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A number of the project's aircraft were previously on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. [4] [5] [6] In May 2002, the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation's KC-97 arrived at the project's hangar. [7] The project provided space to the foundation as they restored the aircraft.
In 1911, the Aero Club of New York put on the First Industrial Airplane Show that was held in conjunction with the 11th U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan's Grand Central Palace, in New York City. It was a spectacular event with prominent speakers, and an enthusiastic large crowd that would gaze upon a full-size airplane for the first time.
Teterboro Airport is the oldest operating airport in the New York metropolitan area. Walter C. Teter (1863–1929) acquired the property in 1917. [9] While other localities had municipal airports, New York City itself had a multitude of private airfields, and thus did not see the need for a municipal airport until the late 1920s.
This will help students work towards their licenses, as initial licensing costs and flights can cost training pilots upwards of $10,000 per pilot.
NYCAviation.com is an aviation enthusiast and plane spotting community and resource website, founded by Phil Derner Jr. on August 31, 2003. It sprung from an email newsletter started by Derner in July 2002 called Aireola Aviation, sent to a group of local friends to give them a heads-up on upcoming unique aircraft visitors and happenings from the previous week. [1]
The Wings Club was founded in New York City on May 15, 1942. [1] It was housed within the Yale Club and served World War II pilots as a place of leisure and occasional living quarters. [ 1 ] The first board of directors included Juan Trippe , the founder of Pan American World Airways , and World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker . [ 2 ]
The East 34th Street Heliport was built to handle about 20 private and charter flights per day of four-passenger helicopters. Its design included an option to expand onto a purpose-built pier into the East River, enabling the heliport to accommodate 30- to 48-passenger helicopters providing scheduled service to regional airports or for intercity service, for a total of 50 to 60 daily flights.
The company was founded by Ira Allen Eichner in 1951, to supply radios and other equipment to the commercial aviation industry. [5] I.A. Allen Industrial was incorporated in 1955, renamed Allen Aircraft Radio (AAR) in 1962, and became AAR CORP. in 1970. [ 5 ]