Hi Bill, I had a few minutes to spare so I did a little searching but this was all I could find One of the more unusual happenings in our town occurred in 1930. Henry Mason, a young man residing on Vienna Street, built a Heath Parasoal airplane. With a wing span of 25 feet, an 8 gallon fuel tank and a lift capacity of 350 pounds, it was capable of a flight of several hundred miles. By 1937, Henry was operating a flying service reported to be the only one between Syracuse and Rochester. On August 24, 1956, at age 49, this pioneer aviator died and is buried in the Palmyra cemetery. http://www.palmyrany.com/archive/history.htm Best Regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: nyononda-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyononda-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Bill5308@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:11 PM To: NYS-LGH@UNIX10.NYSED.GOV; NYHIST-L@listserv.nysed.gov; NYONONDA-L@rootsweb.com; NYS-LGH@listserv.nysed.gov Subject: [NYONONDA] Air Photos by the "Mason Flying Service" I have been looking for air photos taken by photographers from airplanes in the Central New York region. An early source of photos is "Mason Flying Service" Air Photo from Geneva, NY. the Geneva Historical Society tells me that the Mason Flying Service was no longer listed in the Geneva Directory by 1950. I have not been able to locate anyone that knows what happened to them or where their negatives might be housed. Bill & Joanne Casey Casey Organic Dairy Farms PO Box 36 1136 Berry Road Apulia Station, NY 13020 315 810-4190 315.683.5674_bill5308@aol.com_ (mailto:bill5308@aol.com) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYONONDA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message