The Fleet 2 was the first production model of what had started out as the Consolidated Model 14 Husky Junior. The engine is a Kinner K-5. NC286H was operated by Sampson Held whose flying school was at Floyd Bennett Field. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

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

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