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Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:32 pm

It took me a couple hours to get through this, but WOW!! 8)

Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:12 pm

IRELAND

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Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:16 pm

armyjunk2,

ISLIP, My home field!! Phenomenal as usual, I've never seen any old shots of ISP. That old side (West side) of the field is where our Alaruses are tied down. I've always loved the classic look of the old round hangars and always wondered the history of them. The Sperry hangar was Garret MX facility for years but is now leased by Excelaire a charter company. When it was time in the 60's for the airport to expand the main (airline) terminal was moved to the south side.

It is amazing in those shots that there is NOTHING surrounding the airport but pine barrens. Now it is densly packed with industrial parks.

Cheers,
Pete

Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:36 pm

here is another Islip and thanks for the comment it lets me know people like these..........
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:54 pm

I guess I should go ahead and post these, I will be leaving soon for a little trip to the Philippines and Guam. I will return at the end of the next month. I am looking for prewar Navy built tunnels on Bataan... as Dougie said "I Shall Return."

Remember a right click and save will give you a little info on photograph

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Last edited by armyjunk2 on Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:58 pm

Thanks for posting the pics. I had never been aware of Grover Leoning's contribution to flying boats. Great Stuff! :D
Robbie

Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:21 pm

Great stuff indeed !

As anybody else noticed the striking resemblance between the Loening 107 Air Yacht and the Republic SeaBee ?

Interesting !

Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:39 pm

Incredible stuff! Each time you post a new photo montage I think 'well, he'll have a tough time topping this one' but you do!
I also wasn't aware of how innovative and forward looking Leoning really was, most folks I guess just checked him off as a got lucky with one design sort of company. Looking at the 'in work' photos, I see stuff that looks to be as tough as anything designed today and very forward looking and innovative-keep 'em coming!!

Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:37 am

Absolutely FANTASTIC! I cannot thank you enough for the several hours of enjoyment I have gotten from looking through these snapshots in time!

Have a great trip to Bataan! On one of my WESTPAC trips in the 70's (it could have been 1977) anyway, I went with a group over to Corregidor and spent time in the Malinta tunnel. There was talk of restoring it as a tourist attraction but that work had not started when I was there. Very fascinating!

Doug

Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:22 am

Great Stuff ! It's apparent that to Professor Loening, it was all about the float ! Aerodynamics parasitic drag seem to be a secondary consideration !
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Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:58 pm

I have a question, if we break these into groups of 70 or so does it help you all open the photographs? I have so many photos I really don't want to make a bunch of small post but maybe the 134 was a bit much.....please let me know if you are having problems with this, maybe we can figure a way to fix it. Monday I will be leaving for a while


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Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:07 pm

I think I forsee a Grumman Duck being developed. :wink:

Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:00 pm

Not surprising when you consider that the three founders of the new Grumman Aircraft Company, Leroy "Roy" Grumman, Leon "Jake" Swirbul and Bill Schwendler were all former Loening mangers or department heads and that Grover Loening was a major stock holder in the new company, second only to Roy Grumman in numbers of shares held.
Loening had fully encouraged the 3 to start a new company after he sold his company to a group of investors.
There were several other former Loening employees who jumped ship for the new company as well.

Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:15 pm

Well I'm back and here is the latest update, somewhat off topic but they still fly

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Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:58 pm

Wow, that is all pretty amazing.
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