Fueling an airplane in the late 1920s at Old Lancaster Airport. Five gallon cas of gasoline from the fuel truck were poured through a chamois filter into the airplane's fuel tank.
Committee to choose a site for the new Municipal Airport included members of Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, American Business Club and Lancaster Aero Club. Pictured left to right are Jesse P. Jones, Sumner L. Brown, George P. Luckey, A.D. Howry, John H. Carter, Charles B. Weise, F.K. Brinkman, W.S. Raub, H.M. Hersh, William D. Grant, S.R. Slaymaker and G.W. Birrell. Photo take December 7, 1929. William Grant, Christiana businessman and president of Lancaster Airways, Inc. was killed in an auto accident three days later.
Group of standing in front of a row of Piper Cub airplanes. Identified are, back row, left to right: Frederick Klein, Roy Geltz, Bruce Boggs, Jessie Jones, Abe Snavely, ?, George Ritnour, ? Sterner. Front row, left to right: Helen Jones, Clyde Grissinger, and Beverly Snavely. Phortgraph taken at the Lancaster Airport.
