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Airdock? If If so, when and who was the pilot?
Still working on this one - see - the Corsair Pagefor Page for more information. information.
Is it true that Samuel Lane's gravestone at Glendale Cemetery includes a meteorite?
]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:31:00 +0000 mod Corsair http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Corsair email.hidden@example.com (joanne o'dell) joanne o'dell edited Corsair A CorsairFG-1was flown through the Goodyear Airdock.
?? -An Akron Beacon Journal article from January 28, 1996, quotes Joy Thompson talking about the time Mike Kelly, a test pilot during the Corsair production years, flew a Corsair through the Airdock.
were 4,006Corsair 3648 Corsair FG1's built in Akron between February 1943 and October 1945. 1945 according to a 1951 Goodyear Aircraft Document (GER 2569). Each was subjected to a test flight by one of approximately 25 test pilots. Chief Test Pilot, R.L. Stephens, conducted the first on February 26, 1943 and the last in October of 1945. According to The Wingfoot Clan, Goodyear Aircraft's employee newsletter, Michael Kelly from Snowshoe, PAwas a test pilot for the Corsairs.
There was no mention of the stunt in The Wingfoot in 1944 or 1945. The Akron Beacon Journal did not publish a story about it between 1984 and 2006 (other than the one noted above). There was also no mention of it in Goodyear Aircraft by Hu]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:10:50 +0000 mod rollercoaster http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/rollercoaster email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo added rollercoaster


There was a roller coaster in Cuyahoga Falls in the 1880s


 




 


False - There was a gravity railway in High Bridge Glens Amusement Park in Cuyahoga Falls in 1884.  Although it is frequently called a roller coaster, according to the Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society, it didn't have the hills and valleys we associate with roller coasters today.  It was a very popular ride through.

]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:13:40 +0000 add Miscellaneous http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Miscellaneous email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo edited Miscellaneous]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:08:46 +0000 mod Miscellaneous http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Miscellaneous email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo edited Miscellaneous Miscellaneous rumors, myths, and legends from Summit County.
There was a roller coaster in Cuyahoga Falls in the 1880s.
Toy marbles were invented in Akron, Ohio.
There were many disagreements about the name of Summit County.
]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:07:32 +0000 mod Pineapple Cheese http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Pineapple+Cheese email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo edited Pineapple Cheese]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:03:01 +0000 mod Pineapple Cheese http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Pineapple+Cheese email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo edited Pineapple Cheese]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:50 +0000 mod derby http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/derby email.hidden@example.com (judy) judy edited derby False - The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton in 1934. The following year, the race was moved to Akron because of its central location and hilly terrain. In 1936, Derby Downs, at the Akron-Fulton Airport, was built by the Works Progress Administration.The World Championship finals are held each summer in Akron, Ohio. For more information, see http://aasbd.com/.
(All American Soap Box Derby, a youth initiative of NASCAR)
BrowseSoap Box Derby images from the Shorty Fulton Collection at www.SummitMemory.org. See the 1974 finish at http://www.summitmemory.org/u?/fulton,2.
]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:40:10 +0000 mod Corsair http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Corsair email.hidden@example.com (judy) judy edited Corsair There is more research still to be done - The Akron Beacon Journal can be reviewed from February 1943 through October 1945. Since there is no index, this is a page by page review of the newspaper on microfilm. When that is complete, more information will be posted here.
If anyone has any further information, please post it here.
Browseimages of Corsair Fighters being built in the US Naval AirStation Collection at www.SummitMemory.org. See an undated image of Corsairs in flight at http://www.summitmemory.org/u?/airstation,27.
]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:36:03 +0000 mod Airdock http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Airdock email.hidden@example.com (judy) judy edited Airdock False–This myth began in 1930, when cartoonist Robert Ripley included a caption stating the rain falls inside the airdock due to sudden temperature changes outside of the airdock.According to a statement from Karl Arnstein, who designed the airdock, the relative humidity was very high in the airdock and a sudden drop in temperature cause condensation of the humidity which fell to the floor in a mist.It doesn’t appear to have been enough to be considered rain fall.
(Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio; 23 September 2003, A8)
Read a pamphlet about the Goodyear Airdockfrom www.SummitMemory.org at http://www.summitmemory.org/u?/fulton,93.Although the pamphletis not dated, it was obviously published shortly afterthe airdockwas built.
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(Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio; 25 September 1986, A1)
See a 1975 image of the Quake Oats silos from www.SummitMemory.org at http://www.summitmemory.org/u?/gangl,92.
]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:24:38 +0000 mod Hynde http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Hynde email.hidden@example.com (judy) judy edited Hynde The Pretenders released Pretenders in 1980 and it reached number 1 in the UK and broke the top ten in the US.
(Almanac of Famous People, eighth edition, 2004)
15, 2007 at Northside Lofts, 21 Furnace St., Akron.
She will also perform at the Akron Civic Theatre on Saturday, September 15 with 15, 2007with a "celebrity guest." guest."
You can see a 1971image of Chrissy Hynde at http://www.summitmemory.org/u?/gangl,172.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie_Hynde,
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretenders
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True: Pineapple cheese, cheddar cheese in a pineapple-shaped crocheted net in the shape of a pineaple.
True: Pineapple cheese was net,was probably made available in Akron via mail order. See the following froma Chenango County, New York Board of Supervisors meeting in 2002.
"It originated in the late 1700’s in England. It was English Cheshire Cheese pressed curds in the shape of a cone, and they called it Pineapple Cheese because of its shape. In 1808 Lewis Norton, a minister and cheese maker, started a factory in Goshen, Connecticut, patented this specialty cheese and called it Pineapple Cheese. His was the first curd cheese factory in the United States. Around 1850, Lewis’ son, Robert Norton, moved the factory to Rusford, New York to take advantage of]]> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:43:45 +0000 mod Food http://summitcountymyths.pbwiki.com/Food email.hidden@example.com (jo) jo edited Food Food from Summit County and related myths
The cheesecake from Akron delicatessen, Lou & Hy's, is an original recipe.
the 1950s. It was cheddar cheese in acrocheted net in the shape of a pineapple. 1950s.
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"Pineapple Cheese" was available in Akron during the holidays in the 1950s.  It was chedder cheese in a crocheted net in the shape of a pineaple.


 




 


True:  Pineapple cheese was probably made available in Akron via mail order.  See the following from a Chenango County, New York Board of Supervisors meeting in 2002. 



 "It originated in the late 1700’s in England. It was English Cheshire Cheese pressed curds in the shape of a cone, and they called it Pineapple Cheese because of its shape.  In 1808 Lewis Norton, a minister an
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The cheesecake from Akron delicatessen, Lou & Hy's, is an original recipe.
"Pineapple Cheese"was Cheese" was available in Akron during theholidays the holidays in the 1950s. It was cheddar cheese in acrocheted net in the shape of a pineapple.
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The cheesecake from Akron delicatessen, Lou & Hy's, is an original recipe.
Does anyone remember "pineapple cheese" that was"Pineapple Cheese"was available in Akron during the
holidays theholidays in the 1950s? 1950s. It was cheddar cheese in acrocheted net in the shape of a pineapple.
Pineapple cheese was probably made available in Akron via mail order. See the following froma Chenango County, New York Board of Supervisors meeting in 2002.
"It originated in Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:27:22 +0000 mod