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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Aviation Biography
10/08/41 -- Commenced Civilian Pilot Training Program at Colgate University
10/26/41 -- Soloed
05/1942 -- Completed CPT Secondary Program
08/1942 -- Completed CPT Cross Country and Instructors Program at Niagara from the Air, Tonawanda, N.Y.
Sept. - Dec. 1942 -- Flight Instructor at Colgate University
12/15/42 -- Joined U.S. Navy as Flight Officer
01/01/43 -- Reported Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as Ensign Flight Officer for Multi Engine Training
06/1943 -- Reported Naval Air Station, Atlanta for advanced Instrument Training
09/1943 -- Reported VR-6, Denner Key, Florida for 4 Engine Sea Plane Checkout
11/1943 -- Reported VR-10, Honolulu, for Naval Air Transport Service
01/1944 -- Reported VR-10, Detachment at Noumea, New Caledonia for Transport Work, New Zealand, Australia and Northern Islands
03/1944 -- Reported Alameda, Calfironia for PBM and Captain Checkout with return to VR-10, Honolulu Base.
10/1944 -- Return Alameda for PB2Y Captain Checkout. Permanent Base until discharge from Navy in November, 1945.
02/1946-1956 -- Reserve Duty at Floyd Bennet Field, New York
1957 -- Led construction of Montauk Airport
1961 -- As member of N.Y. State Legislature arranged transfer of Brookhaven Airport from State to Brookhaven Town.
1970 -- Arranged transfer of West Hampton Air Base to Suffolk County in cooperation with Governor Rockefeller and County Executive Klein
1957 to date -- Owner of a number of Piper Twins
1960 to date -- As Chief Executive of Montauk Airport has been responsible for a significant improvement of the facility in conjunction with the FAA. Amongst many accomplishments the main runway has been completely resurfaced, taxiway has been constructed and surfaced, transmission lines on southwest end of runway have been buried and approaches improved