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Roberts Motor Company Sandusky, OhioBy Harold R. Edwards216 Carpenter Road New Hartford, Connecticut, 06057 My father, as a boy, lived right next to the Mineola Air Field on Long Island, New York, and consequently spent much of his time there watching the birth of aviation, yes, and also a few crashes! The raving testimonial in the letter that follows, from Vice President E. W. Roberts of the Roberts Motor Company in the early 1900s, shows just how far aviation has advanced in the lifespan of just one generation. I would like to share this with the other engine collectors and restorers out there. Cover of a Roberts Catalog Harold Edwards inherited from his father. Illustrations are taken from this catalog. The text of the Roberts letter: I have just returned from the Mineola Aviation Field where we shipped one of our 4-X motors... 799 of 2603 characters shown.
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