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Known as the "Happy Bottom Riding Club", it became the epicenter of the aviation world during the early jet age. Chuck Yeager celebrated breaking the sound barrier there in 1947, and Howard Hughes and Jimmy Doolittle caroused in the bar. The Club's destruction by fire in 1953 is seen by many to mark the end of a Golden Era in post-WWII aviation.
Jul 16, 2022 · More views of the ruins of Pancho Barnes' "Happy Bottom Riding Club" circa 2008
Known as the "Happy Bottom Riding Club", it became the epicenter of the aviation world during the early jet age. Chuck Yeager celebrated breaking the sound barrier there in 1947, and Howard Hughes and Jimmy Doolittle caroused in the bar. The Club's destruction by fire in 1953 is seen by many to mark the end of a Golden Era in post-WWII aviation.
© 2024 Google LLC. Famous movie and TV dog, Lassie, and her owner/trainers, Rudd and Bob Weatherwax spent countless weekends in the 1940s and 1950s at Pancho Barnes' Happy Bot...
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Feb 24, 2009 · "Pancho's" was the "Rancho Oro Verde," a small resort constructed by Barnes on the edge of the Muroc lakebed in 1935. More popularly known as "The Happy Bottom Riding Club", the Rancho was a welcome oasis for pilots, a place to unwind, socialize, and generally forget about the rigors of day-to-day life in a dustbowl.
Jun 29, 2018 · The ruins of Pancho Barnes’ Happy Bottom Riding Club at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photograph) With a built-in taste for showmanship, she thought this was a great name: Pancho Barnes! Sort of a pleasant contradiction. She rolled the name around a bit and it came out tasting sweet.
