Hi Friends...This site is my new spot on the web.

As you can see, my new URL is:
http://air.sgrosso.net

My new e-mail address is fjsgrosso@aol.com

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My name is Fred Sgrosso, and I am an amateur photographer with an interest in things that fly; from butterflies to aircraft.

This web site contains photos of Pioneer, WWI, and Lindbergh era vintage aircraft at Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Included are two WWII bombers flown by the Collings Foundation, as well as other aircraft that I found interesting to photograph and write about.

I feel it is necessary to support organizations that provide a link to the past with actual flying aircraft. If we do not, and these organizations disappear, our sharp view of the past will also.I am proud to be a member of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum.

Feel free to E-mail me at the address below with your comments, corrections or additions.

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1917 Fokker Dr-1 Triplane taxiing and Cole Palen (see text below).

Photos by Fred Sgrosso

This is what it is all about!! The "Red Baron's" plane of WWI. This little beauty is my favorite. The bright red triplane is just plain sexy. I never tire of looking at the triplane; or any of the other replica or original vintage aircraft I have had the privilege to see at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, New York. At one time, the late Cole Palen had his red Dr-1 in the air along with a black version. Being able to see any of these vintage planes perform mock combat in the skies over Rhinebeck, is a spine tingling event every single time. For a quick look at the man that created the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, pass your mouse over the image above, (DO NOT CLICK) and Cole Palen's image should appear. Be sure to visit the Old Rhinebeck link on the last Rhinebeck page.

Click Here for Vintage Aircraft Photos

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For Individual pages of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome---
Click on the photos below.

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* * = New Photo(s).

The Early Years 1909 Blériot Model XI -- 1910 Hanroit-- 1911 Curtiss "D" Pusher	WWI #1 1915 Nieuport XI 1913 Caudron G.III --	WWI #1B The 1913 Caudron G.III* * This photo is on the lower portion of the Nieuport page
WWI #2 1917 Sopwith Camel and Fokker D.VII	WWI #3 1918 "Jenny" and 1914 AVRO	WWI #4 1917 Albatros A favorite of the "Red Baron" Photos Then and Now.
WWI #5 1918 Fokker D.VIII 1917-18 Fokkers See the Fokker Evolution	Between the Wars Stearman, Stampe SV-4, Tiger Moth, Great Lakes Trainer, The Black Baron and Trudy Truelove	Between the Wars 1929 New Standard Biplane Also see photos of Stan Segalla's Piper
Stanley Segalla 1947 Piper Cub This photo is at the bottom of the D-25 page.	1918 Sopwith Dolphin This photo is at the bottom of the Albatros page.	**New Images Box Graphs and data of the era! SPAD Images 11/08/00 Dogfight 11/26/01 Yellow Tiger Moth 04/09/01 September 2001 visit(11/27/01) Classic Aircraft 07/26/01

Be sure to click on
"THE MAN"

Cole Palen

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Old Rhinebeck Related Links-- Click Here

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"WWII Aircraft"

B-17--B-24- P-51