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21 de may. de 2021 · John CONROY Obituary. Of Hamburg, NY, suddenly May 19, 2021. Beloved son of Deacon Dennis and Mary (nee Polhamus) Conroy; loving brother of Robert, Leah, Anna and Joseph Conroy; cherished...
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June 17, 1998, beloved husband of Helen A. (Heuschele) and...
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27 de feb. de 2008 · John Conroy Obituary. CONROY-John F. February 26, 2008 of Cheektowaga, NY; beloved husband of Mary Ann (nee Rozanski) Conroy; dear son of the late Charles and Sophie "Rita" (nee...
- 14225-2920, NY
- March 6, 2008
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- March 5, 2008
- The Early Years
- Aviation - WWII
- Record Flights
- The Pregnant Guppy – Aero Spacelines
- Conroy Aircraft
- Specialized Aircraft
- Awards
- Film Credits
- References
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Born in Buffalo, NY and later attended high school in Sand Springs, OK. Upon graduation he hitched a ride on a freight train to Hollywood, CA, where he landed bit parts in movies during the years of 1937-1940 under the screen name of Michael Conroy, since John Conroy was taken. Some of the films were with "The Little Tough Guys". He attended the Co...
In 1940, against the advice of his agent who said "the big parts are coming", he hopped a freighter to Honolulu, HI,where he learned to fly and made his first solo flight in 1940. He was working at Pearl Harbor as a civilian digging underground fuel tanks on Sunday, December 7, 1941. After witnessing the Japanese attack he immediately enlisted in t...
After returning from the war, he continued to fly with non-scheduled airlines and joined the Air National Guard in Van Nuys, CA. On May 21, 1955, Jack, then a 1st Lt attached to the 115th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, California ANG completed "Operation Boomerang" world record. This involved flying coast-to-coast and return in one day during daylig...
The Pregnant Guppy had a humble beginning on the proverbial cocktail napkin. One evening friends Jack Conroy, Lee Mansdorf and others were discussing the problems NASA was having transporting the rocket booster stages aboard ships through the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico. Mansdorf had recently purchased several surplus Boeing Stratocruisersb...
In 1968 he started Conroy Aircraft at Santa Barbara, CA airport. He developed the Conroy Skymonster a Turbo-Prop CL-44-O, the Conroy Turbo Albatross, Conroy Stolifter (turbo prop Cessna 337 Skymaster), and the Conroy Turbo Three (Turbo-Prop DC-3). At this time he had acquired more that 20,000 hours flying time.A week after the first flight of the T...
In 1972 he started Specialized Aircraft, also known as Turbo-Three Corporation, in Santa Barbara, CA. In 1974 the company proposed the Conroy Virtus to NASA for use as a Space Shuttle carrier aircraft. In 1976 the company relocated to Camarillo airport in Camarillo, CA, and developed the Conroy Tri-Turbo-Threewhich was used on contract with Polair ...
In 1969, John M. Conroy was awarded the "Medal of Paris" for the greatest contribution to aerospace for the prior two-year period for the Guppy aircraft.In 1973, John M. Conroy, "Guppy", was awarded the Character of the Year Award by the International Order of Characters.A Shot in the Dark (1941) Messenger boy - aka No Hard Feelings--- A Shot in the DarkHigh School (1940) Boy - aka The Texas Kid---High SchoolA Fugitive from Justice (1940) Office boy - aka Million Dollar Fugitive aka Waiting for Lepke---A Fugitive from JusticeAn Angel from Texas (1940) Newsboy ---An Angel from TexasDownie, Don. "Jet-Age DC-3". Air Progress Magazine, November 1969, pgs 27-31Gulbransen, Susan. "Big Fish in a Growning Pond". Santa Barbara Magazine, December 1984, pgs 57-60.Haughland, Vern. "Jack Conroy's Fish Story". Airline Pilot, 1979.John, Cornelius. "His Fast Fish Flys Fast". True Magazine, June 1968, pgs 14-15.Kirby, Robert R. and George M. Warner. Aviation Visionary "Smilin' Jack" Conroy and his Conroy Aircraft Corporation". BAC Publishers Inc., 2008. ISBN 978-0-9655730-7-8.
4 de dic. de 2022 · Dec 04. Visitation. John E. Roberts Funeral Home. 280 Grover Cleveland Hwy, Buffalo, NY 14226. Mon. Dec 05. Mass of Christian Burial.
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