North Country At Work

The plane Dwight Church used in the 1950s to take aerial photographs. Canton, NY. Circa 1950. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

Dwight Church’s four-seater “Love Nest” airplane, which he used to take aerial photographs. Canton, NY. Circa 1930. Photo donated by Lamar Bliss.

John Peach, the executive director of environmental group Save the River, on a LightHawk flight over the St. Lawrence River. LightHawk is a group that does environmental flights over the river for different non-profit groups. June 2019. Photo taken by Doyle Dean. Courtesy of John Peach. Listen to John Peach on the importance of conservation […]

Helicopter during the search for two missing hikers on Algonquin Peak in 2016. Photo courtesy of the NY DEC. Read the full North Country at Work story here on rangers.

An aerial survey photo of the New York Air Brake Company. 1979. Watertown, NY. Photo by Henry deWolf. Courtesy of the Jefferson County Historical Society.

Men and women examining a bi-plane at the Aviation Field, later the Floyd Bennett Field. Circa 1920. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

(L-R) Frank Lavigne (Postmaster),  Don McGee (Airline Manager), Albert J. Paradis (Assistant Postmaster) receiving the first Air Mail delivery to Ogdensburg, NY. Circa 1950. Submitted by Marilyn Paradis.

Listen to Howard Glass’ story about performing a helicopter rescue here.

People in front of first air mail service plane before its first flight. Writing on the plane reads “Burlington-Champlain taxi service/Lake Placid, Montreal, Malone, Rutland, Albany”. When this photo was taken, the airport was on the north end of Plattsburgh. Circa 1920s. Plattsburgh, NY. Clinton County Historical Association. Brewer Collection.

Seaplane on floats being prepared for fish stocking. 1932. Eagle Bay, NY.