• John Polando (1901–1985) was an early American aviation pioneer who, along with Russell Boardman, flew from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul in 1931 to...
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    Airport (IATA: HYA, ICAO: KHYA, FAA LID: HYA), also known as Boardman/Polando Field and formerly known as Barnstable Municipal Airport, is a public airport...
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  • (1898–July 1, 1933) was an early American aviation pioneer who, along with John Polando, flew from Floyd Bennett Field to Istanbul, Turkey in 1931 to set an...
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    concerned, their result ranked second only to that of Russell Boardman and John Polando, and ranked fourth in terms of duration of flight at the time. Although...
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  • engine six-seat utility aircraft that was flown by Russell Boardman and John Polando from New York City to Istanbul in 1931. The plane was purchased as a...
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  • Morning Star, Wilmington, DE. August 2, 1931. Retrieved September 4, 2013. Polando, Johnnie (2000). Wings Over Istanbul: The Life and Flights of a Pioneer...
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    they were flying over Siberia. The pair took off just minutes after John Polando and Russell Boardman, who went on to successfully fly to Istanbul three...
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  • Erik Nelson Raymond Orteig Russell Owen Robert Peary Carl O. Petersen John Polando Wiley Post Finn Ronne Fred Roots Vilhjalmur Stefansson Wolfgang von Gronau...
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  • Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-840-2. Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966-67. London:Sampson Low, Marston...
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    Bartlett. In May 1937, John Polando began passenger service, airmail service, and pilot training flights at the airport. Polando was nationally famous...
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