Tony Riccio
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Tony had many scrapbooks, but his favorite is the one he started around 1930 using his father’s hardcover book “The Home” that he glued newspaper and magazine articles into that he found meaningful about aviation. Little did he know, or maybe he did, that he was preserving aviation history so the stories would always be…
Tony’s last test flight for Republic is on May 1, 1944, when he flew three P-47-D’s at their Farmingdale plant in Long Island, New York, for a total of 3 hours and 5 minutes. I believe this set of photos are of the last flight my father had in a P-47, and he went out…
With the holiday season hastily approaching and little time remaining to complete our gift shopping, some of us decide to partake in the shopping mall experience for convenience. So naturally, I try to avoid the malls due to the sheer conglomerate of people hustling and bustling to complete their lists. Sure, it’s nice to have…
Just a quick post to wish my father a happy birthday and that I think of him everyday! Enjoy the photos and Happy Halloween! Discover more from Buffalo Air-Park Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe
Yes, you read that title correctly. I recently discovered photographs of my father with two other men standing before a Cessna T50 after a pheasant hunting trip. At least 12 birds are hanging from both propellers, so it was a very successful day, not including the few hanging from the center airspeed indicator! I don’t…
Mike Steffen was Tony’s flight instructor when he learned to fly at Burgard Vocational High School in the early 1930s while attending night classes. The two developed a pretty unique relationship and remained good friends throughout my father’s aviation career. Tony graduated on February 26, 1935, after enrolling in Burgard’s three-year evening vocational aviation course….