This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.
New Holland Airport. Note from back of photo: An Ercoupe parked in front of the Flight Office. It was designed by Engineering and Research Corp. (ERCO) in 1940 to be a safe airplane and was produced by various manufacturers between 1946 and 1974.
New Holland Airport. Note from back of photo: Mrs. Reed Zimmerman and her daughter Catherine (Mrs. James Appel) standing in front of the Cessna 195, belonging to the New Holland Machine Company in about 1950. Mr. Zimmerman was the professional pilot for the company. Mildred Zimmerman was also an accomplished pilot, having trained cadets at Carlisle during the war in the CTP program; having won the Women's altitude record for a light plane at 26,146 feet at the Reading Air Show in 1949; and having flown in the Powder Puff Derby from coast to coast in 1958.
New Holland Airport. Note from back of photo: The Taylorcraft owned by the Conestoga Aero Corporation, a flying club based at the New Holland Airport between 1949 and c.1970. the Taylorcraft had a Continental 65 hp engine, which was started by "pulling the prop". It was side-by-side seating and had only basic instruments.
