Airplane Manufacturing in Farmingdale
Series: Images of aviation
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439654989; 9781467115629
Subjects: Electronic books
Description: Farmingdale, located in west-central Long Island on both sides of the Nassau-Suffolk County border, was an important center of airplane manufacturing from the First World War until almost the end of the Cold War. Aviation pioneers like Lawrence Sperry, Sherman Fairchild, Leroy Grumman, Alexander de Seversky, and Alexander Kartveli directed the manufacture of aircraft, aircraft engines, and key subassemblies as they evolved from the propeller, biplane era to the jet and space age. Farmingdale witnessed the creation of such cutting-edge aircraft as the Sperry Triplane Amphibian and Messenger; the Fairchild FC-2; the Grumman FF-1, JF-1 Duck, and G-22 Gulfhawk; the Seversky P-35; the Republic Aviation P-47, F-84, and F-105; and the Fairchild Republic space shuttle tails and A-10 Warthog. Airplane manufacturing in Farmingdale ended in 1987 with the demise of Fairchild Republic, but this book offers a comprehensive pictorial history of the outstanding achievements of so many talented men and women over seven decades.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: Table of Contents; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. The Foundation Years: 1917-1931; title: 2. The Takeoff Years: 1932-1938; title: 3. An Arsenal of Democracy: 1939-1945; title: 4. The Jet Era: 1946-1964; title: 5. Final Years of Aircraft Manufacturing: 1965-1987; title: 6. Republic Airport: 1966-Present; title: Bibliography