A photo of a group of prominent Pittsburgh businessmen, demonstrating aviation investment potentials, 1928.

A group of prominent Pittsburgh businessmen pose in July 1928, at the start of a trip from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to New York City, continuing on to Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. The excursion was designed to demonstrate aviation investment potentials, and included stop at two Long Island locations:  the Curtiss factory in Garden City and the Fairchild factory in Farmingdale.