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[Paint Department Plant 1 Christmas party]
Sign reads: "'The paint slappers' wish you a very Merry Christmas"
On back of photograph: "File copy, Eljay Photo Service, 42 W. 48 St., NY City." -
[One of 14 Fleetwings assembly lines]
On back of photograph: "File copy, Eljay Photo Service, 42 W. 48 St., NY City."
Sign held by man to left of American flag reads "Hitler's coffin." -
[Fleetwings’ assembly lines triple production]
On back of photograph: "Neat, efficient, well-lighted final-assembly lines at Fleetwings, Inc., aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturers of Bristol, PA., help speed production of thousands of aircraft parts that the company is building for major military plane manufacturers. Automotive-like assembly methods have tripled output of fins, elevators, stabilizers, and other airplane control surfaces. Credit Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc." -
[Rivet preparation]
On back of photograph: "Here the frame of the fin is 'dimpled,' i.e., the rivet holes are counter sunk so that the rivets will be flush with the surface skin and thus make for a smooth-flowing finished job. While this man 'dimples' the frame with a portable tool, his partner completes the same operation, by means of a press, on the skin, or metal sheets. Credit Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc." -
[Original by Loening built in quantity in Bristol]
Color: hull-Loening red, casket- silver stripe, wings-silver and orange. Type amphibian, Power Hvo HP Wright Air cooled radial, commercial. -
[Built for U.S. Army Air Corps. Type- LB-7 improved on the LB 5- 5A & 6]
Next type picture not available slight changes- type LB-10, B 3A-4A 5A y B4-5-6 Single Roller etc.
Color: Army standard #22 O.D., Wings- #4 yellow. Power Unit- two 5v5 H.P Wright "Cyclones" Air cooled radial.
Note- some engines were Wright "Cyclones" and some were Pratt + Whitney "Hornets"
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[Skeleton Fusclages before covering on Genevai assembly floor]
Two ships in foreground are of the patvician type balance ave bombers. Keystone Aircraft Corp. Assembly Department, Bristol, PA. -
[Navy “Pups” on assembly floor before covering and after commuters in background]
Building Navy Planes Keystone Aircraft Corp., Bristol, PA. -
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[Seaplane hangar, Keystone Aircraft Corporation, Bristol]
Hangar facing the Delaware River Oar and Commuters on the apron. -
[Keystone Patrician, 20 passenger Tri-Motor Transport Model (discontinued)]
Color: wings- yellow, fuselage- green. Power Unit- 3 5v5 HP Wagner "Cyclones." -
[Keystone Airyacht. Originally designed at Loening Aero Engineer Corp. in service in China etc. built in Bristol]
Color: hull-silver + green, wings- silver. Type: amphibian. Power Unit- 5v5 HP Wright “Cyclone” air corp commercial radial. -
[Plant 2 opening]
Stamped on back: "Prints by Prinz Otto C. Prinz, 1115 Anchor Street, Del. 0564, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." -
Postcard: "Kaiser Metal Products, Bristol, PA."
The lower building to the right billboard was the main office building. History of property written on back of photograph. -
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[Kaiser Cargo Incorporated Fleetwings Division, Bristol, Penna.]
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A Liese."
Written on back of photograph: "Joe Ferry -- Bristol, PA." -
[Wing construction of Fleetwings F401 Seabird stainless steel amphibian]
From the collection of Henry A Liese. -
[LB-7 twin engine, twin rudder bomber in production at the Keystone Aircraft Co. for the US Army]
From the collection of Henry A Liese. -
[Plant assembly line]
Stamped on back of photograph: "Approved for publication by War Department Lockheed Aircraft Corporation." -
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[Keystone Model NK-1-Five Purpose Training Biplane with land or water gear in production at Keystone Aircraft, Bristol, Pennsylvania]
From the collection of Henry A Liese.
Written on back of photograph: "Purposes: 1. Primary flight, 2. Bombing, 3. Fixed gunnery, 4. Flexible gunnery, 5. Spotting." -
[Procurement Supervisors: McMath, Folkman, Murray, Bosh]
Photograph used in newsletter “This is Fleetwings," page five. -
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[Hangar and Seaplane ramp into the Delaware River Fleetwings Inc., Bristol, PA]
Fleetwings replaced Keystone Aircraft Company in 1934. The 80 acres where these aircraft companies stood was a shipyard during WWI for the construction of merchant ships.
Stamped on back of photograph: "From the collection of Henry A Liese." -
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[Fleetwing Aircraft Corporation]
During World War I, this site had the (Harriman) Merchant fleet shipyard.
1925: Huff, Daland aircraft purchase the site
1926: Bomber production
1927: it becomes Keystone Aircraft
1932: Plant closed until 1934. Fleetwings moved from NY to this site. Hall Aluminum rented part of building for the Hall Flying Boat
1940: Hall closed but Fleetwing continued, Henry Kaiser purchased Fleetwing
1947 it becomes Kaiser Metal Products. They continued until 1962. -
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[Keystone Patrician plane]
This was the largest, fastest, safest airliner of its day. Keystone Tri-Motored Patrician was owned by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Manufactured by Keystone Aircraft Company, Bristol, PA. 20 passenger.
Stamped on back: "From the Collection of Henry Liese."
Two newspaper clippings are attached to the back:
1. “50 years ago today” a new speed record for transport planes, over 151 miles per hour, was set by the 20-passenger “Patrician” over a measured course on the outskirts of Bristol.
2. “Remember When.. 50 years ago today” Fire seriously damaged the gigantic 20-passenger plane, “Patrician,” of the Keystone Aircraft Corporation as it stood part way into the hanger on the landing field in Bristol. -
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[F-101 first stainless steel wing]
Photograph was taken on Long Island.
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[F-101 plane]
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry Liese." -
[Fleetwings F-101 Roosevelt Field, Long Island]
Photos used in an artcile for "Skyways Magazine #46" April, '98.
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
[Fleetwings F-101 Roosevelt Field, Long Island]
Photos used in an article for "Skyways Magazine #46" April '98.
Stamped on back: "From the collection of Henry A. Liese." -
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[Art Schick, Procurement Supervisor]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna."
Photograph was used in "Fleetwings News" February edition, page 4. "This is Fleetwings (a) layout to come," written on back. -
[Fleetwings Administration Building]
Marks on front of photograph are cropping designations for publication. -
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[De Ganahl at sale of plant]
Frank De Ganahl, third from left. Carl De Ganahl, standing with topcoat on right. -
[Former Fleetwing secretaries from the personnel department during the 1940s]
From left: Ann Swift, Charlotte Landreth Melville, and Charlotte Gade. -
[Former Fleetwings secretaries from the 1940s sharing photographs]
From left: Paul Swift, Ann Swift (former Fleetwings secretary), Charlotte Landreth Melville (former Fleetwings secretary), Andrew Liese, Charlotte Gade (former Fleetwings secretary), and Carol Mitchener. -
[Ground breaking Plant 2]
Stamped on back: "Kaiser Cargo Incorporated, Bristol, Penna." -
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[Keystone Aircraft and aircraft mechanics of the Assembly Department]
Keystone preceded Fleetwing Aircraft. Third from left standing is Frank Deluca. Kneeling second from left is Danny Graco. Others unidentified. -
[Building number 2 on Green Lane]
Top secret area at competitor of Grummon Aircraft. Mock-up of XBQ2A (Experiment Bomber) 2A is power plant on aircraft. Aircraft testing Department. -
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[Jig transfer car]
On back: "Just as soon as the portable jig arrives at line’s end it is rolled onto a transfer car and returned via auxiliary tracks, to the assembly line’s start ---- ready for another trip. Transfer cars at each end of the line facilitate a rapid return" [information typed on a piece of paper attached to photo]. "Courtesy of Fleetwings, Inc."