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Aviation History

Fighting Zeros: New York Made Aircraft in World War Two

April 28, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

This week on The Historians Podcast, Patrick Chaisson discusses his multi-media presentation “Wings of Victory: Aircraft Production in New York State during WWII.” Chaisson is a retired (after 26-years) US Army and National Guard Lieutenant Colonel from Scotia. [Read more…] about Fighting Zeros: New York Made Aircraft in World War Two

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Long Island, Military, Podcasts, World War Two

New York’s Forgotten Aeronaut & Diver: William Warren Rulison

April 24, 2023 by Dave Waite 1 Comment

St. Lawrence Republican August 16, 1882, Ogdensburg Fair AdvertisementWhen seventy-eight-year-old William Rulison passed away in August of 1931, the only newspaper in Upstate New York that carried the news was Cooperstown’s Otsego Farmer. In this obituary, he was noted only as a “pioneer in balloon flying in this part of the country,” and a man who went by the title of Professor. This report of his passing left much untold, and in the material that follows I hope to give a complete account of his full and varied life. [Read more…] about New York’s Forgotten Aeronaut & Diver: William Warren Rulison

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Aviation History, Canajoharie, Circus, Diving, Fourth Lake, German Flatts, Herkimer COunty, Inlet, Jefferson County, Little Falls, Mohawk River, Montgomery County, Shipwrecks, St. Lawrence River, Town of Mohawk, West Canada Creek

NY’s Air National Guard in the Vietnam War

April 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Air National Guard 1st Lt Harry W Roberts Jr during the Vietnam WarThe Air National Guard began flights regularly in 1966 to support Military Airlift Command operations to Japan and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Other Air Guard elements supported aeromedical evacuation flights across the country to free up active duty Air Force resources for similar missions in Southeast Asia between 1965 and 1969. [Read more…] about NY’s Air National Guard in the Vietnam War

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Air Force History, Air National Guard, Aviation History, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Military History, New York National Guard, Vietnam War

Helicopter Heroine: French General Valerie Andre

April 7, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

Valérie André is one of the great military aviators of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly a helicopter in combat and one of the first three helicopter medevac pilots. Flying more than 150 helicopter rescue missions during the French war in Indochina (including at Dien Bien Phu), and parachuting into the field twice, André was a trailblazer, a pioneer of flying helicopters in combat and an innovator of battlefield medicine, who risked her life to treat the wounded, whether they were French or Vietnamese, whether they were friend, civilian, or foe. [Read more…] about Helicopter Heroine: French General Valerie Andre

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Aviation History, French History, Medical History, Military History, Podcasts, Vietnam War, womens history

Grumman’s Long Island Test Pilot Bruce Tuttle

March 21, 2023 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoJet fighters once roamed the skies above Long Island. Grumman, the aviation powerhouse behind such planes as the Hellcat and the Avenger, turned its attention to jets by the end of the Second World War. And to test those jets, they turned to men like Bruce Tuttle. [Read more…] about Grumman’s Long Island Test Pilot Bruce Tuttle

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Aviation History, Industrial History, Long Island, Long Island Sound, Military History, Podcasts, World War Two

The Search Continues For A WWII Bomber Lost in Lake Ontario

March 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

vanishing pointAt the height of World War II, a B-24 Liberator bomber vanished with its crew while on a training mission over Upstate New York. The final hours and ultimate resting place of pilot Keith Ponder and seven other US aviators aboard the plane remain mysteries to this day. [Read more…] about The Search Continues For A WWII Bomber Lost in Lake Ontario

Filed Under: Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Aviation History, Books, Lake Ontario, Military History, World War Two

Edward McNeil Named 2023 Harold K. Hochschild Awardee

March 13, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

adirondack experience logoThe Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) will be celebrating their annual Benefit Gala & Harold K. Hochschild Award ceremony on Saturday, July 29th from 6 to 9 pm, under the stars at their museum in the heart of the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Edward McNeil Named 2023 Harold K. Hochschild Awardee

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Experience, Adirondack Land Trust, Adirondacks, Aviation History, Nature Conservancy

Queens of the Air: American Women Aviation Pioneers

March 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ruth Law in a Curtiss PusherWithin the holdings of the National Archives, you will find many resources documenting the history and early days of aviation. Among these records include the stories and flights of American women aviation pioneers, captured by newsreel footage and World War I era photographs. [Read more…] about Queens of the Air: American Women Aviation Pioneers

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Aviation History, National Archives, womens history, World War One

A New Book On The 1962 B-47 Crash At Wright Peak

February 17, 2023 by Bob Cudmore 2 Comments

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast the guest is Alan Maddaus, author of Wright Peak Elegy: A Story of Cold War, Nuclear Deterrence and Ultimate Sacrifice (Epigraph, 2022).

The book tells the story of a US Air Force B-47 jet bomber that crashed into Wright Peak in New York’s Adirondack Mountains in January 1962. [Read more…] about A New Book On The 1962 B-47 Crash At Wright Peak

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Cold War, Essex County, High Peaks, Keene, Military History, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Air Foce Base, Podcasts, Search and Rescue, Wright Peak

Small Plane Crashes Into Great Sacanadga Lake

October 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

NYSP logoAccording to a press release issued by New York State Police, on Sunday, October 9th, at about 11:54 am, State Police responded to a reported accident involving a small single engine plane on Great Sacandaga Lake in the area of 328 Houseman Street in Northampton, Fulton County. [Read more…] about Small Plane Crashes Into Great Sacanadga Lake

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Aviation History, Great Sacandaga Lake, Northampton, Saratoga County, Search and Rescue, State Police

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