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| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 152 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 651937Submit Correction |
| View count: | 152 |
Dedication of the new New York Municipal Airport, with aircraft of American, TWA, United and Canadian Colonial Airways in attendance. Commercial flights started on 2 December 1939. Floyd Bennett Field was too far from Manhattan. Campaigning for a new airport, mayor Fiorello La Guardia had refused to leave a TWA plane at Newark in New Jersey, arguing he had a ticket for New York.
| Registration / Serial: | NC16008 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3-178 |
| C/n (msn): | 1588 |
| Operator Titles: | American Airlines |
| City / Airport: | New York - La Guardia (KLGA / LGA)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | NC20923 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Culver Dart |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Culver Dart |
| Aircraft Version: | Culver Dart GK |
| C/n (msn): | GK-32 |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 579700Submit Correction |
| View count: | 286 |
The Dart was a two-seat aircraft available in a variety of engines. The GK used a Ken-Royce (LeBlond) 5G radial after the original Lambert R-266 became difficult to obtain. The fate of NC20923 is not known. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC20923 |
| Aircraft Version: | Culver Dart GK |
| C/n (msn): | GK-32 |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NC20923 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Culver Dart |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Culver Dart |
| Aircraft Version: | Culver Dart GK |
| C/n (msn): | GK-32 |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 579700Submit Correction |
| View count: | 286 |
The Dart was a two-seat aircraft available in a variety of engines. The GK used a Ken-Royce (LeBlond) 5G radial after the original Lambert R-266 became difficult to obtain. The fate of NC20923 is not known. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | NC20923 |
| Aircraft Version: | Culver Dart GK |
| C/n (msn): | GK-32 |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 15 October 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |