Old Gems from Bob Finch

Aeronca 7AC floatplane

Bob Finch has some very old slides. He has reproduced a dozen images here as scans from slides in the late 1950s, from Teterboro, NJ and Idlewild Airport, NY. 

WACO RNF, note the Meteor Air Transport Curtiss C-46 in the background!

Dee Howard 500

Aeronca 7AC on takeoff

Beech D-18S

Later model Beech 18

Aeronca floatplane, well grounded

Piper Super Cub

Aero Commander Shrike and Piper Apache

Stinson 108 Voyager

United DC-4s at Idlewild NY

Constellation (possibly a Capital Airlines L-049) and Sikorsky S-58 at Idlewild NY