THE MASTIC AIRSTRIP

 

One of the perks of doing this Knapps Lived Here story, is finding out about related stories of the Mastics and more. Some happened long before my time and some I had just long forgot about. I remember going to what was known as the Mastic Airstrip in the early '50's as part of our Sunday drives. Sometimes there were glider clubs there, other times just a few Piper Cubs and Erocoupes taking off and landing. There wasn't a whole lot going on out there then but it was a fun to visit. Much changed and today it's known as the Calabro Airport named after the late Dr. Frank and Ruth Calabro.

These two stories I ran into while researching the Dodi and Bunny plane story unlike that one these both have a happy ending:

 

 

Out on Washington Ave.... A lost baby, and 1000 people looking for him on the wilds of the Nichol - Floyd Estate, and one Ed Kaloski of Brookhaven Air Service in his Piper Cub............

.......Way to go ED !

 

Here's Another Eddie Flyboy story, this one I remember. It happened in 1956. Although it too has Ed Kaloski in it...it's really about young Eddie Cates of Titmus Drive, Mastic

 

 

 

 

 

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