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Wanted: Aviation Items, Photos, Insignia, etc.
The MB-3 was designed by the Thomas-Morse Company of Ithaca, New York, in 1918. The MB-3 first flew in February 1919, too late to see combat in WWI. Production orders were placed with Thomas-Morse to supply 50 aircraft to the Army and 11 to the Marine Corps. At that time, aircraft designs were considered government property and open bidding was allowed for all production contracts. Thomas-Morse was underbid by a small parts company in Seattle named Boeing in April, 1921.
Boeing received the production contract for 200 MB-3As making Boeing a full-fledged aircraft manufacturer. The MB-3A served until 1926, when the Curtiss P-1 Hawk became the standard Army fighter. Remaining MB-3's were retired to the training squadrons at Kelly Field, Texas. NYAviator is looking for any original items, information or photographs pertaining to the MB-3 aircraft.
Every pilot has ahd at one time an E-6B flight computer. The E-6B
was developed in the United States by Philip Dalton in the late
1930s. Philip Dalton (1903-1941) was born in Scotia, NY, and became
a Cornell University graduate who joined the United States Army as
an artillery officer. Dalton soon resigned and became a Naval
Reserve pilot from 1931 until he died in a plane crash with a
student practicing spins. He, with P. V. H. Weems, invented,
patented and marketed a series of flight computers.
Dalton's first popular computer was his 1933 Model B, the circular
slide rule with True Airspeed (TAS) and Altitude corrections pilots
know so well. In 1936 he put a double-drift diagram on its reverse
to create what the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) designated as the E-1,
E-1A and E-1B. The eventual designation E-6B came from its original
part number for the U.S Army Air Corps in World War II. A couple of years later he invented the Mark VII, again using his Model B slide rule as a focal point. It was hugely popular with both the military and the airlines. Even Amelia Earhart's navigator Fred Noonan used one on their last flight. NYAviator is looking to acquire original Dalton E-1, E-1A, E-1B and Model B flight computers.
The
company was formed in 1928 at
Rochester, New York. It was a combination of
Randolph F. Hall, some former employees of
Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation and James
Cunningham, Son and Company who manufactured motor
cars. The company built five different aircraft
designs (X-90, GA-21, GA-36, PT-6, PT-6A), most were only built in single numbers or
no more than prototypes. The last design appeared in
1937 and the company concentrated on
sub-contract component production before it was
dissolved in
1948. NYAviator is looking for any original
items, information or photographs pertaining to the
Cunningham-Hall aircraft.
NYAviator is looking for any original information or photographs of historical aircraft, aviation events or aviation people occurring in Rochester, NY. We are especially interested in the aircraft of Dr. William Greene (circa 1908-1911), the Rieflin Brothers Headless Aeroplane Company (circa 1910), aeroplane meets and air racing events.
NYAviator is looking for original slides, negatives or prints of aircraft serving in the NY Air National Guard. We are especially looking for items showing aircraft serving prior to 1975.
NYAviator is looking for original slides, negatives or prints of active military aircraft based in NY.
If you have any items related to the above, please contact us at info@NYAviator.com
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