There is a great thread regarding aviation on Long Island. It was started over a year ago and consists of literaly THOUSANDS of archive photographs of the aero companies that created the aero industry on Long Island. You thought aero was a California thing? Think again! They're all here, from obscure ones like AMERICAN AERONAUTICAL CORPORATION (Port Washington) and HEINRICH (Baldwin) to the titans, GRUMMAN, REPUBLIC, CHANCE VOUGHT, FAIRCHILD, SIKORSKY and CURTISS.
Aircraft, plants, manufacturing equipment, people -- truly a unique and rare collection. I've already found a pic of Irv Waaland, my first boss at GAEC and two pics of Bob Lecat (another boss) and one of John Lowe, my plane captain on E-2A #52. The collection leans heavilly toward Grumman, but there is plenty of documentation of the other participants, as well as pics of "events" that occurred on L.I.
Bet you didn't know that some Savoia-Marchetti aircraft were manufactured on L.I. by American Aeronautical Corp.; or that Caproni and Handley-Page bombers were evaluated at Mitchel Field in 1919. The period covered ranges from mid-late teens to the '80s and includes many WW II pics from GAEC and Republic Field Reps.
I have already D/D'd 2,482 photos!
INDEX
page 1 JF DUCKS
JRF GOOSE
XTBF AVENGER
TBF AVENGERS
page 2 Reader comments
page 3 GG-1
SF-1
page 4 XSBF-1
XF2F-1
F3F
page 5 XF4F
MARTLETS
F4F WILDCATS
page 6 GULFHAWKS
page 7 XP-50
page 8 FF-1
XF6F HELLCATS
page 9 XF5F SKYROCKETS
F6F HELLCATS
page 10 XF7F TIGERCAT
JRF GOOSE
GRUMMAN WORKERS
page 11 F7F TIGERCATS
page 12 LINDBERGH
F8F BEARCATS
page 13 DZUS FASTENING DEVICES
XF9F PANTHERS
F9F PANTHERS
page 14 F9F PANTHERS
F9F COUGARS
page 15 F9F COUGARS
F11 TIGER
page 16 F14 TOMCATS
page 17 A6A INTRUDERS
S-2 TRACKERS
OV-1 MOHAWKS
page 18 ROOSEVELT FIELD LI,NY
page 19 more ROOSEVELT FIELD photographs
page 20 AIR ENGINEERING CORP
AMERICAN AERO
ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS
AERO TRADES
AGWAM
page 21 AMERICAN AERO SUPPLY HOUSE
AVIATION COUNTRY CLUB
AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
BELLMORE
BREWSTER
CHANCE VOUGHT
COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS
page 22 DADE PACKING
page 23 EARLY LONG ISLAND AIRCRAFT
EDO FLOATS
page 24 FAIRCHILD
PAGE 25 FLOYD BENNET FIELD
FLUSHING AIRPORT
page 26 GENERAL AIRCRAFT
GYRODYNE
page 27 HAZELHURST FIELD
HEINRICH
IRELAND
ISLIP
KIRKHAM
KELLET
LIBERTY
LEONING
page 28 LEONING cont.
MISSLES
MITCHEL FIELD
page 29 MITCHEL FIELD
NASSUA BLVD AIRPORT
NORTH BEACH AIRPORT (future La Guardia)
POSTERS
RANGER AIRCRAFT ENGINES
REPUBLIC
SEVERSKY
page 30 REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLTS
page 31 ROCKAWAY
ROOSEVELT FLYING SERVICE
page 32 SIKORSKY
SPERRY
SUFFORK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE
US COAST GUARD----- Semper Paratus
VOUGHT
page 33 GRUMMAN DUCKS
page 34 GRUMMAN AVENGERS
page 35 GRUMMAN AVENGERS
GRUMMAN SF-1
GRUMMAN XSBF-1
GRUMMAN F2F
GRUMMAN F3F
page 36 GRUMMMAN MARTLET
GRUMMAN WILDCATS
GRUMMAN XP-50
GRUMMAN HELLCATS
page 37 GRUMMAN HELLCATS
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR MUSEUM
page 38 PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR MUSEUM
ELGIN AFB
HURLBURT FIELD, fla
page 39 GRUMMAN HELLCATS
page 40 F5F SKYROCKETS
F7F TIGERCATS
page 42 F8F BEARCATS
page 43 F9F PANTHERS
page 44 F9F PANTHERS
page 45 F9F COUGARS
page 46 F9F COUGARS
page 47 F-14's
Grumman Plants
PAGE 48 Grumman Plants
PAGE 49 Grumman Employees
PAGE 50 Grumman Employees
Link to page 1
http://www.warbirdinformationexchan....php?t=13327&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Link to page 50 (currently the most recent)
http://www.warbirdinformationexchan...tart=735&sid=30044226153ca89a7bca9a5145643c8d
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Aircraft, plants, manufacturing equipment, people -- truly a unique and rare collection. I've already found a pic of Irv Waaland, my first boss at GAEC and two pics of Bob Lecat (another boss) and one of John Lowe, my plane captain on E-2A #52. The collection leans heavilly toward Grumman, but there is plenty of documentation of the other participants, as well as pics of "events" that occurred on L.I.
Bet you didn't know that some Savoia-Marchetti aircraft were manufactured on L.I. by American Aeronautical Corp.; or that Caproni and Handley-Page bombers were evaluated at Mitchel Field in 1919. The period covered ranges from mid-late teens to the '80s and includes many WW II pics from GAEC and Republic Field Reps.
I have already D/D'd 2,482 photos!
INDEX
page 1 JF DUCKS
JRF GOOSE
XTBF AVENGER
TBF AVENGERS
page 2 Reader comments
page 3 GG-1
SF-1
page 4 XSBF-1
XF2F-1
F3F
page 5 XF4F
MARTLETS
F4F WILDCATS
page 6 GULFHAWKS
page 7 XP-50
page 8 FF-1
XF6F HELLCATS
page 9 XF5F SKYROCKETS
F6F HELLCATS
page 10 XF7F TIGERCAT
JRF GOOSE
GRUMMAN WORKERS
page 11 F7F TIGERCATS
page 12 LINDBERGH
F8F BEARCATS
page 13 DZUS FASTENING DEVICES
XF9F PANTHERS
F9F PANTHERS
page 14 F9F PANTHERS
F9F COUGARS
page 15 F9F COUGARS
F11 TIGER
page 16 F14 TOMCATS
page 17 A6A INTRUDERS
S-2 TRACKERS
OV-1 MOHAWKS
page 18 ROOSEVELT FIELD LI,NY
page 19 more ROOSEVELT FIELD photographs
page 20 AIR ENGINEERING CORP
AMERICAN AERO
ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS
AERO TRADES
AGWAM
page 21 AMERICAN AERO SUPPLY HOUSE
AVIATION COUNTRY CLUB
AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
BELLMORE
BREWSTER
CHANCE VOUGHT
COLUMBIA AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS
page 22 DADE PACKING
page 23 EARLY LONG ISLAND AIRCRAFT
EDO FLOATS
page 24 FAIRCHILD
PAGE 25 FLOYD BENNET FIELD
FLUSHING AIRPORT
page 26 GENERAL AIRCRAFT
GYRODYNE
page 27 HAZELHURST FIELD
HEINRICH
IRELAND
ISLIP
KIRKHAM
KELLET
LIBERTY
LEONING
page 28 LEONING cont.
MISSLES
MITCHEL FIELD
page 29 MITCHEL FIELD
NASSUA BLVD AIRPORT
NORTH BEACH AIRPORT (future La Guardia)
POSTERS
RANGER AIRCRAFT ENGINES
REPUBLIC
SEVERSKY
page 30 REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLTS
page 31 ROCKAWAY
ROOSEVELT FLYING SERVICE
page 32 SIKORSKY
SPERRY
SUFFORK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE
US COAST GUARD----- Semper Paratus
VOUGHT
page 33 GRUMMAN DUCKS
page 34 GRUMMAN AVENGERS
page 35 GRUMMAN AVENGERS
GRUMMAN SF-1
GRUMMAN XSBF-1
GRUMMAN F2F
GRUMMAN F3F
page 36 GRUMMMAN MARTLET
GRUMMAN WILDCATS
GRUMMAN XP-50
GRUMMAN HELLCATS
page 37 GRUMMAN HELLCATS
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR MUSEUM
page 38 PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR MUSEUM
ELGIN AFB
HURLBURT FIELD, fla
page 39 GRUMMAN HELLCATS
page 40 F5F SKYROCKETS
F7F TIGERCATS
page 42 F8F BEARCATS
page 43 F9F PANTHERS
page 44 F9F PANTHERS
page 45 F9F COUGARS
page 46 F9F COUGARS
page 47 F-14's
Grumman Plants
PAGE 48 Grumman Plants
PAGE 49 Grumman Employees
PAGE 50 Grumman Employees
Link to page 1
http://www.warbirdinformationexchan....php?t=13327&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Link to page 50 (currently the most recent)
http://www.warbirdinformationexchan...tart=735&sid=30044226153ca89a7bca9a5145643c8d
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