The History of Republic Airport

This article offers an extensive review of the history of Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York. It discusses all of the major aircraft manufacturers once based there, including Fairchild, Grumman, Seversky, Republic, and Fairchild-Republic, looks at its brief scheduled airline operations, and hints at its future.
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