The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library has digitized the yearbooks for the Central Vocational High School and last night I took a look through them and found one more picture each of the P-39 and YH-6:
Attachment:
File comment: ANOTHER OF MAN’S DREAMS HAS COME TRUE
For centuries man has watched the birds and wished that he, too, might
fly. Tennyson in his poem, Locksley Hall, written in 1842 when the poet him-
self was only 33 years of age, typifies man’s desire to fly in the famous couplets
foretelling aerial commerce and warfare.
It remained for two Dayton, Ohio, men, Wilbur and Orville Wright,
to demonstrate in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that man could fly.
The above photo is that of a real plane mounted on the roof of Central
which gives the students a chance to become acquainted with the construction
and working parts of a modern plane.
Craftsman, 1946, page 72 (Reduced, Converted).png [ 1.5 MiB | Viewed 1214 times ]
(Source:
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library)
Attachment:
File comment: A SIKORSKY HELICOPTER
This helicopter was a gift to the school from the United States Air Force at
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Students of the Aviation Department now receive
training on this latest type rotary wing aircraft.
Craftsman, 1951, np (Reduced, Converted).png [ 1.2 MiB | Viewed 1214 times ]
(Source:
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library)
The school also acquired an unknown PT-26 at some point before 1951:
Attachment:
File comment: AVIATION SHOP SCENE
Travis Holmes, a senior in the Aviation Department, repairs the sliding hatch
or "Green-House" on a PT-26. This is a flyable Fairchild aircraft powered with
a 200 H.P. Ranger engine.
Craftsman, 1951, np (Reduced, Converted) (2).png [ 1.23 MiB | Viewed 1214 times ]
(Source:
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library)
Lastly, while not a transfer from the military, a private individual named Slim Purdy donated a BT-13, N74578, to the school:
Attachment:
File comment: SCHOOL OWNS PLANE
This BT-13 was donated by Mr. 'Slim' Purdy, a former Central student. It is
in flight condition and is based at Lunken Airport.
Craftsman, 1951, np (Reduced, Converted) (3).png [ 1.04 MiB | Viewed 1214 times ]
(Source:
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library)
On that note, my guess is that many of the yearbooks for these schools have been digitized for genealogical reasons. Given that these airframes would have been rather prominent at the schools, it seems reasonable that, like the examples above or FM-2,
BuNo 46867, they would be featured in them. Therefore, if anyone could find these scans, the results would be rather fruitful.
Mark also had a
photo thread about aircraft in technical schools a few years ago. The links no longer work, but an
archived version still has the pictures.
Scott, may I suggest directly linking to this thread on the
list page rather than just a generic link to WIX overall?
_________________
Tri-State Warbird Museum Collections Manager & Museum Attendant
Warbird Philosophy Webmaster
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
!
