Monthly Archives: June 2011

On the Chase: Wherever the Curtiss flies, there is a ground runner behind it. Early on, we joked that the ground crew would always beat the Curtiss from strip to strip, since the Curtiss advances at 55 mph and the RV can … Continue reading →

In 1918, US Air Mail pilots began flying the mail from NYC to Chicago on what was to become CAM-17. Curtiss Carrier Pidgeons and later DH-4′s flew the Allegheny Mountains on a route which used Bellefonte, PA as the intermediate … Continue reading →

Gene and Russ Strine are the guiding lights behind the Mid Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA. They and a tremendous staff of volunteers put on a World War II show that is second to none. The Museum side of … Continue reading →

The close of May also ended our visit to NYC and FBF. Just like that, we pulled up stakes and left our Park Service friends who manage the deteriorating facilities at Floyd Bennett Field. For us, they are gone but … Continue reading →

Weather really played havoc with our flying schedule during New York Fleet Week! We were mostly ground-bound due to fog banks which rolled in each morning and lingered almost all day. We awoke every morning before sunrise to clear skies … Continue reading →