| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC897W |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S.56 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S.56 |
| Aircraft Version: | Savoia-Marchetti S.56 |
| Licence-built by: | American Aeronautical Corporation |
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| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | September 1930 to December 1933 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 506719 |
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The American Aeronautical Corporation, founded by Enea Bossi, produced the S.56 amphibian for the American market at Port Washington, Long Island, and this looks like the place. NC897W is not listed as an S.56 in the Golden Years Register. Apparently the registration was first used by an Albert TE.1 which was cancelled in September 1930. The Port Washington site was sold to Pan Am in 1933. Bossi also built a stainless steel variant of the S.56, the Budd BB-1 Pioneer. This photo was added on 14 October 2022, and has since been viewed 332 times. |