Victory Field, Vernon

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20028250

Description

Victory Field, Vernon. Surplus planes. Johnnie Hines, Vernon, adjusting a prop. Clipping photograph caption: Prepares a Prop. Johnnie Hines of Vernon adjusts a prop on a reconditioned plane for sale at Vernon's Victory Field. He is hired by a private contractor. Clipping text: Used Planes Cheaper Than Used Cars At Vernon's Victory Field Sales Lot Range From $590 To $8,500. It's one of those post-war paradoxes, but you can buy a used plane cheaper than you can a used automobile, if you have any use for a plane! C.C. Grady, the RFC's (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) used plane salesman at Victory Field, has more than 800 planes for the buyer to choose from and they range in size from a two-seater open cockpit biplane trainer to a dive-bomber or a twin-motored, five-place Cessna cabin job. "We've sold about 100 in the last three weeks and the buyers are still coming, rain or shine," Grady laughed. Image of a man standing in front of a small airplane. He has one hand on the propeller and a wrench in his other hand adjusting the bolt on the propeller.

Archival Date

1945-11-09

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-398

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Hines, Johnnie; Airplanes; Surplus government property; Victory Field; Vernon Aircraft; Military facilities; Reconstruction Finance Corporation