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... and for your continued morning dose of Naval Air Station stuff. Per request. Source NMNA archives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Bennett_Field

Part 1


NAS Floyd Bennett Field c 1942


NAS Floyd Bennett Field c 1942


NAS Floyd Bennett Field c 1942


NAS Floyd Bennett Field c 1942


Students push N3N trainers out of a hangar at Floyd Bennett Field, Naval Air Station (NAS) New York 1941


BM-2 of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 6B pictured on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York 1937


BM-1 of Bombing Squadron (VB) 3B pictured on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York 1937


T4M-1 Martin of Naval Reserve Air Base (NRAB) New York pictured sitting on flight line at Floyd Bennett


SBC-3 from Utility Unit, USS Yorktown (CV-5), pictured at NAS Floyd Bennett Field, NY 1940


SBC-3 from Utility Unit, USS Yorktown (CV-5), pictured at NAS Floyd Bennett Field, NY 1940


SB2U-2 with Scouting Squadron Seventy-Two (VS-72) pictured sitting on the flight line at Floyd Bennett Field 1938


Formation of three SBC-4s assigned to NRAB New York, Floyd Bennett Field 1940


A Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


A Grumman J2F-2 Duck pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1942

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A Grumman J4F-3 Widgeon pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


Coast Guard PH-3 flying boat (V179) on the ramp at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1944


Coast Guard PH-3 flying boat (V179) on the ramp at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


Personnel load depth charges onto Coast Guard PH-3 flying boat (V179) on the ramp at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


A gunner pictured at the ready in the bow of Coast Guard PH-3 flying boat (V179) during a public relations shoot at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


An SNJ-2 Texan assigned to Naval Reserve Aviation Base (NRAB) New York, New York, pictured in flight near Floyd Bennett Field 1941


An SO3C-3 Seamew pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


Personnel and HNS-1 Hoverfly helicopters pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 2 July 1944


View of the HNS-1 Hoverfly at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


Commander Frank Erickson and Igor Sikorsky in an HNS-1 Hoverfly equipped with the first rescue hoist. (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 14 August 1943.


Personnel at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, examine an Army Air Forces R-4 helicopter, 1943


An Army Air Forces R-4 helicopter pictured at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943


Personnel at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, observe the flight of an Army Air Forces R-4 helicopter, 1943


Personnel at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, examine an Army Air Forces R-4 helicopter, 1943


cockpit of an HNS-1 Hoverfly at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York in April 1943


Commander Frank Erickson and Igor Sikorsky in an HNS-1 Hoverfly equipped with the first rescue hoist. (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 14 August 1943.


Flight scheduling board, at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 1943-1944

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Part 3


NAS Floyd Bennett Field c 1944-5


F6F-5 Hellcat USNR aircraft of NARTU New York on the ground at NAS New York at Floyd Bennett Field c 1950


F6F-5P Hellcat USNR aircraft of NAS New York, NY on the ground at Floyd Bennett Field c 1950


An F4U-4B Corsair aircraft of VF-4B is ion the ground at Floyd Bennett 1947


AM-1 of Attack Squadron Seventeen A (VA-17A) on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett. VA-17A became VA 174 on 11 Aug 1948


AM-1 of Attack Squadron Seventeen A (VA-17A) on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett. VA-17A became VA 174 on 11 Aug 1948


AD-3 from Attack Squadron One Hundred Seventy-Four (VA-174) on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett 1958


AD-6 of Attack Squadron Seventy-Five (VA-75) on the ground at Naval Air Station (NAS) Floyd Bennett


FJ-3 Fury jet fighter aircraft of VF-73 is on the ground at Floyd Bennett Field, NY


FJ-4B Fury NATC aircraft is seen on the ground at Floyd Bennett field, NY

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Thanks Mark. As a transplant to NY, always nice to see the pics with the New York titles.

Amazing that such an asset as Sikorsky would, or would be allowed to, risk his butt in an experimental sling like that.

The AD might have beaten the AM on utility but surely not on looks.

August

Great stuff Mark.

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Neat pics.

You can see the Belt Parkway in some of the pictures (look for the cloverleaf)...it looks like a country highway compared to today!

The SNJ-2 is over the Rockaways, in the foreground is Riis Park, in the background you can see the Cross Bay Bridge and the unnamed railroad bridge in the background,

i had my 7th birthday party at FBF , way back in 1967,the field boasted a squadron of Navy P2V Neptunes back then as well as some itinerant A4s, the hit of the day was an Air Guard F-102 that arrived with a billowing drag chute mid festivities. Flying into JFK on the Canarsie approach we pass overhead that grand old airbase on a regular basis.

Great series Mark, as a retired NAVY mech, would love to see anything on NAS North Island and NAS Miramar, my old stomping grounds

Why of course, my pleasure, stay tuned. What years were you stationed?

Mark

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At North Island 78-81 with HC-1, and Miramar 87-93 with VAW-116 and VAW-110

I got to put Floyd Bennett Field in my logbook in May, 2011, with the Curtiss Pusher, when we flew over NY harbor for Navy Fleet Week. Here's a photo of Bob Coolbaugh in the Pusher over FBF.



We kept it there for a week, in the hangar on the south side with the C-97 and various other a/c.



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Great shots. I've always like the looks of the Hall flying boat.

Also, great shot of Igor in ther escue hoist, even though he was the boss he didn't mind getting out there with his products. I find the R-4/NHS interesting. Awfully crude buf effective. Not much of a useful load and I'm sure it took a lot of maintenance. Probably makes a Bell 47 look modern in comparison. I do wish someone would restore and fly one.

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