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My father, Norman M Reed [11/11/1925 to 02/23/2023 – 97 yrs old], was a retired Allegheny Airlines Captain [US Airways]. He spent 13.5 years, 11,800 hours and 30162 take-offs & landings while flying the DC-3 in scheduled airline service for Lake Central Airlines [The FAA says it is a record for To's & Ldgs in a DC3 in domestic scheduled airline service], one of the legacy airlines of the "New American" Airlines.
Dad & Mom moved to Texas in 1977 from Catharpin, VA after my father retired from Allegheny Airlines [just before they changed their name to USAir in 1979 - he was originally with Lake Central Airlines - hire date 1953 - that merged with Allegheny in 1968] as a DC-9 Captain. He has flown in scheduled airline service the DC3, Nord 262, Convair 340 & 580 and the DC9-30 &-50. He was trained in the Army Air Corp during WWII on the P-47 & P-38. He never saw combat. Mom is 91 this year - 2025.
WWII Service
The Piper Cub quickly became a familiar sight. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt took a flight in a J-3 Cub, posing for a series of publicity photos to help promote the CPTP. Newsreels and newspapers of the era often featured images of wartime leaders, such as Generals Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton and George Marshall, flying around European battlefields in Piper Cubs. Civilian-owned Cubs joined the war effort as part of the newly formed Civil Air Patrol, patrolling the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast in a constant search for German U-boats and survivors of U-boat attacks.[15][verification needed]
Piper developed a military variant ("All we had to do," Bill Jr. is quoted as saying, "was paint the Cub olive drab to produce a military airplane"),[5] variously designated as the O-59 (1941), L-4 (after April 1942) and NE (U.S. Navy). The L-4 Grasshopper was mechanically identical to the J-3 civilian Cub, but was distinguishable by the use of a Plexiglas greenhouse skylight and rear windows for improved visibility, much like the Taylorcraft L-2 and Aeronca L-3 also in use with the US armed forces. Carrying a single pilot and no passenger, the L-4 had a top speed of 85 mph (137 km/h), a cruise speed of 75 mph (121 km/h), a service ceiling of 12,000 ft (3,658 m), a stall speed of 38 mph (61 km/h), an endurance of three hours,[16] and a range of 225 mi (362 km).[17] Some 5,413 L-4s were produced for U.S. forces, including 250 built for the U.S. Navy under contract as the NE-1 and NE-2.[18][19]
All L-4 models, as well as similar, tandem-cockpit accommodation aircraft from Aeronca and Taylorcraft, were collectively nicknamed "Grasshoppers", though the L-4 was almost universally referred to by its civilian designation of Cub. The L-4 was used extensively in World War II for reconnaissance, transporting supplies, artillery spotting duties and medical evacuation of wounded soldiers.[11] During the Allied invasion of France in June 1944, the L-4's slow cruising speed and low-level maneuverability — alongside examples of the Auster AOP aircraft occasionally used by the British Army and other Commonwealth forces for the same purposes — made it an ideal observation platform for spotting hidden German tanks, antitank gun emplacements and Sturmgeschütz and Jagdpanzer tank destroyers waiting in ambush in the hedgerowed bocage country south of the invasion beaches. For these operations, the pilot generally carried both an observer/radio operator and a 25-pound communications radio, a load that often exceeded the plane's specified weight capacity.[16] After the Allied breakout in France, L-4s were also sometimes equipped with improvised racks, usually in pairs or quartets, of infantry bazookas for ground attack against German armored units. The most famous of these L-4 ground attack planes was Rosie the Rocketer, piloted by Maj. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, whose six bazooka rocket launchers were credited with eliminating six enemy tanks and several armored cars during its wartime service,[20][21] especially during the Battle of Arracourt.
After the war, many L-4s were sold as surplus, but a considerable number were retained in service.[22] L-4s sold as surplus in the U.S. were redesignated as J-3s, but often retained their wartime glazing and paint.[23]
Coaching inn, now hotel. Late C18 or early C19. Brick; render; hipped Welsh slate roof; 2 dentilled brick stacks to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range: 6/6 sashes with shutters and sill bands in rendered bays between brick pilasters with stone bands and moulded capitals; ashlar band to eaves. Central entrance: panelled double doors with lattice-glazing, and painted fanlight with glazing bars, under wood open porch with modillioned hood and entablature with triglyphs and guttae, on Roman Doric columns; flanked by similar sashes. Left returned side: 4 similar sashes under gauged brick flat arches; ashlar band to eaves. Right returned side: tier of similar sashes; returned band. Later wing to right rear: hipped Welsh slate roof; 2 brick stacks; plain sashes under gauged brick flat arches; brick pilasters; returned side has 4 tripartite windows with 1/1: 3/3: 1/1 sashes under segmental arches; 3/3 sashes; stone-lined eaves; panelled door with side lights, under moulded wood hood on scrolled brackets; to left a 6/6 sash; to right a late C19 lean-to with 2/2 sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected.
EH Listing
42 - 44 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The historic place is a six-storey, purpose-built, white enamelled brick, stone, and iron hotel and store, located in Vancouver's historic Gastown. The building is located on two parcels, both addressed as 42 East Cordova Street.
Heritage Value:
42 East Cordova Street is of value as an essay in Edwardian building construction, as a good example of a hotel whose design responded to the City's strict new lodging house building code, for its association with Vancouver's pre-World War I building boom, and for its continuing use as housing for low income persons.
Although this building appears today to be one structure, it was built in two parts, with two different architects involved. For many years, two hotels operated here, one at 42-44 East Cordova (Arno Rooms/Central Hotel) and the other at 48-48 1/2 East Cordova (Oliver Rooms). The eastern part of the building (48-48 1/2) was erected in 1911 by Hemphill and Company for owner W.C. Marshall. The architect was Hugh Braunton. The western part of the building (42-44 East Cordova) was erected in 1912 by William O'Dell for the Vancouver Realty Company and designed by A. Campbell Hope. There appears to have been considerable cooperation between the owners and perhaps between the architects and builders. The wall between the buildings included doorways joining the two structures and the two buildings share a large interior lightwell. On the front elevation it is difficult to discern any significant difference in design, and today the buildings read as a single edifice.
Taken together, these buildings represent an excellent example of cutting-edge Edwardian building technology and design. The two architects, A. Campbell Hope and Hugh Braunton, made substantial contributions to the city's architectural heritage during this period of rapid expansion. In particular, Braunton designed two similar adjacent buildings immediately to the east, at 50 and 54 East Cordova Street, and several other buildings in Gastown. The end result is a cohesive streetscape respresenting a particular designer and time. Whether this was planned or happenstance is not known.
This building demonstrates a pattern of use that was common in this part of Gastown, where numerous similar hotels were geared to serving the itinerant population of male resource workers, who came and went from the city at regular intervals. Especially in the winter, when the logging camps were shut down, men lounged on the street and passed their time in bars and pool halls. The building, much of whose original arrangements survive, illustrates the impact of the City of Vancouver's 1910 Lodging House By-Law on this type of housing, combined with the realities of speculative real-estate investment. These bylaws were not unique, but rather formed the local response to a pattern of urban reform that swept across western Europe and North America in the early twentieth century. In the context of housing, these reforms emphasize the provision of fresh air, natural light, bathrooms, and fire escapes. Valuable features of the design that survive include the provision of fresh air and natural light in bedrooms from a long deep light well.
This was one of the first buildings in the area to be converted from market to non-market housing. The work was done in 1973-74 by the United Housing Foundation with Jonathan Yardley as architect. This was an important moment in the history of the area. It represented one of the initial efforts to conserve Gastown's architectural heritage within the context of social housing. Yardley's involvement is also significant as he worked on a number of similar projects during this first phase of Gastown's heritage conservation.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of 42 East Cordova Street include:
- Location in Vancouver's historic Gastown district
- Occupation of entire lot
- Similarity to neighbouring buildings, forming part of a streetscape
- Design features, including long corridors terminating in escape doors on every floor, arrangements of rooms, bathrooms and toilets, and the light well
- Materials of construction, including the white enamelled bricks on the front elevation, the stone pilaster bases, projecting strings and caps, the stone window sills, the metal cornice, and the metal components of the window frames
- The articulation of the East Cordova Street elevation, including the division of the facade into four bays by prominent pilasters, and the treatment of the ground floor as two shop fronts with side door to the upper floors
- The elaborate metal cornice, and its corbels
- The fenestration, including the surviving finished woodwork, glazing and paint remnants of the storefront and the shallow bay windows of the upper floors, including their sash assemblies and panelled transoms
- Enduring use of the upper floors for housing
USAAF Serial: 45-55210
US Civil Registration: N9073C
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_J-3_Cub
The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Piper Aircraft's most-produced model, with nearly 20,000 built in the United States. Its simplicity, affordability and popularity invokes comparisons to the Ford Model T automobile.
The aircraft is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a large-area rectangular wing. It is most often powered by an air-cooled, flat-4 piston engine driving a fixed-pitch propeller. Its fuselage is a welded steel frame covered in fabric, seating two people in tandem.
The Cub was designed as a trainer. It had great popularity in this role and as a general aviation aircraft. Due to its performance, it was well suited for a variety of military uses such as reconnaissance, liaison and ground control. It was produced in large numbers during World War II as the L-4 Grasshopper. Many Cubs are still flying today. Cubs are highly prized as bush aircraft.
Piper developed a military variant ("All we had to do," Bill Jr. is quoted as saying, "was paint the Cub olive drab to produce a military airplane"), variously designated as the O-59 (1941), L-4 (after April 1942) and NE (U.S. Navy). The L-4 Grasshopper was mechanically identical to the J-3 civilian Cub, but was distinguishable by the use of a Plexiglas greenhouse skylight and rear windows for improved visibility, much like the Taylorcraft L-2 and Aeronca L-3 also in use with the US armed forces. It had accommodations for a single passenger in addition to the pilot. When carrying only the pilot, the L-4 had a top speed of 85 mph (137 km/h), a cruise speed of 75 mph (121 km/h), a service ceiling of 12,000 ft (3,658 m), a stall speed of 38 mph (61 km/h), an endurance of three hours,[18] and a range of 225 mi (362 km). Some 5,413 L-4s were produced for U.S. forces, including 250 built for the U.S. Navy under contract as the NE-1 and NE-2.
All L-4 models, as well as similar, tandem-cockpit accommodation aircraft from Aeronca and Taylorcraft, were collectively nicknamed "Grasshoppers", though the L-4 was almost universally referred to by its civilian designation of Cub. The L-4 was used extensively in World War II for reconnaissance, transporting supplies, artillery spotting duties and medical evacuation of wounded soldiers. During the Allied invasion of France in June 1944, the L-4's slow cruising speed and low-level maneuverability made it an ideal observation platform for spotting hidden German armor waiting in ambush in the hedgerowed bocage country south of the invasion beaches. For these operations, the pilot generally carried both an observer/radio operator and a 25-pound communications radio, a load that often exceeded the plane's specified weight capacity. After the Allied breakout in France, L-4s were also sometimes equipped with improvised racks, usually in pairs or quartets, of infantry bazookas for ground attack (actually a form of top attack) against German armored units. The most famous of these L-4 ground attack planes was Rosie the Rocketer, piloted by Maj. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, whose six bazooka rocket launchers were credited with eliminating six enemy tanks and several armored cars during its wartime service, especially during the Battle of Arracourt. L-4s could also be operated from ships, using the Brodie landing system.
After the war, many L-4s were sold as surplus, but a considerable number were retained in service. L-4s sold as surplus in the U.S. were redesignated as J-3s, but often retained their wartime glazing and paint.
Photo by Eric Friedebach
Photo by Eric Friedebach
50 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The historic place at 50 East Cordova Street is a four-storey, purpose-built, white enamelled brick, stone and iron, hotel and store, located in Vancouver's historic Gastown.
Heritage Value:
The former hotel at 50 East Cordova Street is of value as an essay in Edwardian building construction, as a good example of a hotel whose design responded to the City's strict new lodging house building code, for its association with Vancouver's pre-World War I building boom, for its continuing use as rooms for low income single persons, and more recently for its role in a significant inner-city employment initiative of the provincial government.
The former Cordova Rooms, a hotel built in 1912 to designs of architect Hugh Braunton as a speculative development for D. Campbell, is an excellent example of cutting edge, Edwardian building technology and design. The building, much of whose original arrangements survive, is of value for illustrating the reforms of the City of Vancouver's 1910 Lodging House By-Law, combined with the realities of speculative real estate investment. These by-laws were not unique, but rather formed the local response to a pattern of urban reform that swept across western Europe and North America in the early twentieth century. In the context of housing, these reforms emphasize the provision of fresh air, natural light, bathrooms, and fire escapes. Valuable features of the design that survive include the means of escape for fire, and provision of fresh air and natural light in every bedroom from a long deep light well; equipment of every room with a radiator, a wash-basin, and cupboard, and each floor with a bathroom and toilets. Braunton also apprehended the difficulty of maintaining the windows in the light well, and used metal frames.
The significance of this building is amplified by its location adjacent to 42 and 54 East Cordova Street, both hotels designed the same year by Hugh Braunton, and possessing very similar architectural treatment.
The hotel was built at a time when there was pressure for both short- and long-term accommodation in Vancouver - a product of the booming economy that attracted people and investment to the City and civic initiatives - which had closed sub-standard lodging houses and hotels. The building at 50 East Cordova Street is a product of all these factors.
The recent use of the building as a government-funded lodging house, and its association with the federal Ministry of Human Resources (Canadian Job Strategy) and the Provincial Ministry of Employment and Investment, BC 21 Community Project, whereby inner city residents were trained in the operation of a bottle and can refund depot, add to the building's significance.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Planning Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character defining elements of 50 East Cordova Street include:
- Location in Vancouver's historic Gastown district
- Occupation of entire lot
- Similarity to neighbouring buildings
- Design features, including long corridors terminating in escape doors on every floor, arrangements of rooms, bathrooms and toilets, and the light well
- Materials of construction, including the white enamelled bricks on the front elevation, the stone pilaster bases, projecting strings and caps, the stone window sills, the metal cornice, and the metal components of the window frames
- The articulation of the East Cordova Street elevation, including the division of the facade into two bays by prominent pilasters, and the treatment of the ground floor as a building-wide shop front with side door to upper floors
- The elaborate metal cornice, its anthemion corbels, and the remains of the urn shaped termini atop the cornice over each pilaster
- The fenestration, including the surviving finished woodwork, glazing and paint remnants of the storefront and the shallow bay windows of the upper floors, including their sash assemblies and panelled transoms
54 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The historic place at 54 East Cordova Street is a four-storey, plus basement, purpose-built, buff brick, stone, and iron hotel and store, located in Vancouver's historic Gastown.
Heritage Value:
The former hotel, at 54 East Cordova Street is of value as an essay in Edwardian building construction, as a good example of a hotel whose design responded to the City's strict new lodging house building code, for its association with Vancouver's pre-World War I building boom, and for its continuing use as rooms for low income single persons.
The former Alvin Rooms, a hotel built in 1912 to designs of architect Hugh Braunton as a speculative development for W.G. Harvey, is an excellent example of cutting-edge Edwardian building technology and design. The building, much of whose original arrangements survive, is of value for illustrating the reforms of the City of Vancouver's 1910 Lodging House By-Law, combined with the realities of speculative real estate investment. These by-laws were not unique, but rather formed the local response to a pattern of urban reform that swept across western Europe and North America in the early twentieth century. In the context of housing, these reforms emphasize the provision of fresh air, natural light, bathrooms, and fire escapes. Valuable features of the design that survive include the means of escape from fire, and provision of fresh air and natural light in every bedroom from a long deep light well, equipment of every room with a radiator, a wash-basin, and cupboard, and each floor with a bathroom and toilets. Braunton also apprehended the difficulty of maintaining the windows in the light well, and used metal frames.
The significance of this building is amplified by neighbouring properties 42 and 50 East Cordova Street, both hotels designed in the same year by Hugh Braunton, and possessing very similar architectural treatment.
The hotel was built at a time when there was pressure for both short- and long-term accommodation in Vancouver - a product of the booming economy that attracted people and investment to the City and civic initiatives - which had closed sub-standard lodging houses and hotels. The building at 54 East Cordova Street is a product of all these factors.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character defining elements of 54 East Cordova Street include:
- Location in Vancouver's historic Gastown district
- Occupation of entire lot
- Similarity to neighbouring buildings
- Design features, including long corridors terminating in escape doors on every storey, arrangements of rooms, bathrooms and toilets, and the light well
- Materials of construction, including the white enamelled bricks on the front elevation, the stone pilaster bases, projecting strings and caps, the stone window sills, the metal cornice, and the metal components of the window frames
- The articulation of the East Cordova Street elevation, including the division of the facade into two bays by prominent pilasters, and the treatment of the ground floor as a building-wide shop front with side door to the upper floors
- The elaborate metal cornice, its anthemion corbels and the remains of the urn-shaped termini atop the cornice over each pilaster
- The fenestration, including the surviving finished woodwork, glazing and paint remnants of the storefront and the shallow bay windows of the upper floors, including their sash assemblies and panelled transoms