Crashed while attempting to land at Fort de France hydrobase in Martinique on August 3, 1945. Photo from: The John Fornasero Papers/The Museum of Flight

Seen here after suffering a landing accident at Bridgeport. The registration was cancelled in October 1, 1939, but by then Air Line Feeder System had already ceased services. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Igor Sikorsky demonstrating his helicopter. He utilised the pontoons to make a water landing and take-off the next day, 17 April, and stayed aloft for 92 minutes on 6 May 1941. The sole VS-300 first flew tethered on 14 September 1939. It was modified to VS-300A in 1940. Photo by: Dmitri Kessel / Life

G-II c/n 76 was built 1969 and is shown here still without winglets, which should be installed in 1997. It kept this registration until it was withdrawn at Van Nuys CA; the Gulfstream was broken up there in 2004.

Was soon to acquire a new livery as United Express

The Savage was a 1950s carrier bomber, later converted for refuelling/recon. The AJ-2 version had two P&W R-2800s and a J33 turbojet in the tail, good for over 40,000ft if piston engine stalling around 35k could be overcome. After service with the USN 1954-59 as 130418 and as firebomber N101Z, this one was used by AVCO Lycoming for jet testing in 1971/72. The only survivor of 143 built, flown to USN museum at Pensacola on 9.5.84 and restored to USN marks. When I recently sent the pic round my friends, no-one could name it!

GLC's corporate aircraft from 1953, later joined by a Convair 580. Sold to Missionary Flights in 2.77 becoming N200MF but crashed at George Town - Exuma, Bahamas on 3.2.98 when one engine failed after the other on departure for Haiti