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THIS ALBUM IS PRIMARILY ABOUT FLOYD BENNETT FIELD AND A SMALL CIVILIAN PILOT TRAINING COMPANY "AMERICAN ESCADRILLE INC". MANY OF THE PHOTOS ARE OF FLOYD BENNETT FROM 1936 AND 37. THESE DATES APPEAR MOST OFTEN ON THE BACKS OF THE PHOTOS AND ALSO IN THE CORPORATION CONTRACT.

FLOYD BENNETT FIELD HAS QUITE A DISTINGUISHED HISTORY FOR DRAWING MANY OF THE WORLDS MOST NOTABLE EARLY PILOTS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE AVIATION HISTORY.

SOME OF THE PHOTOS HAVE CAPTIONS ON THE BACKS AND INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF AMERICAN ESCADRILLE RICHARD OR DICK AND DIXIE SPENCER, JIM DOOLITTLE, M. STONE AND ALEXANDER dE SEVERSKY. THERE IS ALSO A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1935 OF CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER' s ARRIVAL AT FLOYD BENNETT WITH THE FIRST LOCKHEED ELECTRA RECIEVED BY EASTERN AIRLINES. IT WAS A RECORD FLIGHT HE MADE FROM KANSAS CITY, MO. TO FLOYD BENNETT FIELD.

THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AND MAGAZINE ARTICLE ARE BOTH ABOUT AMERICAN ESCADRILLE AND MENTION THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND ALSO THE NAMES OF SOME OF THEIR PRE WWII CHINESE PILOTS THAT CAN BE SEEN IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS.

IN 1937 ABOUT 80 MILES AWAY THE HINDENBURG MAKES IT'S FINAL TRAGIC APPEARANCE OVER NEW JERSEY AT LAKEHURST AND THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THAT AS WELL.

FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT IS GONE NOW BUT THRU THE EFFORTS OF THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER IT AND THOSE PICTURED ARE NOT LOST BUT CAN STILL LIVE AS WE VIEW THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.