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ID 8062 Views: 654 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Postcards - Memorabilia Travelair	Newspaper Ads/Schedules () USA, September -, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) Page one of a two page logbook entry concerning the torching of my Grandfather's aircraft in a 1940 style scandal. (Search the registration for page 2.) September 1940

ID 8061 Views: 653 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Postcards - Memorabilia Travelair	Newspaper Ads/Schedules () USA, September -, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) Comments entered into my Grandfather's logbook concerning the burning of his aircraft in North Royalton in the midst of a scandal in 1940. (Find other page by searching for "logbook".) 1940

ID 8060 Views: 609 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Postcards - Memorabilia Travelair	Newspaper Ads/Schedules () USA, September -, 1944	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) The inside cover of my Grandfather's pilot logbook covering the period from August 1936 to September 1944 featuring his Travel Air biplane on the front.

ID 8059 Views: 712 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Postcards - Memorabilia Travelair	Newspaper Ads/Schedules () USA, September 26, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) A story about my maternal Grandparents that for a long time was completely unknown to me! In a page from my Grandfather's scrapbook, a love triangle that ended up with my Grandpa's beloved Travel Air biplane burned, and his future with his bride-to-be called into question came to light. Obviously, it all worked out in the end! September 1940

ID 8058 Views: 668 Photo Comments: 2	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Postcards - Memorabilia Travelair	Newspaper Ads/Schedules () USA, September 26, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) A story about my maternal Grandparents that until yesterday was completely unknown to me! In a page from my Grandfather's scrapbook, a love triangle that ended up with my Grandpa's beloved Travel Air biplane burned, and his future with his bride-to-be called into question came to light. Obviously, it all worked out in the end! September 1940

ID 8057 Views: 505 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Travelair	Off Airport (North Royalton) USA - Ohio, September 2, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) While dating, my Grandfather and his girlfriend (my Grandmother to-be) prepare for a joyride aboard my Grandfather's Travel Air biplane from a field in North Royalton, Ohio. According to his logbook, this flight was one hour and 45 minutes long. Later this month, his bride to be and this aircraft would be involved in quite a scandal, making news in all the Cleveland papers! September 2, 1940

ID 8052 Views: 877 Photo Comments: 5	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Travelair	Chagrin Harbor Airport -Willoughby, Ohio (Closed) USA - Ohio, May -, 1939	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) My Grandfather poses for the camera in his beloved Travel Air at Chagrin Harbor Airport in May 1939. According to the website, "Abandoned and Little Known Airfields," Chagrin Harbor was located just to the west of where Lost Nation Airport is now. May 1939

ID 8047 Views: 579 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Private Travelair	Off Airport (North Royalton) USA - Ohio, August -, 1940	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	NC3558 (cn 277) My Grandfather was quite the barnstormer back in the day with his Travel Air, and here he can be seen on the far right next to his wife-to-be (my grandmother) and other members of the local community. While wooing my grandmother (who grew up in North Royalton,) he often flew out of the local fields there. August 1940