Word: teterboro
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fokker's 32-Passenger. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, 39, Java-born Dutchman, founder of the U. S. and Holland Fokker industries, last week flew his first 32-passenger sleeper plane, at Teterboro, N. J., airport. As in Pullman cars, its seats can be rearranged for berths. Distinctive are the plane's two pairs of Wasp-motors fixed tandem, and its twin rudders which are adjustable to compensate for varying engine speeds. On his trial flight Mr. Fokker set its tail on a fence. A drizzle preceded another test flight. Spectators voiced doubt that the ship would try the run under...
Five of New York's fields are in Manhattan's close neighborhood. Roosevelt and Curtiss fields are on Long Island, an hour from Manhattan rail and mail terminals. Hadley Field, at New Brunswick, N. J., is also an hour away; and the Teterboro, N. J., port is about the same time-distance. Newark, N. J., with its new, partially completed $7,000,000 port is some-what closer. All are inconvenient to reach. And that inconvenience impedes air travel and even mail service. Air mail is generally slower than train mail between Manhattan and Boston, Albany, Philadelphia...
Died. Walter C. Teter, 66, founder of the community & airport at Teterboro, N. J.; after a short illness; in Manhattan...
With a Luddington plane equipped somewhat as was Handley Page's, Clarence Chamberlin at Teterboro, last week kept an even keel when flying at only 15 miles a hour. He could take off with a short run of 60 feet; could land with only a 75-ft. roll...
Southbound planes left Boston at five in the afternoon, reaching Teterboro Airport, N. J., at 7:30, in time to catch Chicago-bound night-flyers...