It depicted 2 light planes parked next to the building on the northwest side of the field. Merton Meade recalled, “We snuck into Beltsville many times just to land on the nice grass. We never got caught... there was seldom anyone there.” ...
Several rows of parked light planes were visible at the far end.A 1948 advertisement for Central Airport (courtesy of Kevin Walsh).A March 1948 photo by Bill Larkins of Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly, C/n 104 NL75988 at Compton Central Airport. This was the only R-4 every modified as a crop...
In his fifties, he decided he needed an easier act than cracking up planes and developed the “Casket of Death.” Similar to how Simon would perform it years later, Frakes would lay in a casket lined with dynamite, seal himself inside, and someone would light the fuse. The casket would ...
A circa 1940s aerial view looking west at the southwest corner of Staten Island Airport, showing the southern end of the north/south runway, 2 hangars & 2 light planes, and the drive-in movie theater immediately off the south end of the runway (courtesy of Ed Drury from”Staten Island:...
which depicted Park Ridge as having 2 grass runways in an X-shape, with 3 light single-engine planes parked near a building on the east side. The last depiction which has been located of River Road Airport was on the February 1940 Chicago Sectional Chart. River Road Airport was evidently ...