23, 1961 Titan Down-Range Shot
* October 13, 1961 Discoverer No. 32
* October 23, 1961 Discoverer No. 33
* November 5, 1961 Discoverer No. 34
* November 16, 1961 Discoverer No. 35 Capsule Recovery
* December 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 36 Oscar

'''1962'''
* February 27, 1962 Discoverer 38 [last named Discoverer; first KH-4 series]

'''1966'''
* March 30, 1966 OV1-4 & 5 Twin Research Satellites
* November 1, 1966 Bomarc Target

'''1967'''
* January 31, 1967 ATCOS 1 OV-3-5
* July 28, 1967 OCO IV

'''1968'''
* October 3, 1968 ESRO-1

'''1969'''
* January 29, 1969 United States Canadian ISIS — A Research Orbiter.
* April 14, 1969 Nimbus III
* October 1, 1969 ESRO 2 10-Nation-Member Organization

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'''1970'''
* February 3, 1970 SERT 11 Thor Agena-12
* April 8, 1970 Nimbus
* July 22, 1970 Mideast: Recon Satellite launched by THOR-AGENA D
* August 27, 1970 U.S. Navy Navigation Satellite Launched by a Scout Rocket
* September 26, 1970 BOMARC Target [Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center]
* November 18, 1970 Secret Satellite Launch Thor-Agena Booster
* December 11, 1970 NOAA—1 Launched by Deltar
* December 11, 1970 NOAA Tiros Operational Satellite (ITOS-A)

'''1971'''
* January 21, 1971 Samos 81
* March 3, 1971 2nd Chinese Satellite
* March 20, 1971 USAF Advanced Communications Satellite launched by Titan 3b
* March 24, 1971 USAF Thor-Agena Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 31, 1971 U.S. Canadian Space Launch Circular Polar Orbiting Satellite
* March 31, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* April 5, 1971 Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRESI Testing) Atlas F Booster
* April 9, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman Instant ICBM Minuteman -3 Re-entry Testing
* April 14, 1971 BOMARC Target Salvo Launch
* April 22, 1971 USAF Titan 3 B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* April 23, 1971 7th Minuteman SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
* April 26, 1971 The 88th SAC Minuteman B
* May 18, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster S-Band Telemetry
* May 21, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman II F Booster Re-entry Testing
* May 24, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Secret Payload Research Minuteman II F Booster
* May 27, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC 2 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research
* June 4, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Research Minuteman II Booster
* June 6, 1971 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena
* June 11, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM Research Minuteman 3 Booster
* June 13, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman 1 Instant ICBM
* June 15, 1971 USAF First Titan-3D Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range
* June 20, 1971 First SAC USAF Titan in support of Nike Zeus
* June 23, 1971 17th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* June 26, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman B Target Booster Pacific Missile Range
* June 29, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* June 29, 1971 Aerobee Intercept Launch in support of Nasa Apollo Studies
* June 29, 1971 US Air Force Atlas F Booster Satellite
* July 8, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 8th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
* July 12, 1971 Minuteman B Destroyed in Flight
* July 16, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
* August 1, 1971 USAF -3B Secret Satellite Toward Polar Orbit
* August 2, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin 4th Lunar Module
* August 3, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* August 4, 1971 30th SAC Minuteman II F Booster
* August 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* August 6, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite OV1 Satellite Twins Lifted into Polar Orbit
* August 6, 1971 OV-1 20 and 24 800 lbs. most dense satellite ever launched
* August 7, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin NASA
* August 13, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster
* August 27, 1971 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster
* September 1, 1971 ABRES Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Studies
* September 2, 1971 19th SAC II M Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 2, 1971 9th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch USAF
* September 8, 1971 SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
* September 10, 1971 Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena Satellite Launch
* September 10, 1971 20th SAC Minuteman II M Booster Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 16, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* October 4, 1971 Secret Thor/Burner II Satellite Launch
* October 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Instant ICBM Booster
* October 7, 1971 USAF Minuteman B Target Booster Missile Launch
* October 15, 1971 10th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 17, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite FRUSA
* October 18, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 20, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research Launch
* October 21, 1971 21st SAC Minuteman II m s-Band Telemetry Booster
* October 21, 1971 NOAA Weather Satellite ITOS B NASA Satellite Launch
* October 21, 1971 OTOS-B Second NOAA Weather Satellite
* October 21, 1971 NOAA - 2
* October 23, 1971 USAF Titan -3B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* November 17, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 22, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 23, 1971 13th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
* November 23, 1971 NIKE AEROBEE in support of NASA APOLLO Studies Intercept Launch
* December 2, 1971 94th SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
* December 4, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor Agena Booster
* December 9, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 11, 1971 Ariel 4 United Kingdom Satellite UK 4 Launch
* December 11, 1971 UK Launched on 4-stage Scout Rocket
* December 15, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 17, 1971 14th SAC Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM

'''1972'''
* January 20, 1972 Satellite Launch
* January 20, 1972 25,000 Second Big Bird advanced Samos Re-entry
* January 28, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Booster Instant ICBM
* January 31, 1972 ESRO HEOS-A2 Orbit by the Thor-Delta Booster
* February 4, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16" SAC
* February 9, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM 16" SAC
* February 16, 1972 USAF Titan -3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 11, 1972 ESRO TD - 1A The 81st successful Nasa Thor-Delta Booster Separate Experiments
* March 16, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM Target Booster
* March 17, 1972 Satellite Launch US Air Force Titan 3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 17, 1972 Samos 87
* March 21, 1972 22nd SAC Missile Launch
* March 24, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* April 13, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
* April 14, 1972 Bomarc Target
* April 19, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Western Test Range Thor Agena
* April 21, 1972 Bomarc Target
* May 5, 1972 USAF Minuteman Missile Launch
* May 12, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM the 24th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* May 20, 1972 Secret Satellite lifted into orbit by the USAF Titan -3B
* May 24, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster S-Band Telemetry
* May 25, 1972 Quick Look Search & Find Recon Satellite Salt Check-up
* May 25, 1972 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
* May 31, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* June 6, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* June 11, 1972 19th SAC Missile Launch Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
* June 13, 1972 Aerobee Launch Nasa Research
* June 13, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM
* June 17, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* June 20, 1972 Aerobee Launch in support of manned space studies
* June 20, 1972 Minuteman II F Instant ICBM SAC
* July 7, 1972 Salt Beacon Satellite Big Bird 3
* July 7, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3D Booster
* July 15, 1972 Minuteman I Instant ICBM US Air Force
* July 23, 1972 ERTS A Research Satellite Thot-Delta Booster
* July 25, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM USAF
* July 27, 1972 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* August 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* September 1, 1972 Samos 89 Salt Verification Orbiting Super-Spy
* September 1, 1972 USAF Titan -3 B Booster
* September 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit lifted into orbit by Blue Scout Rocket
* September 2, 1972 Improved Navy Nuclear Transit Triad launched by Scout
* September 19, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* September 25, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
* October 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Atlas/Burner II Booster
* October 2, 1972 Army Radcat Boeing Satellite
* October 3, 1972 SAC Minuteman II SAC Missile Launch
* October 10, 1972 Big Bird 4 Project 467
* October 10, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* October 10, 1972 Secret Satellite launched toward Polar Orbit using the USAF Titan IIID
* October 10, 1972 Aerobee Missile Launch I
* October 11, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM
* October 15, 1972 ITOS-D 3rd NOAA Weather Satellite Launch
* October 16, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* October 20, 1972 SAC Minuteman II F Missile Launch
* November 8, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Thor/Burner II A Booster
* November 21, 1972 ESRO IV Satellite 6 Separate Experiments
* November 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 29, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 4, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
* December 6, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 8, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB US Air Force
* December 10, 1972 Nimbus-5 Thermal Mapping of Earth
* December 10, 1972 Nimbus E Weather Research Satellite Polar Orbit
* December 11, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 12, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
* December 16, 1972 Aeros Satellite Nasa Scout D Booster
* December 18, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 19, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 19, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB
* December 21, 1972 Samos 91 SALT check on Soviet strategic missile activity
* December 21, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3B Agena D
* December 21, 1972 SAC Minuteman II M Missile Launch
* December 27, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 29, 1972 Bomarc Target

'''1973'''
* January 22, 1973 Explorer 51

'''1975'''
* January 9, 1975 Titan II
* January 19, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* January 22, 1975 Landsat II ERTS-B Satellite Launch
* January 22, 1973 Explorer 51
* January 29, 1975 SAC Minuteman
* February 5, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
* March 6, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 9, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit by the Titan III
* March 9, 1975 AFSATCOM launched by Titan 3b
* March 20, 1975 BOMARC Target
* April 9, 1975 GEOS-C Satellite Launch Thor-Delta Booster
* April 10, 1975 BOMARC Target
* April 12, 1975 Destroyed In Flight. Satellite toward Polar Orbit by the Atlas.
* April 18, 1975 Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit by the Titan
* April 18, 1975 SAMOS 102 launched by Titan 3b
* May 6, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
* May 9, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
* May 16, 1975 Minuteman III Successful Rocket Test by the US Air Force
* May 22, 1975 BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* May 23, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* May 23, 1975 Thor Booster Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit
* May 23, 1975 ESAF DOD Defense Meteorological Satellite launched by the Thor-Burner 2
* June 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* June 6, 1975 Big Bird-10 (Samos 103) Ricon Military Satellite launched by Titan 3D
* June 11, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
* June 12, 1975 Nimbus F Meteorological Research Satellite Thor-Delta Booster
* June 20, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
* July 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Mariner-10 stamp)
* July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Retarded children stamp)
* July 23, 1975 BOMARC Target
* July 24, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Recovery. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station.
* July 26, 1975 Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
* August 7, 1975 SAC USAF Titan II Super ICBM
* August 7, 1975 ESA Nasa COS-B Thor Booster
* August 14, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
* August 22, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* August 29, 1975 Missile Launch SAC Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
* September 5, 1975 Missile Launch Minuteman
* September 10, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
* September 16, 1975 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
* September 23, 1975 Instant ICBM Minuteman US Air Force
* September 30, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 6, 1975 AE-D toward Polar Orbit NASA
* October 9, 1975 Satellite in earth orbit
* October 9, 1975 Samos 104 launched by Titan 3B
* October 11, 1975 Navy Navigational Satellite Scout Booster Western Test Range
* October 11, 1975 WTR Tip-II Second Transit Improvement Satellite
* November 13, 1975 SAC Minuteman
* November 14, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 4, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit Titan III Booster
* December 4, 1975 Big Bird II launched by Titan 3D
* December 4, 1975 USAF Titan II ICBM
* December 5, 1975 Dad-Scout Booster Satellite Launch Destroyed In Flight
* December 4, 1975 Dual Air Density Project Dad launch by Scout
* December 11, 1975 UTE-Tomahawk Experimental Space Probe
* December 16, 1975 Pacific Missile Range BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* December 17, 1975 SAC Minuteman Instant ICBM

'''1977'''
* January 21, 1977 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Reliability Launch
* January 30, 1977 USAF Minuteman 3 Advanced Ballistic Test
* February 1, 1977 SAC Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
* February 4, 1977 Bomarc Target
* February 16, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 2, 1977 Minuteman 3 Missile Launch
* March 13, 1977 SAMOS IIO
* March 13, 1977 Defense Satellite Launch Titan -3B Booster
* March 31, 1977 Navy Bomarc
* April 27, 1977 10th Olympic Arena SAC ICBM Combat Competition
* May 11, 1977 Bomarc Missile Destroyed in Flight
* May 12, 1977 777 Communication Satellite lifted into earth orbit by USAF Titan 3C Booster
* May 18, 1977 Safeguard Advanced Development Minuteman 1 Delivery System
* May 23, 1977 Sky Spy Early Warning Satellite KSC-NASA Atlas-Agena Booster
* May 28, 1977 SAC Launches Minuteman -3 Multi Warhead Missile
* June 2, 1977 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman -3 MIRV System Mission Upgrade
* June 4, 1977 Classified Spacecraft USAF Thor Booster
* June 4, 1977 MSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
* June 16, 1977 US Air Force Launches Minuteman -3 Technology Development Flight
* June 23, 1977 NTS-2 Navy Navigational Technology Satellite launched by Atlas
* June 23, 1977 Navigational Orbiting Space Station ISAF Atlas-F Booster
* June 27, 1977 Polar Orbiting Satellite Launched by USAF Titan #D
* June 28, 1977 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM by the SAC Airborne Launch Crew
* July 13, 1977 Bomarc Target
* August 3, 1977 Minuteman -3 Advanced Command District System Development
* August 4, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 5, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 8, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 9, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 10, 1977 Successful Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead Rocket Test
* August 10, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 11, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 19, 1977 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 3 Production Verification Package
* August 20, 1977 Voyager 2 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
* September 3, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 5, 1977 Voyager 1 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
* September 14, 1977 Strategic Air Command Minuteman -3 Launched by Airborne Launch Crew
* September 23, 1977 Unscheduled Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit Titan 3-B Booster
* October 27, 1977 Defense Space Probe
* October 27, 1977 Transat launched by Scout
* November 3, 1977 US Air Force Systems Command Launches Minuteman 3 ICBM
* November 12, 1977 Minuteman 1 Technology Development Flight Missile Launch
* November 30, 1977 Minuteman II ICBM
* December 7, 1977 Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
* December 8, 1977 Classified Satellite Launch Atlas F Booster
* December 9, 1977 Bomarc Target Destroyed in Flight by the US Navy Air Defense Rocket

'''1978'''
* January 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Upgrade Mission
* February 8, 1978 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead launched by Strategic Air Command Airborne Launch Crew
* February 22, 1978 Navstar 1
* February 22, 1978 Navstar Navigational Satellite Atlas F Booster
* March 2, 1978 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 5, 1978 NASA Landsat 3
* March 6, 1978 AMSAT OSCAR 8. Amateur Radio Operators Satellite
* March 6, 1978 Landsat-C Oscar Pix NASA
* March 6, 1978 Landsat Three
* March 16, 1978 Titan 3 D Booster Classified Satellite
* March 24, 1978 Bomarc Target Missile Destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* April 5, 1978 Research and Development Test Minuteman 1 Booster
* April 26, 1978 HCMM AEM-A Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
* May 1, 1978 Defense Meterological Satellite
* May 3, 1978 11th Olympic Arena Strategic Air Command Competition Won by the 91st SMW
* June 3, 1978 Minuteman 3 Launched by Strategic Air Command
* June 8, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
* June 14, 1978 Big Bird-16 Launched by Titan 3D
* June 14, 1978 Space & Missile Test Center Launches Classified Satellite
* June 22, 1978 Missile Launch Minuteman 3 Super ICBM MIRV
* June 26, 1978 Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO Atlas -F Agena Booster
* June 27, 1978 Atlas-F/Agena Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO
* June 28, 1978 SAC Minuteman -3 Reliability Test
* July 5, 1978 Minuteman 1 Research and Development Launch
* August 4, 1978 Experimental USAF Comsat Relay Satellite launch by Titan 3B
* October 7, 1978 Navstar 3 Atlas-F Booster
* October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 24, 1978 Nimbus-7 launched by Delta
* October 24, 1978 Delta 145 Nimbus G NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 24, 1978 NASA KSC-WOSO Nimbus G Thor-Delta
* November 17, 1978 Destroyed in Flight Minuteman 2
* November 28, 1978 Minuteman II Research and Development Launch Advanced Re-entry System
* December 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
* December 10, 1978 Navstar-4 Rockwell International Launched by Atlas F

'''1979'''
* January 24, 1979 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 1 Advanced Re-entry System
* January 31, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* February 7, 1979 Minuteman III Super ICBM
* March 24, 1979 Test Flight Atlas F Launch
* March 28, 1979 Minuteman III Weapon Upgrade System
* June 27, 1979 SAMTEC NASA Launch NOAA - A Atlas F Booster
* June 27, 1979 NOAA Launch The Gulf Stream.... I.A.S.P. Series
* July 27 1979 Strategic Air Command Launches 400th Minuteman A Minuteman III Multi Warhead
* September 26, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 1, 1979 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman III Super ICBM

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* Vandenberg Air Force Base

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[[File:April 13, 1959.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 2 April 13, 1959 First successful Capsule Separation from Polar Orbit.</center>]]

[[File:VAFB June 3, 1959 .png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 3 June 3 1959 Agena guidance failure. Vehicle fell into the Pacific Ocean. The CORONA satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972. Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of 38 Discoverer satellites [1959-1962] which were part of the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket on 28 February 1959 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was a prototype of the KH-1 satellite, but did not contain either a camera or a film capsule. It was the first satellite launched toward the South Pole in an attempt to achieved a polar orbit, but was unsuccessful. </center>]]

[[File:VAFB Nov. 7, 1959.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 7 November 7, 1959 Mission failed. Satellite tumbled in orbit.</center>]]

[[File:Sept. 29, 1960.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>September 29, 1960 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File:Dec. 10, 1960 VAFB.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>December 10, 1960 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File:July 10, 1961.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>July 10, 1961 [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File: Discoverer 36.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 36 December 12, 1961 Best mission to date. Launch carried OSCAR 1 to orbit. The final Discoverer satellite, Discoverer 37, launched 13 January 1962, was the last CORONA mission to bear the Discoverer name. Subsequent CORONA missions were simply classified as "Department of Defense satellite launches." [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

[[File: Screen Shot 2022-11-14 at 6.27.20 AM.png|350px|thumbnail|right|<center>Discoverer 38 February 27, 1962 First mission of the KH-4 series and last to be named Discoverer. Much of film slightly out of focus. [original in SCIF archives] </center>]]

'''Vandenberg Air Force Base'''

Established in 1941 as Camp Cooke, Vandenberg Air Force Base—renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 14, 2021— is located in Santa Barbara County. The base was re-named in 1958 in honor of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899-1954), a United States Air Force general who served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. The facility is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also performs space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

The base contains 99,604 acres of land, operates approximately 16 launch facilities and complexes, and maintains the second largest airfield runway in the Department of Defense, which is 15,000 feet long.

October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, shocking the American public and beginning the Space Age.

On '''December 16, 1958''' the first missile launch from Vandenberg AFB was a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile launched from Space Launch Complex-2 East.

On '''February 28, 1959''', the first two-stage Thor/Agena missile lifted the world’s first polar earth orbiting satellite, the Discoverer 1 from Space Launch Complex-1 West. Soon after, the first Atlas missile launched from Vandenberg AFB on '''September 9, 1959''' at launch facility 576 A-2.

'''SPACE MAIL:''' On November 12, 1960 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, an Agena-B rocket was launched carrying Discoverer 17 (also known as Corona 9012), an optical reconnaissance satellite. On board Discoverer were a secret panoramic camera, a biological research payload (the satellite's official purpose), and perhaps 28 pieces of mail similar. This was, as USAF Chief of Staff White writes, "the first time that letters have been sent by a satellite ... in the tradition of airmen who less than thirty years ago pioneered in the first use of airmail." After "travelling ... at speeds greater than 18,000 miles per hour," the photographic film and the mail were returned to Earth in a Satellite Recovery Vehicle that separated off from Discoverer. The SRV, descending by parachute, was captured over the mid-Pacific by the grappling hooks of the USAF plane Pelican 2. These first pieces of orbital mail were delivered only to the elite of the political, defense, and aviation worlds. A piece traced at auction was sent to the first NASA Administrator. [A second piece sold at Bonhams for $37,500 in 2012.]

The first Global Positioning Satellite launched from Space Launch Complex-3E on 22 February 1978. The world’s first commercial spaceport became operational at Vandenberg on 19 September 1996 at Space Launch Complex-8.

Significant launch programs since 1958 have included: the Nike, Scout, Peacekeeper, Atlas, Minotaur, Titan, Thor, Thor/Agena (1959-1968), Thrust Augmented Thor, Thor/Delta, BOMARC, Delta II, Delta IV, Minuteman, Pegasus, Scout, and Falcon 9.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)#Discoverer DISCOVERER SATELLITE LAUNCH HISTORY] Scroll down for launch dates.

* Department of the Air Force. '''Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mineral Resource Management Plan''' Potential Exploration, Development, and Production of Oil and Gas Resources. June 1987. Perfect bound.
:: [original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

* 1984. SCHILLER, Norbert. Strange Happening at Vandenberg Surf. Santa Barbara: McVicker Sutcliffe Press, 1984. Hand-made book, blue tied boards. #8. Signed: Norbert Schiller; Judy Sutcliffe.

'''SATELLITE AND MISSILE LAUNCH COVERS''' postmarked Lompoc, CA Vandenberg AFB in SCIF Archives:

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'''1959'''
* February 28, 1959. Discoverer 1. The Ghost Satellite

'''1960'''
* December 10, 1960 Hot Cargo Capsule Recovery

'''1961'''
* July 10, 1961 Discoverer No. 26 Capsule Recovery
* September 2, 1961 Discoverer No. 29 Capsule Recovery
* September 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 30
* September 23, 1961 Titan Down-Range Shot
* October 13, 1961 Discoverer No. 32
* October 23, 1961 Discoverer No. 33
* November 5, 1961 Discoverer No. 34
* November 16, 1961 Discoverer No. 35 Capsule Recovery
* December 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 36 Oscar

'''1962'''
* February 27, 1962 Discoverer 38 [last named Discoverer; first KH-4 series]

'''1966'''
* March 30, 1966 OV1-4 & 5 Twin Research Satellites
* November 1, 1966 Bomarc Target

'''1967'''
* January 31, 1967 ATCOS 1 OV-3-5
* July 28, 1967 OCO IV

'''1968'''
* October 3, 1968 ESRO-1

'''1969'''
* January 29, 1969 United States Canadian ISIS — A Research Orbiter.
* April 14, 1969 Nimbus III
* October 1, 1969 ESRO 2 10-Nation-Member Organization

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'''1970'''
* February 3, 1970 SERT 11 Thor Agena-12
* April 8, 1970 Nimbus
* July 22, 1970 Mideast: Recon Satellite launched by THOR-AGENA D
* August 27, 1970 U.S. Navy Navigation Satellite Launched by a Scout Rocket
* September 26, 1970 BOMARC Target [Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center]
* November 18, 1970 Secret Satellite Launch Thor-Agena Booster
* December 11, 1970 NOAA—1 Launched by Deltar
* December 11, 1970 NOAA Tiros Operational Satellite (ITOS-A)

'''1971'''
* January 21, 1971 Samos 81
* March 3, 1971 2nd Chinese Satellite
* March 20, 1971 USAF Advanced Communications Satellite launched by Titan 3b
* March 24, 1971 USAF Thor-Agena Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 31, 1971 U.S. Canadian Space Launch Circular Polar Orbiting Satellite
* March 31, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* April 5, 1971 Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRESI Testing) Atlas F Booster
* April 9, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman Instant ICBM Minuteman -3 Re-entry Testing
* April 14, 1971 BOMARC Target Salvo Launch
* April 22, 1971 USAF Titan 3 B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* April 23, 1971 7th Minuteman SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
* April 26, 1971 The 88th SAC Minuteman B
* May 18, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster S-Band Telemetry
* May 21, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman II F Booster Re-entry Testing
* May 24, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Secret Payload Research Minuteman II F Booster
* May 27, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC 2 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research
* June 4, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Research Minuteman II Booster
* June 6, 1971 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena
* June 11, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM Research Minuteman 3 Booster
* June 13, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman 1 Instant ICBM
* June 15, 1971 USAF First Titan-3D Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range
* June 20, 1971 First SAC USAF Titan in support of Nike Zeus
* June 23, 1971 17th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* June 26, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman B Target Booster Pacific Missile Range
* June 29, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* June 29, 1971 Aerobee Intercept Launch in support of Nasa Apollo Studies
* June 29, 1971 US Air Force Atlas F Booster Satellite
* July 8, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 8th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
* July 12, 1971 Minuteman B Destroyed in Flight
* July 16, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
* August 1, 1971 USAF -3B Secret Satellite Toward Polar Orbit
* August 2, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin 4th Lunar Module
* August 3, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* August 4, 1971 30th SAC Minuteman II F Booster
* August 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* August 6, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite OV1 Satellite Twins Lifted into Polar Orbit
* August 6, 1971 OV-1 20 and 24 800 lbs. most dense satellite ever launched
* August 7, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin NASA
* August 13, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster
* August 27, 1971 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster
* September 1, 1971 ABRES Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Studies
* September 2, 1971 19th SAC II M Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 2, 1971 9th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch USAF
* September 8, 1971 SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
* September 10, 1971 Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena Satellite Launch
* September 10, 1971 20th SAC Minuteman II M Booster Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 16, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* October 4, 1971 Secret Thor/Burner II Satellite Launch
* October 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Instant ICBM Booster
* October 7, 1971 USAF Minuteman B Target Booster Missile Launch
* October 15, 1971 10th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 17, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite FRUSA
* October 18, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 20, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research Launch
* October 21, 1971 21st SAC Minuteman II m s-Band Telemetry Booster
* October 21, 1971 NOAA Weather Satellite ITOS B NASA Satellite Launch
* October 21, 1971 OTOS-B Second NOAA Weather Satellite
* October 21, 1971 NOAA - 2
* October 23, 1971 USAF Titan -3B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* November 17, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 22, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 23, 1971 13th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
* November 23, 1971 NIKE AEROBEE in support of NASA APOLLO Studies Intercept Launch
* December 2, 1971 94th SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
* December 4, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor Agena Booster
* December 9, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 11, 1971 Ariel 4 United Kingdom Satellite UK 4 Launch
* December 11, 1971 UK Launched on 4-stage Scout Rocket
* December 15, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 17, 1971 14th SAC Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM

'''1972'''
* January 20, 1972 Satellite Launch
* January 20, 1972 25,000 Second Big Bird advanced Samos Re-entry
* January 28, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Booster Instant ICBM
* January 31, 1972 ESRO HEOS-A2 Orbit by the Thor-Delta Booster
* February 4, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16" SAC
* February 9, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM 16" SAC
* February 16, 1972 USAF Titan -3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 11, 1972 ESRO TD - 1A The 81st successful Nasa Thor-Delta Booster Separate Experiments
* March 16, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM Target Booster
* March 17, 1972 Satellite Launch US Air Force Titan 3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* March 17, 1972 Samos 87
* March 21, 1972 22nd SAC Missile Launch
* March 24, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
* April 13, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
* April 14, 1972 Bomarc Target
* April 19, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Western Test Range Thor Agena
* April 21, 1972 Bomarc Target
* May 5, 1972 USAF Minuteman Missile Launch
* May 12, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM the 24th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
* May 20, 1972 Secret Satellite lifted into orbit by the USAF Titan -3B
* May 24, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster S-Band Telemetry
* May 25, 1972 Quick Look Search & Find Recon Satellite Salt Check-up
* May 25, 1972 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
* May 31, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* June 6, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* June 11, 1972 19th SAC Missile Launch Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
* June 13, 1972 Aerobee Launch Nasa Research
* June 13, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM
* June 17, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* June 20, 1972 Aerobee Launch in support of manned space studies
* June 20, 1972 Minuteman II F Instant ICBM SAC
* July 7, 1972 Salt Beacon Satellite Big Bird 3
* July 7, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3D Booster
* July 15, 1972 Minuteman I Instant ICBM US Air Force
* July 23, 1972 ERTS A Research Satellite Thot-Delta Booster
* July 25, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM USAF
* July 27, 1972 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
* August 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
* September 1, 1972 Samos 89 Salt Verification Orbiting Super-Spy
* September 1, 1972 USAF Titan -3 B Booster
* September 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit lifted into orbit by Blue Scout Rocket
* September 2, 1972 Improved Navy Nuclear Transit Triad launched by Scout
* September 19, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* September 25, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
* October 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Atlas/Burner II Booster
* October 2, 1972 Army Radcat Boeing Satellite
* October 3, 1972 SAC Minuteman II SAC Missile Launch
* October 10, 1972 Big Bird 4 Project 467
* October 10, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* October 10, 1972 Secret Satellite launched toward Polar Orbit using the USAF Titan IIID
* October 10, 1972 Aerobee Missile Launch I
* October 11, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM
* October 15, 1972 ITOS-D 3rd NOAA Weather Satellite Launch
* October 16, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
* October 20, 1972 SAC Minuteman II F Missile Launch
* November 8, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Thor/Burner II A Booster
* November 21, 1972 ESRO IV Satellite 6 Separate Experiments
* November 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* November 29, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 4, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
* December 6, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 8, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB US Air Force
* December 10, 1972 Nimbus-5 Thermal Mapping of Earth
* December 10, 1972 Nimbus E Weather Research Satellite Polar Orbit
* December 11, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 12, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
* December 16, 1972 Aeros Satellite Nasa Scout D Booster
* December 18, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 19, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
* December 19, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB
* December 21, 1972 Samos 91 SALT check on Soviet strategic missile activity
* December 21, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3B Agena D
* December 21, 1972 SAC Minuteman II M Missile Launch
* December 27, 1972 Bomarc Target
* December 29, 1972 Bomarc Target

'''1973'''
* January 22, 1973 Explorer 51

'''1975'''
* January 9, 1975 Titan II
* January 19, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* January 22, 1975 Landsat II ERTS-B Satellite Launch
* January 22, 1973 Explorer 51
* January 29, 1975 SAC Minuteman
* February 5, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
* March 6, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 9, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit by the Titan III
* March 9, 1975 AFSATCOM launched by Titan 3b
* March 20, 1975 BOMARC Target
* April 9, 1975 GEOS-C Satellite Launch Thor-Delta Booster
* April 10, 1975 BOMARC Target
* April 12, 1975 Destroyed In Flight. Satellite toward Polar Orbit by the Atlas.
* April 18, 1975 Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit by the Titan
* April 18, 1975 SAMOS 102 launched by Titan 3b
* May 6, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
* May 9, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
* May 16, 1975 Minuteman III Successful Rocket Test by the US Air Force
* May 22, 1975 BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* May 23, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* May 23, 1975 Thor Booster Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit
* May 23, 1975 ESAF DOD Defense Meteorological Satellite launched by the Thor-Burner 2
* June 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* June 6, 1975 Big Bird-10 (Samos 103) Ricon Military Satellite launched by Titan 3D
* June 11, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
* June 12, 1975 Nimbus F Meteorological Research Satellite Thor-Delta Booster
* June 20, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
* July 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Mariner-10 stamp)
* July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Retarded children stamp)
* July 23, 1975 BOMARC Target
* July 24, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Recovery. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station.
* July 26, 1975 Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
* August 7, 1975 SAC USAF Titan II Super ICBM
* August 7, 1975 ESA Nasa COS-B Thor Booster
* August 14, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
* August 22, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* August 29, 1975 Missile Launch SAC Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
* September 5, 1975 Missile Launch Minuteman
* September 10, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
* September 16, 1975 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
* September 23, 1975 Instant ICBM Minuteman US Air Force
* September 30, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 6, 1975 AE-D toward Polar Orbit NASA
* October 9, 1975 Satellite in earth orbit
* October 9, 1975 Samos 104 launched by Titan 3B
* October 11, 1975 Navy Navigational Satellite Scout Booster Western Test Range
* October 11, 1975 WTR Tip-II Second Transit Improvement Satellite
* November 13, 1975 SAC Minuteman
* November 14, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* December 4, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit Titan III Booster
* December 4, 1975 Big Bird II launched by Titan 3D
* December 4, 1975 USAF Titan II ICBM
* December 5, 1975 Dad-Scout Booster Satellite Launch Destroyed In Flight
* December 4, 1975 Dual Air Density Project Dad launch by Scout
* December 11, 1975 UTE-Tomahawk Experimental Space Probe
* December 16, 1975 Pacific Missile Range BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* December 17, 1975 SAC Minuteman Instant ICBM

'''1977'''
* January 21, 1977 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Reliability Launch
* January 30, 1977 USAF Minuteman 3 Advanced Ballistic Test
* February 1, 1977 SAC Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
* February 4, 1977 Bomarc Target
* February 16, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 2, 1977 Minuteman 3 Missile Launch
* March 13, 1977 SAMOS IIO
* March 13, 1977 Defense Satellite Launch Titan -3B Booster
* March 31, 1977 Navy Bomarc
* April 27, 1977 10th Olympic Arena SAC ICBM Combat Competition
* May 11, 1977 Bomarc Missile Destroyed in Flight
* May 12, 1977 777 Communication Satellite lifted into earth orbit by USAF Titan 3C Booster
* May 18, 1977 Safeguard Advanced Development Minuteman 1 Delivery System
* May 23, 1977 Sky Spy Early Warning Satellite KSC-NASA Atlas-Agena Booster
* May 28, 1977 SAC Launches Minuteman -3 Multi Warhead Missile
* June 2, 1977 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman -3 MIRV System Mission Upgrade
* June 4, 1977 Classified Spacecraft USAF Thor Booster
* June 4, 1977 MSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
* June 16, 1977 US Air Force Launches Minuteman -3 Technology Development Flight
* June 23, 1977 NTS-2 Navy Navigational Technology Satellite launched by Atlas
* June 23, 1977 Navigational Orbiting Space Station ISAF Atlas-F Booster
* June 27, 1977 Polar Orbiting Satellite Launched by USAF Titan #D
* June 28, 1977 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM by the SAC Airborne Launch Crew
* July 13, 1977 Bomarc Target
* August 3, 1977 Minuteman -3 Advanced Command District System Development
* August 4, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 5, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 8, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 9, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 10, 1977 Successful Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead Rocket Test
* August 10, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 11, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
* August 19, 1977 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 3 Production Verification Package
* August 20, 1977 Voyager 2 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
* September 3, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* September 5, 1977 Voyager 1 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
* September 14, 1977 Strategic Air Command Minuteman -3 Launched by Airborne Launch Crew
* September 23, 1977 Unscheduled Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit Titan 3-B Booster
* October 27, 1977 Defense Space Probe
* October 27, 1977 Transat launched by Scout
* November 3, 1977 US Air Force Systems Command Launches Minuteman 3 ICBM
* November 12, 1977 Minuteman 1 Technology Development Flight Missile Launch
* November 30, 1977 Minuteman II ICBM
* December 7, 1977 Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
* December 8, 1977 Classified Satellite Launch Atlas F Booster
* December 9, 1977 Bomarc Target Destroyed in Flight by the US Navy Air Defense Rocket

'''1978'''
* January 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Upgrade Mission
* February 8, 1978 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
* Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead launched by Strategic Air Command Airborne Launch Crew
* February 22, 1978 Navstar 1
* February 22, 1978 Navstar Navigational Satellite Atlas F Booster
* March 2, 1978 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* March 5, 1978 NASA Landsat 3
* March 6, 1978 AMSAT OSCAR 8. Amateur Radio Operators Satellite
* March 6, 1978 Landsat-C Oscar Pix NASA
* March 6, 1978 Landsat Three
* March 16, 1978 Titan 3 D Booster Classified Satellite
* March 24, 1978 Bomarc Target Missile Destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
* April 5, 1978 Research and Development Test Minuteman 1 Booster
* April 26, 1978 HCMM AEM-A Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
* May 1, 1978 Defense Meterological Satellite
* May 3, 1978 11th Olympic Arena Strategic Air Command Competition Won by the 91st SMW
* June 3, 1978 Minuteman 3 Launched by Strategic Air Command
* June 8, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
* June 14, 1978 Big Bird-16 Launched by Titan 3D
* June 14, 1978 Space & Missile Test Center Launches Classified Satellite
* June 22, 1978 Missile Launch Minuteman 3 Super ICBM MIRV
* June 26, 1978 Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO Atlas -F Agena Booster
* June 27, 1978 Atlas-F/Agena Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO
* June 28, 1978 SAC Minuteman -3 Reliability Test
* July 5, 1978 Minuteman 1 Research and Development Launch
* August 4, 1978 Experimental USAF Comsat Relay Satellite launch by Titan 3B
* October 7, 1978 Navstar 3 Atlas-F Booster
* October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 24, 1978 Nimbus-7 launched by Delta
* October 24, 1978 Delta 145 Nimbus G NASA KSC-WOSO
* October 24, 1978 NASA KSC-WOSO Nimbus G Thor-Delta
* November 17, 1978 Destroyed in Flight Minuteman 2
* November 28, 1978 Minuteman II Research and Development Launch Advanced Re-entry System
* December 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
* December 10, 1978 Navstar-4 Rockwell International Launched by Atlas F

'''1979'''
* January 24, 1979 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 1 Advanced Re-entry System
* January 31, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* February 7, 1979 Minuteman III Super ICBM
* March 24, 1979 Test Flight Atlas F Launch
* March 28, 1979 Minuteman III Weapon Upgrade System
* June 27, 1979 SAMTEC NASA Launch NOAA - A Atlas F Booster
* June 27, 1979 NOAA Launch The Gulf Stream.... I.A.S.P. Series
* July 27 1979 Strategic Air Command Launches 400th Minuteman A Minuteman III Multi Warhead
* September 26, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
* October 1, 1979 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman III Super ICBM

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