Question: Where was the manufacturer of The Republic RC-3 Seabee basedd?
Context: The Republic RC-3 Seabee is an all-metal amphibious sports aircraft designed by Percival Spencer and manufactured by the Republic Aircraft Corporation. The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York.  Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including its most famous products: World War II's P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, the F-84 Thunderjet and F-105 Thunderchief jet fighters, as well as the A-10 Thunderbolt II close-support aircraft. Martin Naughton, KBE (b. 1940 in Dundalk, County Louth), an Irish entrepreneur, founded Glen Electric in August 1973 with a small manufacturing facility employing just ten people in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.  In 1977, Dimplex, the leading brand in the UK electrical heating market was acquired by Glen Electrics forming the Glen Dimplex Group.  The company set out acquiring further businesses across the UK with Morphy Richards, the market leader in small domestic appliances in 1985 followed by Blanella, a manufacturer of electric blankets and Burco Dean Appliances, a manufacturer of products for the catering industry, all in the same year.  The 1990s saw the company forge its powers of acquisition and strategic business thinking to acquire further businesses across Europe and beyond.  An engineer by profession, Dr. Naughton has overseen his company to become the world's largest manufacturer in domestic heating appliances.  His company has plants in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America.  His business has more than 8000 staff and 22 manufacturing facilities with annual sales of around $1.6 billion.  Naughton's stake in the company is worth around £273 million with other investments including an art collection, property in Dublin and shares in the Merrion Hotel Group and the Sunday Tribune newspaper.  He was awarded with an honorary degree (Doctor of Science) for his services to promote business in Northern Ireland. Sørfly A/S was a general aviation airline based in Kristiansand, Norway.  It operated from 1946 to 1962 with a base at Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik.  Sørfly operated a fleet of three Auster Autocrats, a Republic Seabee and a Miles Gemini. Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. () is a Taiwan-based multinational electronics manufacturer.  Its product lineup includes input devices, power supplies and digital image products.  It offers desktop keyboards, mobile keyboards, digital cameras, personal-computer cameras and digital video cameras.  It has also been a well known manufacturer of motherboards for personal computers and notebooks.  The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan.  As of 2009 it has operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. ASIMCO Technologies is a large independent automotive components manufacturer headquartered in Beijing, China.  With sales in excess of US$500 million, the company is one of the largest producers of automotive components in China, with 10 manufacturing operations, 52 sales offices and roughly 900 service stations across the Peoples Republic of China.  It is the first international components manufacturer based in China, with over 15% of its annual sales made to customers in the United States, Europe and Japan. Karosa (Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy (in English Factory for carriages, cars, rotors, machine tools, cutting machines and buses) was a bus manufacturer from Vysoké Mýto, a town in the Czech Republic.  It was biggest manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia.  In 2007 its name was changed to Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name Iveco Bus. The Red Star Auto Manufacturing Company (红星汽车制造公司 ) is an automobile manufacturer located in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China.  The company was founded in 1912 under the name "Red Star Automobile Works".  In it early time the manufacturer was owned by the state. Laurin & Klement was a Czech automobile, motorcycle and bicycle manufacturer brand founded 1895 in Mladá Boleslav, Kingdom of Bohemia by automotive pioneers Václav Laurin and Václav Klement.  It was acquired by industrial conglomerate Škoda Works in 1925 and re-branded as Škoda Auto, which is today the largest car manufacturer in the Czech Republic and a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group. The Spencer Amphibian Air Car is an American light amphibian aircraft.  The name was first used in 1940 for a prototype air vehicle that developed into the Republic Seabee.  The name was later used by its designer Percival Spencer for a series of homebuilt amphibious aircraft roughly based on the Seabee design.
Answer: Farmingdale, Long Island, New York