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Good spot to watch planes coming and going. May even see a Aero L-39 Albatros, a high-performance, jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia which is kept at the airport flying around.
Can stop by at the airport terminal, which is open to the public, and listen to the radio traffic of planes coming & going from the airport.
THE HISTORY OF PIPER AVIATION
William T. Piper's career in aviation began in 1929 when he purchased a stake in Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation located in Bradford, PA. After several lean years due to the national depression the sale of aircraft began to pick up, but in March 1937 a fire completely destroyed the factory.
The company, now owned by Mr. Piper, relocated to Lock Haven, PA, purchased a much larger facility and changed the name to Piper Aircraft Corporation.
J-3 Cub assembly line
To meet the increasing demand for light personal aircraft, Mr. Piper developed an assembly line production system which enabled the company to become America's foremost small plane manufacturer.
By 1938 the company began producing its most famous plane, the J-3 'Piper Cub,' a tiny, small-engine craft which was easy to fly and fairly inexpensive.
The US Military during World War II was so impressed with the Cub, now dubbed the 'Grasshopper,' that it bought thousands for use in flight training, medical evacuation, reconnaissance and artillery spotting.
Piper Comanche
When private flying again flourished after the war, Piper Aircraft produced many variations of fabric covered single engine planes, and in 1954, to meet increasing business demand, introduced its first of many successful twin-engine all-metal aircraft, the Apache. Mr. Piper's sons William, Jr., Thomas and Howard occupied top management positions in the company. As a family they turned the Piper company into the world's leading aircraft manufacturer in terms of craft built. Many called Mr. Piper the "Henry Ford of Aviation," with company sales in every corner of the globe.
Mr. Piper died in 1970 in Lock Haven at the age of 89. The only plant operating today is in Vero Beach, FL, and is now the New Piper Aircraft Corporation.
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