Vail Airport, Montebello

Western Air Express built two 2 unpaved runways running north–south in the middle of the lot, along the current Yates Avenue.

Western Air Express won an airmail contract run from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City in 1926.

[1] In 1928 Western Air Express took over Pacific Marine Airways airport service at Hamilton Cove Seaplane Base on Catalina Island, California.

In 1931 the Western Air Express Hamilton Cove seabase service was taken over by Wilmington-Catalina Airline which was owned by the Wrigley family.

Vail Field was closed in 1953, the hangars were moved to Alameda Street and used by the Belyea Trucking company.

[2] Bryant Monoplane, registration NX705, experimental aircraft, was flown by Captain Arthur V. Rogers (1892-1927) a British World War 1 flying ace.

They built a plane that looked a lot like the Spirit of St. Louis and called it the Lone Eagle CM-1 at Vail Airport.