Aeronautics Rufus Porters aerial locomotive was to carry gold seekers to California in 1848. True West v.17 #2 N-D 1969 p.33,42 Airship that supposedly would carry 1849 miners to California gold fields. Real West v.14 #93 My 1971 p.71 Mrs. Patricia Schroeder accuses Britain and France of trying to force U.S. airlines to buy their supersonic Concorde transports. RMN Ja 17, 1976 p.8 Santa Fe, New Mexico aeronautical museum "Wings of Yesterday" to open May 29. Background. Post Empire My 2, 1976 p.10-15 0.