| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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 129 times. |