Aircraft Photo of NC24804 | Piper J-4A Cub Coupe

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC24804
Aircraft Original Type:	Piper J-4 Cub Coupe
Aircraft Generic Type:	Piper J-4 Cub Coupe
Aircraft Version:	Piper J-4A Cub Coupe
C/n (msn):	4-725

Location
City / Airport:	New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: -

Photo Date:	7 December 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	574172

Photo Comment
The writing on the nose 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 owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC24804 (as N24804) was cancelled from the US register in 2012. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 27 May 2023, and has since been viewed 70 times.

Photo Comment

The writing on the nose 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 owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC24804 (as N24804) was cancelled from the US register in 2012. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 27 May 2023, and has since been viewed 70 times.

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