Browse Items (10 total)

  • Collection: Aviation

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An informational brochure which provides information and the services available at the Olean Municipal Airport.

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$2000 Sign Donated to Publicize Airport. The signed was donated by Donald Howe, owner of Don's-Ganoung Signs.

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"A plateau west of Olean, between West State and Buffalo Streets in Allegany Township, is the most suitable site in this section for a class 3 airport..."

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A 1944 newspaper article which announces a local airport will be built "in the fertile Allegheny Valley on the South Nine Mile west of the village of Allegany."

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Two newspaper articles that discuss helicopter service that would depart from Olean. The proposed route would go from Buffalo Municipal Airport, Orchard Park, East Aurora, Franklinville, Salamanca, and Olean. The article states that "the appearance…

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Calbraith Perry Rodgers (January 12, 1879 – April 3, 1912) was an American aviation pioneer. He made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. from September 11, 1911, to November 5, 1911, with dozens of stops, both intentional and…

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Wright Whirlwind

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A postcard which depicts a plane taking off from the Olean Fair Grounds.
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