Tag: Sherman Fairchild
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Oct 02 2023
Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Did you identify this Fairchild mystery aerial?
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Jun 20 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #25 Solved: A 1949 Fairchild Aerial Survey over Levittown
Did you solve last weekend's Mystery Foto?
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May 11 2020
Mystery Foto #19 Solved: The Republic Airport in East Farmingdale in 1951
My Favorite Co-Author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Nov 21 2012
The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island
Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.
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Dec 11 2009
The Fairchild Collection of the NY State Archives-North Hempstead
The latest favorite website on VanderbiltCupRaces.com The Fairchild Aerial Survey Collection in the New York State Archives,forwarded by Bill Bellmer, provides hundreds of historic aerial photos of New York. Last Thursday's post highlighted several Motor Parkway aerial surveys in Queens. A few more Motor Parkway treasures can be found in the North Hempstead Collection:
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Dec 09 2009
Favorite Website: The Fairchild Collection of the NY State Archives-Queens
Bill Bellmer has discovered a website gem for all LIMPers who enjoy the historic Fairchild aerial surveys of Long Island: The Fairchild Aerial Survey Collection in the New York State Archives. Hundreds of aerials from the 1940s and 1950s can be enlarged and printed out. Of course the real challenge is finding the Motor Parkway.
