Aircraft Photo of NC23230 | Piper J-3L-65 Cub

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC23230
Aircraft Original Type:	Piper J-3 Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:	Piper J-3 Cub (L-4/NE)
Aircraft Version:	Piper J-3L-65 Cub
C/n (msn):	2999

Location
City / Airport:	New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map
Region / Country:	New York, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: -

Photo Date:	17 December 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	575166

Photo Comment
The writing on the fuselage 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 which was owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC23230 was cancelled from the register in 1944. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 31 May 2023, and has since been viewed 161 times.

Photo Comment

The writing on the fuselage 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 which was owned by air race pilot Jacqueline Cochran. NC23230 was cancelled from the register in 1944. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 31 May 2023, and has since been viewed 161 times.

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