Vanderbilt Cup Races

Sam - Oops, Bob’s photo says it’s from 1964. This white house is also mysterious. It doesn’t seem to appear in the 1955 mystery photo as well.

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

Sam - Location as described, the white house next to the lodge does not appear in satellite photos back to 1994. Bob’s photo may have been taken pre NSP (1952), and house demolished to make way for Moses’ “right of way” for the Sagtikos Pkwy South exit ramp #44. By the way that dog in the photo is in barking mode, I can tell by his eyes. :D

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

Howard,
According to: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/dayton-wright-airplane-company/
“William K. Vanderbilt II’s Sikorsky S-43 amphibian, NC-16925, serial number 4314. This airplane was impressed by the U.S. Army Air Corps 14 September 1941 and designated OA-11, 42-001. It was destroyed in a crash landing at Corcorite Bay, Trinidad, 5 November 1941. All five persons on board were killed.”
I then checked: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
for the aircraft serial number and confirmed the above:
S/N 42-1 Sikorsky OA-11 MSN 4314.  Civilian S-43 purchased by USAAF Sep 14, 1941.  Was originally NC16925.
W/o after crash landing in Cocorite Bay, Trinidad Nov 5, 1941.  All 5 aboard killed.

Maybe you can get more info. from either the National Archives or Air Force or National Air & Space Museum.
Gary
PS You gave the wrong registration # - not 16825, should be 16925!
_______________________

Howard Kroplick

Gary, thanks for the information and the correct registration #.

From Updated: Cradle of Aviation Archives: Willie K's Sikorsky S-43 Seaplane at Roosevelt Field

DICK GAUL

I just saw your 2010 post to Roger Linton about the Scorpion FJ.
Very interested in talking to you.

gcssbn at aol.com

From Archives: 1960 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Thank you for the excellent article and meticulous research.  The 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race deserves to be remembered.  Great to know about the Eastman resource.

From Gregg D. Merksamer: "Remembering the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race"

Didn’t the plane become a Navy JRS-1?  Wikipedia shows it having been built for younger brother Harold, not Willie.  More research required.  Sam, III

From Updated: Cradle of Aviation Archives: Willie K's Sikorsky S-43 Seaplane at Roosevelt Field

chrysler should bring back that window closing mechanism.  electric windows are ok but in cars that have wind up windows, bring it back or make it available as a “add on” for the older cars that do not have electric windows.

From Autoweek Magazine: This one-off 1937 Chrysler Imperial town car hides a spring-loaded secret

I think I saw it at The Cradle of Aviation Museum at the old Mitchell Field near NCC

From Updated: Cradle of Aviation Archives: Willie K's Sikorsky S-43 Seaplane at Roosevelt Field

Congratulations Howard! My son and I were at the Ford Nationals at Carlisle last weekend. On the way home we stopped at the AACA Museum to see the Mustang exhibit. It was so cool to see your car in the center. The Tucker Exhibit was awesome as well. I picked up a few books including the Tucker Story book they are selling. We then headed to the Barn Antique shop in Hershey were I found a copy of my former neighbor Fred Wagner’s book and a couple more treasures for my auto memorabilia collection. Keep the news letters coming they are certainly fun and educational.

From Chrysler's Chrysler Honored at the AACA Grand National Meet

Mystery Foto #23… the airfield is Hazelhurst Field in Mineola. Later to be Roosevelt Field. The plane is a Caproni CA-5 and the date should be around May 17, 1918. That’s all my research has given me.

From Mystery Foto #23 Solved: A Caproni CA-5 Taking Off at Hazelhurst Field in September 1918

Gordon, this may sound fatuous but I am so happy to hear from you.  As one who bicycled all over the central Nassau sections as a young adult, walked all of the LIMP, and snuck his narrow little 1954 Ford Anglia on wherever the barriers allowed me to squeeze through ca. 1960-70, I very much appreciate first-hand stories.  Thanks muchly. Sam, III

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Lodgekeeper's Family Archives-The Garden City Lodge

-Identify the airfield and the orientation of the photographer. Provide a rationale.
Photographer standing in Mitchel Field looking South East

-Identify the Motor Parkway structure.
The Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge

-Identify the airplane.
Pure guess here, but maybe an Italian Caproni bomber

-What was the approximate date of the photo? Provide a rationale.
Caproni bombers were in service between 1918 through 1921, so my guess would be within that time frame.

From Mystery Foto #23 Solved: A Caproni CA-5 Taking Off at Hazelhurst Field in September 1918

Brian: Yes, Emma was my mother, though she actually used the name “Peggy”.  She passed away in 2007.

Dave: The only parts of the LIMP I knew as a kid were near my grandparents’ house and within about a mile of our house at 17 Motor Lane in Bethpage.  I lived there from age 6 to 14.  The part of the parkway that I spent most of my time on was where Albergo Ct is located now.  I don’t think I have any photos of the Parkway itself other than the field between it and Motor Lane, but when I get a chance, I’ll look through my mother’s old photos.  I don’t recall seeing any, but maybe I overlooked one. 

Al: It’s great to hear from you!  It’s been a while.

From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: From the Lodgekeeper's Family Archives-The Garden City Lodge

O. K.  First off, I asked Bob Miller about the Brentwood Lodge roof picture and he says he “shot looking northeast from the Parkway.  It was at the east end of the property of Bonwit Inn, which was a flat spot.”  So - what is the hous ein the background?  Secondly, I am having some image problems with the remainder of my LIMP History pages, so I restored the easiest, page 4, <http://sbiii.com/limphst4.html>, first, which has a fab. pic. of the Broad Hollow bridge in 1945, among many others. There’s work for you folks to do on the Groundbreaking Ceremony pix there!  LIMP History Pp. 0, 1, and 3 to follow.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

Funny, I was at the AACA museum a few weeks ago as a stop-off on a round trip to the Pittsburgh area for a wedding.  Nice museum, I especially liked the Tucker exhibit!  But I’d have love to see the Mustang exhibit!

From Updated: 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car a Big Hit at the AACA Museum Exhibit Opening Reception

Thanks Frank M. and Sam III

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

After reading about the history of The NY and North Shore Traction Company, I realized the trolley line rails used to be on Mineola and Willis Ave; and the trolleys ran below this overpass until 1920. Guess there was a designated lane for the trolley line. Traction line is also noted on the 1928 Motor Pkwy Atlas here, Howard.

From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#21 Willis Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Williston Park

Correction, the first time the streets show up are in this weeks mystery photo 1955

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

Ted!  Welcome back. Hope all is well in the sunshine state. Visit back these parts more often.

Didn’t know the NSP terminated here once. Neat!

If memory serves, someone ripped out the small office space within the lodge to use elsewhere, then setting aside the rest on the field. Bizarre.

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road

Brian, you are quite right.  Méson Olé‘s then-owner concurred but I never got around to crawling through the attic and such to find hard evidence, like timber branding.  Ditto Sempre Vivolo, at 696 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, which is very much still around.  It’s written up on my LIMP History page 2, which never quite got transferred, so I just now finished that up and you can read it, with pix, at <http://sbiii.com/limphst2.html#semprev>.  Sam, III

From Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road