1940 Hangar identification

Yes quite a distance between the locations then. I hadn’t zoomed in enough to be able to see that Manhasset is actually just surrounded by water!

I think part of the problem is that there seems to have been quite a few airports in very close proximity! I thought North Beach/Port Washington might actually be the same place – possibly an expanding PW taking over North Beach – but seems there’s about 10 – 12 miles in between? Also found a reference to a Sands Point seaplane base around there too. It was a very crowded area. Had also assumed that Manhasset Isle was an island but it appears it isn’t ( suppose may have been at one time)!

My effort to clarify the distance between North Beach Airport and Port Washington SPB and the term “Manhasset Isle”
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I think part of the problem is that there seems to have been quite a few airports in very close proximity! I thought North Beach/Port Washington might actually be the same place – possibly an expanding PW taking over North Beach – but seems there’s about 10 – 12 miles in between? Also found a reference to a Sands Point seaplane base around there too. It was a very crowded area. Had also assumed that Manhasset Isle was an island but it appears it isn’t ( suppose may have been at one time)!

Still intrigued by the logo on the building so did a bit more digging. Seems it is the American Aeronautical Corporation.There’s a few great shots on the following website particularly on pages 3, 4 and the British page – a lovely photo of a Short C Class 🙂 It gives the location as Port Washington – if I understand it correctly it is the same place as Eric found above but a different name! – http://theoregonchristensens.com/oldplanes/page3.html (Linked direct to page 3)

Still haven’t found out what the logo represents though!

That’s the same experience that I had today, Mothminor!

The hangar of American Aeronautical Corporation was till 1994 at Port Washington SPB on Manhasset Isle NY – the photo that Eric mentioned has a wrong caption (“North Beach Airport”)

Still intrigued by the logo on the building so did a bit more digging. Seems it is the American Aeronautical Corporation.There’s a few great shots on the following website particularly on pages 3, 4 and the British page – a lovely photo of a Short C Class 🙂 It gives the location as Port Washington – if I understand it correctly it is the same place as Eric found above but a different name! – http://theoregonchristensens.com/oldplanes/page3.html (Linked direct to page 3)

Still haven’t found out what the logo represents though!

You’ve made my day! Thank you so much ericmunk!

Martin

Finally nailed it. Knew I had seen it somewhere before. It is New York North Beach airport. The former Glenn H. Curtiss Field. History here: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_NY_Queens.htm (there’s a photo if you scroll down that shows you the hangar in the background). The field is now known as La Guardia.

Thanks @ ericmunk and Mothminor!

Can’t help with hangar but a bit of background on the aircraft –

Manufactured April 1940 as a seaplane and sold on 23rd of that month to Tropical Oil Co of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ( a subsidiary of International Petroleum)
Test flown and export licence applied for 8th May and issued very next day!
Became C-113 based at Cartagena.
When Colombia changed registration sequence in 1942, the Barkley was not re-registered and is assumed to have been scrapped.

Lovely looking aircraft – I believe a few still survive in museums in Canada.

Any idea what the symbol is on the hangar?