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Globe Temco Swift History
ORIGINAL GLOBE AND TEMCO
FACTORY PHOTO GALLERY
Page
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Temco factory photo.
From another angle N23 can be seen on a vertical fin, and also the fact not all
the airplanes have the "new look" fuselage. Thru the windshield of the
Swift on the right, part of an "N" number can be seen on a rudder. It
is either N78096, N78196, or N78296. Note the Aeromatic props!
The photos of N80529 immediately above and below
were taken at an Exposition in Cleveland, OH in the Spring of 1946. Dominic
Gentile and John Godfrey, famous WW2 P-51 aces, were there working for Globe
as sales reps. I have Godfrey's book "the Look of Eagles" but he doesn't
say much about this part of his life. Apparently, flying GC-1A Swifts thru
mid-west weather was more terrifying than flying P-51's over
Germany.
The Temco airplane with the young lady above is N2374B.
It was bought new by Bryan Cole of Sidney, IL. He flew it almost 30 years until
his passing at age 80. I flew it several times, once on Mr Coles 80th birthday
at Champagne, IL. It is listed today to Richard Dean of WV.
FACTORY PHOTO GALLERY PAGE
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Links to more Swift
History...
Original
Globe and Temco Factory
Photos
Pictures
of the way it was at the Globe and Temco factories...
The
Globe Plant Yesterday & Today
Globe plant photos courtesy of Texas
Swifter Stan Price...
When The Lights Went Out In Saginaw
Globe and Temco employee Cotton Conder reminisces about his days with
the Swift...
by Phyllis Moses
Temco
History from the files of Cotton
Conder
Some photos and other stuff from
the Swift's family tree...
One
To Remember...
Globe Chief Engineer Bud Knox
meets with Swifters
at what turned out to be a very special 1985 fly-in...
The Globe
GC-1...
Swifter Phil
Howell finds some Swift stuff in a World War II scrapbook...
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