Days Gone By

[OH Flier]

Just for fun, from a Florida friend of mine, here are some great early pictures of General Aviation in the "early days".

Gary Gembala

 

[Shipoke]

Great Pictures Gary Thanks.
Dave G

 

[Steve]

Nice photos.

But I question the accuracy of some of the captions.

 

[Richard]

Wow! Great pictures. I studied them for about 30 minutes. Incredible things they did in those days.

 

[akite]

I have always thought I was born too late in aviation!

 

[Teller1900]

I love that photo of the Lair Swallows at 29th and Hillside in Wichita. Both of the houses I lived in were pretty close to that location. It looks a bit different today...

Also, the Beechcraft Factory I in one of the last few photos is about a 45 second drive from my high school. I suspect that looks different today, too.

 

[OH Flier]

Here are some more links:

http://www.earlyaviators.com/elongren.htm

http://leonardville.kansas.googlepages.com/albink.longren

http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cowley/Oldnews/wortwin/WIN_AIR.htm

 

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