| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC656E |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Halpin G-MT-6 Flamingo |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Metal G-1/2 Flamingo |
| Aircraft Version: | Metal G-2W Flamingo |
| C/n (msn): | 4 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 453716 |
| Photo Comment |
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Operator given as 'New York and Chicago Airways'. Pilot named as Joseph R James. Date approximate. A 22 August 1932 newspaper snippet reports an arrival here: 'New York to Chicago Airways Flamingo with six passengers from Chicago.' Other photos show this plane with titles of United Air Services, which had a hangar here at Floyd Bennett Field. The Golden Years register lists (first) owner as Embry Riddle Co which merged with AVCO in 1929. NC656E had a mishap in Indiana in AVCO service in November 1930. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 15 April 2022, and has since been viewed 404 times. |