Registration / Serial:NC23230
Aircraft Original Type:Piper J-3 Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper J-3 Cub (L-4/NE)
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3L-65 Cub
C/n (msn):2999
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:17 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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The writing on the fuselage says "Flying Service U.S. Government Approved Flying School". The operator's was Sampson (Sam) Held who was based in Hangar 6 at Floyd Bennett. He went on to be a Lockheed test pilot. Sam Held was killed in 1948 in P-51 NX28388 which was owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC23230 was cancelled from the register in 1944. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC23230
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3L-65 Cub
C/n (msn):2999
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:17 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NC23230
Aircraft Original Type:Piper J-3 Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper J-3 Cub (L-4/NE)
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3L-65 Cub
C/n (msn):2999
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:17 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:575166Submit Correction
View count: 95
The writing on the fuselage says "Flying Service U.S. Government Approved Flying School". The operator's was Sampson (Sam) Held who was based in Hangar 6 at Floyd Bennett. He went on to be a Lockheed test pilot. Sam Held was killed in 1948 in P-51 NX28388 which was owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC23230 was cancelled from the register in 1944. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:NC23230
Aircraft Version:Piper J-3L-65 Cub
C/n (msn):2999
City / Airport:New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:17 December 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive