| Seq No. |
Timeline |
File Name |
Content Type |
Description |
Remarks |
| 85 |
Jan-01-1920 |
UO_1.jpg |
Photo |
LCDR C. C. Von Paulson borrowed this plane from the Navy, and with a $1.00 surplus Army tent hangar, set up a base at Gloucester Harbor known as "Ten Pound Island". |
Chance Vought UO-1 - 1925-1926 - LCDR C. C. Von Paulson borrowed this plane from the Navy, and with a $1.00 surplus Army tent hangar, set up a base at Gloucester Harbor known as "Ten Pound Island". This project was discontinued in 1926 because of a lack of funds, and the airplane was returned to the Navy.
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| 155 |
Jan-01-1920 |
HS_2L_m.jpg |
Photo |
Four of these aircraft were operated by the Coast Guard's infant aviation service to search the sea lanes off the Virginia and North Caroline coasts assisting in the location of vessels in distress. |
Four of these aircraft were operated by the Coast Guard's infant aviation service to search the sea lanes off the Virginia and North Caroline coasts assisting in the location of vessels in distress. It had a range of 575 miles, a cruise speed of 69 knots and a service ceiling of 5000 feet. |
| 523 |
Jun-01-1920 |
HS2L Launch, CGAS Moorehead City.jpg |
Photo |
Curtiss HS-2L |
CGAS Morehead City was started 24 March 1920 and was decomissioned the following year. Here a Curtiss HS-2L is being launched. |
| 5 |
Jun-09-1920 |
HollenbeckMail Pilot.jpg |
Photo |
US Mail Pilot Hollenbeck |
The Mail must go thru! |
| 505 |
Jul-01-1925 |
ten_pound_island_01.jpg |
Photo |
First CG Air Station, Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, MA |
Although Coast Guard pioneering in aviation began as early as 1915, the first successful Coast Guard Air Station began with the establishment of an air unit at Ten Pound Island, Gloucester, MA, in 1925, with one Vought seaplane borrowed from the Navy. The seaplane hangar at Base 7, Ten Pound Island is shown here about 1926-1927. LCDR Carl Von Paulsen, USCG, commanded Base 7 and the air unit, while Ensign Leonard M. Melka, USCG, served as pilot and mechanic for the seaplane. |
| 82 |
Jan-01-1926 |
LoeningOL-5_onwater.jpg |
Photo |
Loening OL-5 circa 1926-1935 |
Loening OL-5 circa 1926-1935 first aircraft designed and built for US Coast Guard. |
| 83 |
Jan-01-1926 |
Loening OL-5.jpg |
Photo |
Loening OL-5 circa 1926-1935 |
Loening OL-5 circa 1926-1935 |
| 84 |
Jan-01-1926 |
vought_UO-4.jpg |
Photo |
Essentially an improved version of the UO-1 fitted with floats, these were the 4th and 5th aircraft purchased by the Coast Guard. |
Essentially an improved version of the UO-1 fitted with floats, these were the 4th and 5th aircraft purchased by the Coast Guard. They had a top speed of 106 knots, a cruise speed of 80 knots, a range of 365 miles and a service ceiling of 14,000 feet. |
| 158 |
Jan-01-1926 |
LoeningOL-5_onramp.jpg |
Photo |
Three of these Liberty engine amphibians were the first aircraft purchased by the Coast Guard. |
Three of these Liberty engine amphibians were the first aircraft purchased by the Coast Guard. One crashed in 21929, another in 1930 and the third was decommissioned in April 1935. They had a maximum speed of 105 knots, cruise speed of 65 knots a range of 415 miles and a service ceiling of 12,750 feet, They were also operated by the Army air service as the OA-1 |
| 165 |
Jan-01-1926 |
Uo_4_m.jpg |
Photo |
Essentially an improved version of the UO-1 fitted with floats, these were the 4th and 5th aircraft pur-chased by the Coast Guard. |
Essentially an improved version of the UO-1 fitted with floats, these were the 4th and 5th aircraft pur-chased by the Coast Guard. They had a top speed of 106 knots, a cruise speed of 80 knots, a range of 365 miles and a service ceiling of 14,000 feet. |
| 582 |
Jun-01-1926 |
Vought_UO4_1926.jpg |
Photo |
Vought UO4 |
Early UO4 on takeoff - circa 1926 |
| 399 |
May-01-1927 |
CDR_C_C_Von_Paulsen_and_ENS_L_M_Melka.jpg |
Photo |
CDR C. C. von Paulsen, Commanding Section Base #7, Gloucester, Mass (10# Island) with Ensign L. W. Melka in flying clothing |
CDR C. C. von Paulsen, Commanding Section Base #7, Gloucester, Mass (10# Island) with Ensign L. W. Melka in flying clothing |
| 609 |
May-04-1927 |
gloucester_aircraft_picking_up_shotline.jpg |
Photo |
Picking up shotline to deliver to offshore ship. |
Aircraft at CGAS Gloucester, 1st CG Air Station, picking up shot line between poles - 1927 |
| 610 |
May-04-1927 |
gloucester_attaching_catch_rig_for_shotline.jpg |
Photo |
Ens Melka attaches catch rig for shotline |
Ens L. M. Melka attaches the shotline pickup catch device to the aircraft at CGAS Gloucester. Gloucester was the first CG Air Station and Ens Melka (then an enlisted Signalman QuarterMaster) was in the first class of CG Aviators going through flight training along with Elmer Stone, CHBOSN Thrun, Parker, Sugden, Coffin, etc. |
| 611 |
May-04-1927 |
gloucester_faking_out_shotline.jpg |
Photo |
The crew fakes out the shotline while CDR Von Paulsen and Ens Melka look on. |
The shotline is faked out on this board so that it does not tangle during runout. Two crewmen of CGAS Gloucester take care of the task while the Commanding Office CDR Carl Von Paulsen and ENS M. L. Melka look on. |
USCG Aviation History Flight Log