THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, September 30, 2010
ited the Weirs base. Another Waco was purchased in Septem- ber, 1929, and was used in seaplane rides at the Winnisquam Bridge, once known as “Aviation Point.” Gordon Berry was the pilot. Other pilots includ-
31
ed Mike Harlow, Andy Ferguson, and Horton Chandler (Fogg’s brother- in-law), and mechanic Chuck Kemp. In 1933, the business was known as Fogg-Farnsworth Flying Service, and pilots Arthur See AVIATION on 40
Postcard of Bob Fogg and his Curtiss Seagull, in which he hopped passengers at the Weirs beginning in 1923.
AVIATION from 30 Aerial view of the Weirs through the wing struts of a Waco
biplane.
powered by a J-6 Wright Whirlwind engine, known as the “New Hampshire,” in which he made many memorable flights, includ- ing flying mail to Vermont when railway lines were washed out by a major flood during November and December 1927, and flights to Greenly Island, Newfoundland to bring back newsreel footage of the historic first east- west Atlantic flight by the German Junkers airplane known as the “Bremen” in 1928, the news story and pictures of the seal- ing ship “Viking,” which exploded and sank in the ice while a movie was be- ing made in 1931, with a number of people killed, and of the Italian Savoia- Marchetti flying boats which crossed the Atlan-
AUTHOR’S COLLECTION
tic in a mass flight on their way to the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933. He also entered the “On to Spokane” air derby of 1927, but was forced to drop out due to engine trouble. In July, 1928, his facilities at Concord air- port housed the famous “Spirit of St. Louis,” when Charles Lindbergh flew it on a nationwide tour fol- lowing his nonstop New York to Paris flight in 1927. Frank Hawks, Bob and Nancy Love, Tommy Hitchcock, and other well- known aviators also vis-
COURTESY RAUNER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
“A destination you can make a day of... or a lifetime!”
And while your here, don’t miss these fine shops and restaurants.
Jim O’Brien Assertive K9 Training
www.AssertiveK9.com
TRAINING • PET FOOD LIVESTOCK GRAIN
GARWOODS Open 7 Days Lunch & Dinner
REST A UR ANT & PUB Serving on Wolfeboro Bay
6 N. Main Street, Wolfeboro 569-7788
9 North Main Street • Wolfeboro, NH 603-569-6159 •
www.theartplace.biz
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48