Today, I visited an old military aviation manufacturing facility. A few years ago arsonists burnt down most of the buildings, leaving just shells of what they used to be. Nature has began to retake the buildings, as shrubbery can be found all over the floors. A test pilot was killed at this facility while flying an experimental version of the F3F fighter. Its sad to see a place with such rich history destroyed by vandals, but its still a very interesting site nonetheless.
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Pretty cool.

looks like that place would collapse if someone farted hard enough. how stable is the structure

Posted by paradoxjc looks like that place would collapse if someone farted hard enough. how stable is the structure

Haha I'm not sure how stable it was but I made sure to not touch anything...the entire second floor was missing though from the fire!

interesting old structure. looks like it has seen better days. i was planning on checking this place out a few years ago when i was wandering in that general area.

Very cool! I love all the plant life growing inside. Seeing nature taking back over is just one of the coolest things to me and one of my favorite parts of exploring.

Posted by TheSwanStation Very cool! I love all the plant life growing inside. Seeing nature taking back over is just one of the coolest things to me and one of my favorite parts of exploring.

Yeah there were butterflies flying around near the bushes in the last picture is was pretty strange.

Looks like the one on Conklin St. in East Farmingdale. Which if it is, it would be Fairchild-Republic, not Grumman.

Posted by Radio2600 Looks like the one on Conklin St. in East Farmingdale. Which if it is, it would be Fairchild-Republic, not Grumman.

After Fairchild moved to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1931, Grumman Aircraft Engineering built planes at the airport from 1932 until the spring of 1937. Its had a few owners as I understand!

Posted by alexcell33 After Fairchild moved to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1931, Grumman Aircraft Engineering built planes at the airport from 1932 until the spring of 1937. Its had a few owners as I understand!

If you want to get that technical, then it was originally Fulton Truck. It was Grumman from 1932-1937 when it became Seversky. After Seversky, it went back to Fairchild. The last aircraft company in there was Fairchild. The last occupant was a flea market.

Fairchild was in that area continuously from 1927 to 1987. The only thing Fairchild moved to Hagerstown in 1931 was the engine manufacturing. Fairchild continued to use their Farmingdale facilities through 1987 and closed down following the USAF's cancellation of the T-46A trainer program.

Posted by Radio2600 If you want to get that technical, then it was originally Fulton Truck. It was Grumman from 1932-1937 when it became Seversky. After Seversky, it went back to Fairchild. The last aircraft company in there was Fairchild. The last occupant was a flea market. Fairchild was in that area continuously from 1927 to 1987. The only thing Fairchild moved to Hagerstown in 1931 was the engine manufacturing. Fairchild continued to use their Farmingdale facilities through 1987 and closed down following the USAF's cancellation of the T-46A trainer program. click to view

Yeah I just thought people would recognize the name Grumman more so than others. Thanks for the info!

DUDE! nice set!