 Tanforan Racetrack was occasionally used as an airfield, with the center of the racetrack used as a runway.On January 25–26, 1910, the Tanforan Racetrack served as the site for the Second International Air Meet in America, organized by the Pacific Aero Club and attended by aviation notables Louis Paulhan and John J. Montgomery.On January 18, 1911, aviator Eugene Ely made naval aviation history when he took off from Tanforan and made a successful landing on the USS "Pennsylvania" anchored in San Francisco Bay.