SIGNED Copy! Long Island Aircraft Manufacturers Metal Earth Model Love and Cochran’s social experiment

Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until

freighters and clothing

The race was a test of endurance that many pilots didn’t finish: some dropped out from sheer exhaustion

The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight

illustrated with black-and-white photographs

SIGNED Copy! Long Island Aircraft Manufacturers Metal Earth Model Love and Cochran’s social experimentSigned by Museum Curator and Long Island Aviation Historian, Joshua Stoff Take a flight with the Long Island aviation companies that helped make the industry the integral part of our world that it is today. Significant aircraft manufacturing began on Long Island in the early 20th century and boomed during the war years. Long Islanders helped transform aviation from a dangerous sport to a viable means of transportation, while also producing a large