FLOYD BENNETT FIELD Special Events

Amelia Earhart's Plane - 1937 "Here is a photo of my uncle, Ken Behr, standing at the right near the tail of Amelia's plane." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 2-21-06

 

Howard Hughes & Ken Behr - 1938 "Here is a photo of my uncle, Ken Behr, facing Howard Hughes. Jacqueline Cochran leased this plane--a singe-seat Northrop Gamma 2G--to Howard Hughes in January 1936. He used the plane to break the cross-continent speed record by flying it LA-NY US in 9 hrs, 26 min. (259.111mph) with a Wright Cyclone SGR-1820 engine. He is seen here in the photo after his landing at Floyd Bennett.." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 12-28-05

 

Ken Behr at Coast Guard Base "This was taken at one of the seaplane ramps in NYC. I guess it would have been the North River as that is where the NYC Dept of Aviation had an office where my uncle worked after the Floyd-Bennett job." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 7-6-06

 

MAYFLOWER II - 1957 "Speaking at the welcoming of the Mayflower II to NYC June 19, 1957." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 1-11-05

 

MAYFLOWER II - 1957 "My uncle had this beautiful photo of the Mayflower II taken at it entered NYC Harbor." Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 1-11-05

 

The Focke-Wulf-Condor-pilots welcomed after their record flight Berlin-New York-Berlin by Staatssekretör der Luftfahrt General der Flieger Milch at the aeroderome Belin-Tempelhof on Aug. 14, 1938. Left to right: Major-gen. Udet, the American Ambassador Wilson, Reichssportführer von Tschammer und Psten, Mr. Luz, General Manager of the Deutsche Lufthansa, Mr. Kober, radio operator, Mr. Dierberg, engineer, Kapt. von Moreau, Kapt. Henke. To the right of the microphone: Burgomaster and President of Berlin Dr. Lippert, Lieutenant-gen. Stumpff, General der Fliger Milch. Photo & caption from Greg Powers, 1-11-05

 

FOR THOSE ON THE OCCASION OF THE FLIGHT BERLIN - NEW YORK - BERLIN WITH THE FOCKE WULF CONDOR CONGRATULATIONS LEGENDS WE SENT UNSERN MOST CORDIAL ONE THANKS TO YOU. ??          ?? Paul Dierberg          Walter Kober   BERLIN, IM AUGUST 1938. Photo from Greg Powers, 1-11-05

 

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