Aircraft Photo of NC13479 | Stinson SR Junior

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC13479
Aircraft Original Type:	Stinson S Junior
Aircraft Generic Type:	Stinson S Junior
Aircraft Version:	Stinson SR Junior
C/n (msn):	8733

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:	7 December 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	577529

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. The fate of NC23230 is not known. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 10 June 2023, and has since been viewed 199 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. The fate of NC23230 is not known. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 10 June 2023, and has since been viewed 199 times.

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