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Log book pages of Lyle Emerson (Slim) Halstead

Note that the first page we have dated 4/1/27 shows:
"Flight time to Date 216"
hours. So apparently we are missing some previous logs. The rest of the sequence seems to be complete. Having somehow already had 216 hours by that date strongly implies that Lyle must have started flying in 1926 or possibly earlier, but we can't really be certain since his autobiography does not clarify this completely. Though there is this passage:


"On Jan. 28th, 1924, I enlisted in the Army Air Service and was stationed at Mitchel Field, L.I., N.Y. I was assigned to the radio section of the First Observation Squadron until August 4th when I was transferred to the Army Air Reserve Training Detachment at Boston Airport, Boston, Mass. My assignment there involved maintenance of Liberty engined De Haviland Observation airplanes as well as Hispano powered JN4D's. I was very happy with this work, as I often had a opportunity to fly with one of the reserve pilots and get in some 'stick' time."

Flight logs 1927 - 1966

Follow the links in the first column below to see the image of each logbook page. Links in other columns lead to images of aircraft or sources of additional information related to the linked text such as people and places.

by date of first entry on each page:types of aircraft first logged on log page Places Names remarks/ed. notes
April 1, 1927D.H., J.N, 02 Concord N.H. Lt. Cobb, Capt. Ford Rank Corp
July 13, 1927VE9, PT-1 Portland
March 3, 1928OA1B, OX5 Challenger, OXX6 Challenger, Monocoupe Westfield, Lowell, Mitchel Field Lt. Williams
December 12, 1928Warner Challenger Boston Airport Lt. Langley, Instructor
January 3, 1929 H. Van Arsdale
January 13, 1929Bellanca Lt. Wilson, Lt. Lusk, C Emerson
February 1, 1929 Stearman J-5 Rank Sgt. A.C.
February 12, 1929 Pssgr. Mrs. Halstead
February 24, 1929 Newton, Lawrence Lt. Crowley, Lt. Obrien, J Fluett
March 1, 1929 Lt. Clark, Capt. Blake
March 11, 1929 Wm. Snow, J. Breen
March 16, 1929 Salem
March 24, 1929Kitty hawk
March 30, 1929 Mr. Arey, Mr. Allen
April 15, 1929C-6 Travel Air Amesbury, Worcester, Framingham, Hartford, Curtiss, Newark, Pawtucket Mr. Carter
April 20, 1929 Providence Capt Beaman "For Moth Parts"
May 1, 1929A. Eagle OX5, DH Moth Cirrus
May 8, 1929 o2h Old Orchard Check ride Skyways
May 18, 1929Arrow Leblond Jack Moran inspector, J. Palumbo - Mechanic pass., Dr. Chases plane, Mr. Whiting Test for limited commercial license, carrying pay passengers
May 29, 1929 Bangor, Me., Albany Kramer
June 2, 1929 Roosevelt Field John O Toole, H.R. Kramer
June 9, 1929 Holmes Airport, Buffalo, N.Y. (ed. aka BUF), Marstons Mills, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Amsterdam, N.Y.
June 13, 1929Great lakes Cirrus
June 23, 1929 Hyannis, Teterboro (ed. aka TEB), New Castle Del., Montauk Point, Cape Cod Airport, Wellfleet check ride
June 24, 1929
July 8, 1929
July 8, 1929
July 15, 1929
July 24, 1929
August 2, 1929 Martha's Vineyard, Brookfield, Mass. Night Flying
August 15, 1929Pitcairn J-5
August 19, 1929 Pine Brook N.Y., Saratoga, N.Y. Flight test for Transport pilots examination.
August 30, 1929 Elmira N.Y., Whitefield N.H., Rye N.Y.
September 15, 1929 Beverly Local formation flight for ex-mail pilot Tallman - deceased.
September 23, 1929
September 29, 1929
October 1, 1929Buhl J-5 Brockton, Putnam, Conn.
October 10, 1929 Waltham, Plymouth Mass
October 22, 1929 Newburyport "student instruction Miss Nelson and Mitchel at Beverly"
November 2, 1929 Kingston Mass, Lynn "Special flight - dropping flowers over Beverly Common"
November 14, 1929
December 4, 1929 Dennison Airport, Baltimore Md, Washington, Ft. Bragg, Fayetteville N.C., Charleston S.C. Mr. and Mrs. Gwinnett, Gil Erwin "testing loud speaker", "Broadcasting at Everett for Mayor Roache"
December 30, 1929 Jacksonville, Miami Fla.
January 10, 1930
February 1, 1930Argo Hess Warrior Hathaway
February 9, 1930
February 20, 1930
February 27, 1930Waco 9 OX5
March 1, 1930 Mrs. Talbot, J.A. Langley
March 9, 1930 Franklin, Mass. Evans, Maxfield, Cote
March 17, 1930 Peterson,
March 29, 1930 Oberberg, Hart
April 6, 1930 Muller Field, Revere Mrs. Bernson
April 14, 1930 Bridgeport Miss Nelson
April 21, 1930Fleet Kinner, Robin J-6-5 Smith
May 1, 1930
May 11, 1930
May 21, 1930
June 1, 1930 Hampton N.H.
June 15, 1930
June 26, 1930 East Boxford Rowe, Gaspar, Bosworth
July 1, 1930 Mrs. Berson, Conlan, Dailey, Jordan, Mrs. Hoyt
July 4, 1930 Lawrence
July 8, 1930 Rowe, Pelletier Dimitrick
July 12, 1930
July 14, 1930
July 18, 1930 Lee
July 25, 1930 Search for body in bay
August 1, 1930
August 7, 1930
August 13, 1930Commandaire Warner
August 18, 1930 Formation flight
August 24, 1930
August 26, 1930 Pvt. Allen AC, Pvt. Dionne AC, Pvt. McCarthy AC
August 29, 1930
September 1, 1930 White River Junction, Vt.
September 2, 1930 Ethan Allen Lt. Cruise, Lt. Farley
September 5, 1930
September 14, 1930
September 20, 1930 Springfield Pvt. Baldwin A.C., Lt. Haggerty ACR
September 26, 1930
October 7, 1930
October 10, 1930 Webster, Hartford, Fitchburg Mr. Breen
October 13, 1930 Handley, O. Johnson, Bowdoin, Conrey
October 18, 1930 L. Smith, W. Haynes
October 26, 1930 R. Smart
October 27, 1930Spartan J-6-7 New Bedford
November 1, 1930 Bowrasso, Beaudoin
November 4, 1930
November 9, 1930
November 11, 1930PT-3A
November 20, 1930
November 23, 1930
November 29, 1930
December 1, 1930 G.R. Wallace, Mrs. Smart - Dual Fitchburg to N.Y. 2.2 hours open cockpit
December 5, 1930 Ida Smart - Dual
December 7, 1930 Ed Hall
December 11, 1930 Pvt. Warner A.C.
December 17, 1930
January 2, 1931 Winchendon Ski test
January 18, 1931 Dickenson Pond
January 21, 1931
January 30, 1931 Berlin N.H.
February 1, 1931 Hanover, N.H.
February 23, 1931 Lancaster
February 28, 1931
March 1, 1931 License Renewed 3/10/31 RD Hoyt Insp. Dept. of Commerce
March 10, 1931
March 14, 1931 Facey
March 21, 1931
March 23, 1931 G. Lamontagne, Al Berube, R. Fluet
April 1, 1931Sikorsky S-39 S Harrigan
April 5, 1931
April 9, 1931
April 12, 1931
April 15, 1931
April 20, 1931
April 21, 1931
April 21, 1931
April 28, 1931 New Haven
May 1, 1931
May 4, 1931 Cutler, B. Toomey
May 6, 1931 Cassavant
May 9, 1931 Clinton W. Nogler
May 12, 1931Buhl Pup Orange-Athol, Athol Berkis Search for Carl Nichol in Lancaster and in ponds
May 17, 1931
May 20, 1931
May 21, 1931
May 22, 1931
May 27, 1931
June 2, 1931 W. Oakman
June 3, 1931 Utica, Syracuse, Red Creek
June 6, 1931 Gardner, Orange Ms. Pate - Photographer
June 16, 1931Curtis Jr. Augusta Water Landings
June 25, 1931
July 1, 1931 check ride for rating, Mr. Hoyt
July 2, 1931
July 7, 1931 Dyer, Arthur Ball
July 18, 1931 Webster, East Jaffrey, Wolfboro, Chatham (ed. could be Chatham NAS, or Chatham Muni. Essex, Lake Quaboag, Lake Sunshine, Lake Chebacco
July 26, 1931 Saybrook Conn, S. Truro E. Howard, H. Davis
August 1, 1931 Swanton, Vt., Montreal, Ottowa Herbert Davis, J.L. MacAlislan, Mr. Dickinson
August 7, 1931 Toronto, Buffalo, Akron, Kane, Pa., Binghamton, N.Y., Lake Spofford, Truro
August 13, 1931
August 18, 1931Fairchild 22 Brattleboro Vt., North Beach (ed. now known as LGA
August 26, 1931 Mother, Brother Flying
September 1, 1931 Pascoag, R.I., Littleton
September 2, 1931 Old Field Pt., Fishers Island, Groton Conn. Paul Wilson
September 7, 1931 Kelsey Airport Norman Tucker
September 22, 1931 Newport, Canaan, N.H., Harte Pond
October 3, 1931 Hadley Field, Plainfield, Ronkonkoma, NY, Hoover field, Washington, Hicksville
October 10, 1931 Lac La Loutre, La Tuque, Grand-Mere, all in Quebec Indian guide pass. 1st ride, Wayagamac Lake, La Tuque, QC, Canada, 300 lbs. moose meat on board, forced down 4 miles short, landed in 45 miles wind on ground
October 16, 1931
November 1, 1931
November 23, 1931 Lockport, York Pa. Robert Wallace
December 1, 1931
December 5, 1931
January 19, 1932
January 25, 1932
February 6, 1932
February 19, 1932Stinson (ed. Possibly Extant)
March 4, 1932
April 7, 1932Spartan, States Norwood (ed. aka OWD) Paul Wilson, H. Swenson, J. Dinneen, Richardson, Fred Kirk, Mrs. Bell
April 15, 1932
April 28, 1932
May 1, 1932 Rockland, The Weirs N.H.
May 11, 1932
May 15, 1932 Oyster Bay, L.I. Mrs. Waddington, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Hopkins
May 26, 1932 Camden, N.J., Farmingdale, Hastings Gave Mrs. Halstead and Robert rides
June 1, 1932 Northampton Mr. Bartow Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill, Senator Walcott
June 25, 1932 Falmouth
July 2, 1932 Lake Winnipesaukee, Lake Sunapee, Meredith, Lake Placid, Kingston, Ont., Northfield and Hanover N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Topham
July 23, 1932
August 1, 1932 Ashburnham Reservoir, Lee Mass, Gloucester, Bay Head N. J., Elk River, Patco Field, Norristown, Pa. , Northeast Harbor Maine Mr. Tom Crocker, Mr. A.C. Dickinson, Mr. B. Crocker, Dr. Henry and Family Earle Halstead - pass.
August 17, 1932Bird Prides Crossing, Osterville, Wiscasset, Surry, Me., Newfound Lake, Nantucket, Toddy Pond, Chatham Mr. Birdseye
September 2, 1932 Charlotte, Vt., B Pond, Greenville, Bangor Merrill Griswold, Mr. Cogill, Mr. Howard and Watson
September 30, 1932 White River Junction Capt. Lusk, Lts. Copland & Fogg E. Hampton, L.I, Waterville, Me., Wallingford
October 3, 1932Waco 10 E. Hampton Mr. Clark of Bradstreet, Mr. Holland, Mr. Wong
November 4, 1932 Mattamiscontis Lake, Me. Senator and Mrs. Marcus Coolidge
December 1, 1932 Marlboro
January 31, 1933P12-c Lt. Todd
February 22, 1933 Lancaster skii jump, Clinton, Hanover, Wickford, R.I., Hingham, Marblehead check ride with LaFortune, C.T. Crocker, 3rd
July 1, 1933 B Pond (ed. Piscataquis, ME) Mr. Mosher, Buddie Cross, Mr. C.P. Dickinson, Mr. Doyle and Senator Coolidge Fishing party from Caribou
July 22, 1933 St. Leonards(ed. St Leonard, NB, Canada), Quebec, Montreal, Block Island, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, W. Hampton L.I., Edmundston, NB Colgate, Sumner Kean, Laurel Lake, Lee Ma. Looked for sword fish from air, located one.
August 1, 1933 Whitinsville Mr. Magee, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Robertson, Mr Keseler, Mr. Frederick Wallace 2 pass. from Viscoloid
August 21, 1933 Canajoharie, NY, Westwood, Ma., Lynn, Stroudsburg, Pa., Easton Pa., Coatesville, Pa., Mr. Morgan, Mr. Peck, Dr. MacAusland(ed. not sure of spalling), Cy Sterling and family, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Heath, Radio test in C. Snows Stearman
September 1, 1933 Norwood
September 23, 1933 Rochester, Buffalo Otis Russell
October 2, 1933
October 26, 1933
November 1, 1933 G. Hardy, L.R. Sprague, W.W. Fitzsimmons, Joe Fluet search for bodies in Naukeag lake(ed. Ashburnham, MA), Local hop at B. Pond to see forest fires
January 31, 1934 R. Lufkin and friends, Mr. Carlson and Master Bull, Father O'Brien, Curtiss Mitchel
June 2, 1934 Lake George, Northumberland, N.Y., Glenns Falls, Wolfeboro, Weirs, Newfound lake, Westport, Mass., Long Branch, N.J., Bayside, L.I.(ed. Queens NY) Mr. Munson, Mr and Mrs. Holland on Honeymoon, Mr Keith and daughter
June 26, 1934 Glenn Cove
July 24, 1934 Oyster Bay, N.Y., Altoona Pa., Teterboro, Pittsburg, Pa., Lousville, Kentucky, Dennis, Mass., Utica Tom Crocker, Mrs. Halstead and Mrs. Layden
August 5, 1934 Scituate, South Orleans, Quissett(ed. Falmouth, MA), Little Sebago L. Smith, Mr. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tyler, Weyman Crocker, Wm. Hardy, Marty Andrews, J. Richards, Mrs. Wilkins
August 27, 1934 Meriden Mr. and Mrs. Bull and Louise and George, Mr. and Mrs. Potter Stopped at Sikorsky factory
September 25, 1934 Mr. Bartow Crocker Art Beaudoin co-pilot
November 1, 1934 Fulton B. Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, F. Durkee
April 2, 1935 Waterville, Lake Sowadnehunk(ed. Nesowadnehunk Lake) , Greenville, Me. Mr. Donlon, Godfrey, Fraso, Mr. Traylor, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Watson, W. Cashman
May 22, 1935
June 24, 1935 Seboomook, Van Buren, Caribou, St. Johns, Eastport, Rockland, Portland, Waddington Mr. Laird, G.R. Munson and daughter, Mr. Malloy and Mr. Townsend, Mr. McCarthy and Son, Mrs. Richards, Toomey and Bobbie
July 17, 1935 Armonk, Paradox Lake(ed. Schroon, NY), Eleanore, Theresa, Bobbie, Irene, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Kingsley, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strouse
August 4, 1935 Lloyds Neck, Fairhaven, Saunderstown Mr. H. Cross, Mr. Browning, B. F. Wilson
August 21, 1935 Newport, S. Norwalk, Vergennes Vt., 31st St. Ramp(ed. Queens, NY) Chief Sargeant of Littleton, Secreteary Woodring and Senator Coolidge passenger hops from Cruiser
September 1, 1935 Claybrook, Mrs. Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. Colgate, Herb Simmonds family, B. Toomey
September 29, 1935 Agawam, Harwich Mr. Harrison, Mr. Silvan party to race track, 1 hr. radio beam flying overtop
November 8, 1935 Wayne Mich., Butler N.Y., Syracuse, Pittsfield R. Douglas, H. Johnson, Luke Madden
January 1, 1936
March 20, 1936 Mrs. Weyman Crocker, Frank Hartley - Photographer Flood pictures, safety pilot for H. Johnson
April 4, 1936 Skowhegan Howard Johnson Student Pilot(ed. not sure if this is the Howard Johnson, popularizer of the restaurant franchise concept), Mrs. Burge, Mr. Loudon, Mrs. R. Wallace
May 18, 1936 Prouts Neck(ed. Scarborough, ME), Lakewood Mrs. Rolls
June 1, 1936 Manchester, N.H., Westfield Bob Bingham, Mr. Coles
July 2, 1936 Turners Falls, Augusta, Me. Mr. Jones, Burleigh wade
July 11, 1936Taylor Cub Ithaca, N.Y., Wilkes Barre, Orleans, Hillsboro Alvah Crocker 3rd(ed.descendant of Alvah Crocker, inventor, industrialist and elected to congress)
July 28, 1936 Fairlee, VT, No Mans Land(ed. could be an airstrip or pond on the uninhabited island near Martha's Vineyard), Hyannisport Mr. Reed and Mr. Larson, Mr. Atkins, Paul Battafena
August 1, 1936 Truro, Lake Sunapee, Bridgeton, Me., N. Sutton, Ma., Lake Morey in Fairlee Vt., Osterville Mr. Lang and Son, G. Shoecraft, Mother Halstead, Bob, Dick, Eleanor
August 11, 1936 Kent, Conn., John L. Mattson
August 16, 1936 Hampton, L.I., Lake Tarleton(ed. Piermont, nh) Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Harley and Sons, Mrs. Cutler, Joe Carnes, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace and Nephews, Jimmy Richards, Mrs. Richards
August 26, 1936 Schenectady, Ft. Plain(ed. Fort Plain, NY)
September 1, 1936 Brunswick, Me.
September 14, 1936
October 2, 1936
October 27, 1936
November 1, 1936 Hillsgrove(ed. Hillsgrove, R.I., part of Warwick, where T.F. Green airport is now) Mr.and Mrs. Wise
November 21, 1936Stinson T(ed. Trimotor) Floyd Bennett,
December 1, 1936
January 1, 1937 Richard Palmer, Joseph Charlton
February 4, 1937 Mr. Harold Cross, Bud Cross, Chas shattuck, T. Shaw, Cohen, Lasalle
March 3, 1937 Burlington, Port Alfred, Quebec,Round Lake(ed. could be Lac Saint-Jean perhaps) Chicoutimi(ed. Saguenay, QC, Canada), Saint-Félicien(ed. QC, Canada), Middledam(ed. Errol, ME) Mr. Barrett, Mark Palmer, Dick Palmer, Mr. Hinds, Dr. Riddle, Mr. White, Mr. Thayer
April 1, 1937Fairchild 24
May 1, 1937
May 27, 1937
June 2, 1937
June 29, 1937
July 13, 1937 Blaisdell Lake(ed. Sutton, NH), New London, Conn. Darien, Conn., Staten Is. N.Y. Mr. Greenland, Mr. Glazebrook,
July 26, 1937Luscomb Miller Field, Madawaska, Bath, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strauss
August 13, 1937 Red Bank, N.J. Robert Bingham, Dr. and Mrs. Pease
August 24, 1937
August 31, 1937
September 1, 1937 Mr. Newall and O'Connor, Joe White, Mr. Sherman
September 24, 1937 Lamont, Ed Davis
November 4, 1937 Bendix(ed. Bendix is Teterboro) Chief Sargeant and sons, father, Tucker, Handley, O'Connor, Miller, Farrar, Goslin
November 25, 1937 Stanley Burton Movies of football game
January 16, 1938 Moran Total Army Flying Time, up to and including this record transfered from army Form #5 Feb 28, 1938, Commercial Certificate no 5490 renewed 2/26/38, Thomas L. Gates inspector(ed. see Valley Morning Star 31 July 1945, Page 12)
March 4, 1938BT-9 Sgt. Flaherty
April 12, 1938 BW, AZ, RC, HT(ed. Boston, Albany aka ALB, Rochester, Hartford respectively), Red Creek, N.Y
May 4, 1938 PW(ed. Portland, ME)
May 28, 1938 Lake Aziscoos(ed. Aziscohos Lake, Oxford, ME), Boonton, NJ
June 14, 1938 Hanover(ed. could be Clark Airport or possibly Hanover NJ), NK(Newark NJ), Sydney, N.Y.(ed. Sidney, NY), Fire Island, New London
June 30, 1938 Kezar Lake, Me., Alton Bay, N.H.
July 30, 1938 Pt. Washington(ed Port Washington on Long Island)
August 18, 1938 Center Harbor, N.H.
August 25, 1938 willimantic, Claremont, N.H. Test for army instrument rating
September 12, 1938 Keene, Peterboro, Pittsfield, WMF(ed not clear where WMF is, but must be about 105 sm from Hartford and in the same general direction from Logan, probably somewhere in the vicinity of Newark)
October 17, 1938Aristocrat
November 21, 1938BC-1 XWM(ed, not clear where this is, but must be some distance from Hartford and Boston), XMT(ed. also a mystery, but not within 100 SM of Hartford or Boston)
January 11, 1939O-46A BJ(ed. unsure of this one), Selfridge, Wright Field, Middletown, Pa., UR(ed. not sure but within 50 miles of Boston or Concord)
February 9, 1939
February 23, 1939O47 KM(ed. not sure), M.A.D.(ed not sure), CV(ed Cleveland maybe), TH(Terre Haute, Ind. maybe), Ponca City, Okla., Terre Houte, Ind.,Springfield, Mo.
March 24, 1939Luscombe 65 JG(ed unsure), Cape(ed, unclear), Blake-Cutler(ed. unknown), PR(ed. Providence, RI) Gunnery
May 7, 1939 Bolling Field, Langley Field (ed. aka LFI) Flight over Harpers Ferry - Shenandoah Valley
May 20, 1939 Isle of Shoals
May 31, 1939
June 8, 1939
June 18, 1939
June 28, 1939 Rimouski
July 15, 1939
July 24, 1939
August 1, 1939
August 13, 1939 Fort Ethan Allen, VT
August 26, 1939
September 14, 1939
October 9, 1939
October 28, 1939
November 15, 1939
November 25, 1939
December 15, 1939 Cincinatti
January 30, 1940
February 9, 1940
March 1, 1940
March 21, 1940Piper Cub Laconia, N.H. Adj. General Erickson and Col. Kilalea
May 29, 1940 Tow Target & Front Gunnery
June 11, 1940
June 24, 1940
July 7, 1940
July 20, 1940
August 1, 1940 Ogdensburg, NY, MMR (Massachusetts Military Reservation, later named Camp Edwards, later Otis AFB) Presidential Review
August 14, 1940
September 3, 1940 Babylon, NY
September 30, 1940 St. Paul, Minn, Aberdeen, Bismark, ND, Billings, Mont. (ed. possibly the other Logan airport), Spearfish SD, Offut Field, Omaha, Chanute Field Over Dakota Bad Lands
October 14, 1940
January 21, 1941
January 24, 1941
February 24, 1941Aeronca
March 12, 1941
March 27, 1941
April 10, 1941
April 28, 1941
May 14, 1941AT-6
June 7, 1941
July 18, 1941
August 4, 1941B-18A
September 12, 1941B-25A
October 17, 1941
November 5, 1941
December 1, 1941
December 19, 1941Beech, DB-7B
January 20, 1942A-29
February 16, 1942
March 7, 1942
April 19, 1942Taylorcraft
May 8, 1942
June 12, 1942B-34
June 27, 1942
July 21, 1942
August 19, 1942
October 9, 1942
December 20, 1942
February 16, 1943 Camaquey, Cuba; Port au Prince; Borinquen, St. Lucia; Edinburg Field
April 5, 1943 Barbados
May 7, 1943 Martinique
June 2, 1943 all night training missions in preparation for expected Martinique sortie. 6/14/43 (nothing happened as usual).
June 28, 1943B-24
August 29, 1943 Mountain Home Air Base, Idaho; Ogden, UT; Peterson Field, Colorado Springs; Brooksville, Fla; Wendover Field; Liberal, Kansas; Alamogordo, NM; Las Vegas
March 27, 1944UC-78 Boise; Lincoln, Nebraska
June 13, 1944C-47 Fairfield Suisun; Hickam Field, I.H.; Barking Sands
July 23, 1944
August 22, 1944 Wheeler Gave brother a ride.
September 24, 1944 Johnston Is.; Kwajalein; Enewetak; Saipan; Peleliu; Anguar
November 19, 1944 Masbate; Babelthuap; Cebu; Lahing; Caroline I.; Clark Field, Luzon, P.I.; Corregidor; Carbello; Samar; Tacloban; Talisay Rowe lost
February 20, 1945 Ising, Mindanao; Kobler Field; Zamboanga City; Sarangani; Bunawan; Cotabato
April 11, 1945L-4 Cabacan; Davao; Korortown; Arakabesan, Palau; Guam
May 8, 1945 xc-No. 4 ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT
July 29, 1945 Okinawa; Katina Field; Bedford Air Base (ed. aka BED); Greensboro, NC; San Marcos; Bergstrom; Perrin Field; Randolph
January 17, 1946Grumman Widgeon Barksdale; Ellington; Waco; Austin; Del Rio; Eagle Pass; Bethpage; N. Preston, CT Took delivery of Widgeon
July 1, 1946 Cranberry Lake, N.Y.; Lake Waramaug, CT
July 27, 1946 L.I. A.C. club; 23rd St. N.Y.; Montauk; N. Haven, ME Gloria Swanson - pass.
August 26, 1946
September 20, 1946 Washington, DC; Star Lake, N.Y. Right engine failed in flight
October 19, 1946
November 12, 1946
December 13, 1946
December 15, 1946
February 14, 1947
April 3, 1947
May 15, 1947 Morristown, NJ (ed. aka MMU); hicksville, NY; Westfield; Rockaway
June 17, 1947 Rochester, NY; Rhinebeck, NY; Republic Field; Garrison, NY; Westport, Conn; Montauk
July 18, 1947 Essex, Conn; Manomet, Mass.; Belgrade, Maine ZaSu_Pitts
August 21, 1947 Canadaigua, NY
October 10, 1947 Hanover, Mass; Endicott, NY
November 24, 1947 Bradley Field (ed. aka BDL)
February 9, 1948L-5 Ft. Deven Airfield; Newark, NJ
April 4, 1948 Tri-City Airport, Endicott, NY
April 23, 1948
May 8, 1948 Olmstead Field; Stewart F.; Barnes (ed. aka BAF); Square Lake, Me.
June 2, 1948 Montreal; Seignory Club; St. Jovite, P.Q.; Dow Field
June 22, 1948
July 19, 1948 White Sulphur Springs, WV; Long Beach, NY Seaplane Base (ed. not sure where this is, could be Rockaway CG, no other SPB on any chart)
August 7, 1948F-47 L-16 Quonset Pt.
September 7, 1948B-26 Norwalk, Conn.
October 4, 1948 Dobbs Ferry, NY; Auburn, ME
October 28, 1948
November 30, 1948 MXF; Mobile Gen. Boutwell, Col. Freeman (ed. probably Edmund F. Freeman), Gen. Harrison
January 24, 1949
March 8, 1949 GFL (ed. Bennett Meml, near Lake George, NY)
April 8, 1949
May 11, 1949
June 9, 1949
July 5, 1949
August 1, 1949
September 7, 1949 Bob and Marty Gaffy
October 7, 1949
November 1, 1949
December 4, 1949
January 8, 1950 Generals Harrison, Edwards, Thomas, Capt. Bolton, Capt. Halstead, B/G Clyde Mitchel, J.O Conner
March 10, 1950
April 16, 1950 North Easton
May 14, 1950
June 10, 1950 Caribou, ME; Van Buren; St. Leonard; Bathurst, NB; Holmes Lake; Campbellton NB Bill Fulton
July 16, 1950
August 23, 1950 Massena, NY
September 24, 1950
October 25, 1950
December 3, 1950
January 5, 1951 Ames Field(ed. no idea where this is, but only 40 sm from kfit)
March 13, 1951 McDill; ADW
April 24, 1951
May 21, 1951
June 22, 1951 Mr. Gene Tunney, Mr. John L Sullivan
August 16, 1951 500 ft. ceiling, GCA landing at Boston
September 19, 1951 Ohare; CHI-Hammond
October 26, 1951 ART Test Hop - R. Eng. Failed
November 28, 1951
January 4, 1952F-51H BPA (ed. Grumman Bethpage airport); Monmouth, NJ
March 7, 1952
April 8, 1952
April 27, 1952
May 21, 1952 Wings Field, PA
June 20, 1952 Niagara; Reading, PA (ed. aka RDG) Dick Halstead - pass; Col Sweeney-Co-pilot
July 20, 1952
August 23, 1952 Vergenes, VT
September 17, 1952
October 4, 1952 Patterson; Sherman AFB; Lowry;Chanute; Macarthur
October 23, 1952
November 28, 1952
January 1, 1953 SWF
February 18, 1953 Langley; Charlotte; Maxwell; Callender
April 3, 1953 PIA; DEN; FFO
May 12, 1953 Harrisburg
June 12, 1953 Alexandria Bay, NY
July 2, 1953
July 30, 1953
August 26, 1953
September 24, 1953
November 17, 1953 Rentschler
December 21, 1953 RIC; RDU; CAE;
February 9, 1954
March 29, 1954T-33 -SOLO- (ed. in T-33)
May 22, 1954 Dick Halstead -Pass.(ed. Boston to Andrews in Washington DC area and back in 2.5 - avg. 275kts true, not bad...)
June 17, 1954 FMH; NHZ
August 11, 1954 Washington, Maine; Mt. Vernon, Maine
September 13, 1954 DCA; ILG; GFL (ed. in Glens Falls, NY)
October 12, 1954 CHS; DOV
November 22, 1954Bonanza Zahns; Linden, NJ
February 7, 1955 Sampson; CLE; Demoines; Colo. Springs; RAN (ed. can't identify this one, maybe somewhere in Kansas or Arkansas); IDL (ed. now known as JFK) Super Widgeon. Acceptance test hop (ed. engine upgrade on Widgeon to 270hp Lycoming engines)
April 7, 1955
May 18, 1955
June 9, 1955 Camp Drum, NY
June 30, 1955
August 9, 1955 Old Town, ME
September 11, 1955 Lewiston, ME; NEW; SPS; BLV
October 24, 1955 Revere; NWD (ed. could be Norwood maybe not since the identifier cannot be found)
December 6, 1955
January 20, 1956
March 15, 1956
April 30, 1956
May 26, 1956
June 22, 1956 KLRP (Lancaster, PA); CLE; Olean; CMH; MDT; ZZV; RML (ed. not clear where this is); AZO
July 25, 1956 YNG; OW (ed. not sure where this is); MSS
August 16, 1956 Great Barrington; N. Adams
September 24, 1956 MTC;; LNK; CYS; BIL; GEG; MCC; NGZ; LAS; ABQ; TIK; BNA; ORH; PSF
November 1, 1956 ILG; Chillicothe, OH(ed. uncertain) ; POU; Schuylerville, NY (ed. uncertain)
December 10, 1956
April 3, 1957 Fulton, NY; PWM; Wiscasset, ME
May 1, 1957 NCO; Amityville, NY (ed. not certain of airport location)
May 27, 1957
June 30, 1957 Eagle Bay, NY (ed. uncertain); Balstons SPA, NY (ed. uncertain)
August 17, 1957 N. Central, RI
September 17, 1957 Montebello, PQ
October 17, 1957 MYF; HOU; SJT; Norton; George AFB; TUS
November 20, 1957
January 2, 1958
March 28, 1958 45 minute test-auto-pilot
May 18, 1958 Danbury; Moosehead Lake
June 10, 1958 Wakeby Lake
July 15, 1958
August 27, 1958 TTN; Sanford, ME; NBB (ed. not sure where this is, can't be too far from Newark)
October 3, 1958
November 1, 1958
November 25, 1958
January 7, 1959
February 27, 1959
April 23, 1959
June 3, 1959 Oceana, VA; Andover, NJ, Trenton, NJ
July 28, 1959 Wakefield, NH; Spring Lake, NY
August 20, 1959
October 2, 1959
November 10, 1959 Solberg airport, NJ
January 1, 1960 A-Commander Probably a 680 Super based upon the GSO480b1a(ed. very nearly the same engine as the Widgeon) engine mentioned. Dual (Breite)
February 9, 1960
March 27, 1960 ACY
May 2, 1960 (ed. last ANG flight, all civil and all Aero Commander for the remaining logs)
June 1, 1960 SBJ
July 8, 1960
September 8, 1960
November 2, 1960
December 14, 1960
February 1, 1961
April 7, 1961 aborted trip to Newport, VT acct. wea.
May 17, 1961 Troy, NY; FC (ed. uncertain, not Fredericton, too far); EFK
June 20, 1961 Newton,(ed. uncertain of this airport) NJ
August 1, 1961 Danbury
September 7, 1961 SCH; GTB
October 19, 1961 ILM; SBY; CAT (ed. airport uncertain, could be Chatham NAS); Westerly
December 6, 1961 BGM; HPN
January 2, 1962
March 20, 1962
April 27, 1962 MLT; SYR; PHL; MMK
June 5, 1962 Gettysburg, PA;
July 14, 1962 ROA; Mastic; ART; AUG
August 19, 1962
October 1, 1962
November 14, 1962 Rt. Eng. failed on T.O - LGA (ed. for those keeping score and assuming this record is complete, that makes four engine failures in 12,000 hours of flight logged, so expect at least one every few thousand hours, please unless you think your engine(s) is better, oh, and P&W:1, Ranger:2, Lycoming:1, but Slim didn't log a whole lot of time behind Continentals. also, note that Slim was an A&P mechanic, so probably not ham-fisted with engines)
December 23, 1962 ITH
February 13, 1963
April 1, 1963 ISP; THV
May 7, 1963 UL (ed. Montreal, PQ)
June 18, 1963 AVP; PNE
August 11, 1963 Doylestown, PA
October 2, 1963
November 9, 1963
January 3, 1964 Tex Thornton Demo to Tex Thornton
March 18, 1964 Red Bank
May 19, 1964 EVV; OKC Check Francisco
July 29, 1964 Bethany, OK (ed. this is KOKC, as above, the Aero Commander facility is in the town of Bethany with access to KOKC airport. From the logs it looks like the plane was there for two weeks, presumably for some avionics upgrades, repairs or other maintenance); Greenbrier, W.VA Pilot Proficiency Check (ed. log frequency drops off steeply starting here until October)
October 15, 1964 NJP; Princeton, NJ; DIA (ed. airport id later changed to IAD); FOK; Oceana NAS; BAL Mr. Roy Ash, Mr. Jack Connelly, Pres. US Air
December 29, 1964 MTM (ed. could be GAI); MIV; Weide AAF (ed. this could be APG or EDG); TRI; JAX; PBI; PIE; VPS; CEW; PHF
March 16, 1965 Frankfort, KY; SDF; MGM; AVL; CHA; ATL; Beckley, W.VA; NGU
May 11, 1965 APG; NHT (ed. uncertain, could be Tri-State); LAF; CGX; MFD; PIT
June 29, 1965 CRW; BNA; TYS; LEX; RIC; NYG; DAY; EDG
August 16, 1965 NKT; SSC; NTU
October 4, 1965
December 7, 1965 PHF; RDB (ed. not sure where this is) congressman McDade
January 22, 1966 UCA
April 5, 1966 LDN; SBN; DSM; CYS; EKO; RDD; LMT
May 3, 1966 PSC; RDM; OAK; APC; INW; DDC; ALO CMH; dual: J. Bratton