Pan American World Airways Hangar 14 — Idlewild Airport
Joseph was literally helping build Idlewild's new Jet Age 'aerial city.'
The hangar itself, photographed in 1958. Reuse terms for this photograph are unclear; it is published with the source stated and will be removed on request.
1958 · Photo: Allan Van Wickler · Jon Proctor archive · Reuse terms not verified. · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: P.A.A. Hangar - Idlewild — 1957
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-026
1 of two
“P.A.A. Hangar - Idlewild — 1957”
Contemporary trade press documents major Pan Am hangar and office construction at Idlewild in 1957.
This confirms Joseph was involved in the Jet Age airport build-out before the later Pan Am, TWA and BOAC jobs on the list.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: most likely heavy-duty CMU/concrete-block enclosure, equipment/service-room walls, interior partitions, shafts and masonry backup associated with the hangar/office complex. Exact Kelly package is not yet documented.
This scope is recorded as probable, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
- 01Owner / client
Pan American World Airways
- 02GC / construction manager
GC not yet identified; Ammann & Whitney were structural engineers
What happened to it
Demolished / altered
John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, NY 11430
Sources
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- 01dspace.njstatelib.org
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- 02sp.library.miami.edu
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- 03jonproctor.wahsonline.com
new york city through the years
- Allan Van Wickler · Rights status unclear · Jon Proctor archive, World Airline Historical Society · 1958
A Pan American Boeing 707 inside Hangar 14 at Idlewild in 1958 — the facility recorded on Rita's list. What masonry work Kelly performed there is not established by the photograph.
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