| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NG453Y |
| Alternate Registration: | G453Y |
| Fleet number: | 4 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Franklin PS-2 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Franklin PS-2 |
| Aircraft Version: | Franklin PS-2 |
| C/n (msn): | 114 |
| Operator Titles: | Lustig Sky Trains |
| 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: | 1933 to 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 580834 |
| Photo Comment |
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NG453Y remained in the register until 1976 but from 1947 was N453Y. Lustig Sky Train was an experiment to see if gliders could be used to deliver mail. The plan was for three gliders to be towed by a single powered aircraft from New York. Over Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC one glider would detach and land with the mail. There was at least one Sky Train mail flight in August 1934. The glider in the photo is having a radio installed ahead of the experiment. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 24 June 2023, and has since been viewed 286 times. |