Globe Swift

A Globe Swift in front of the Quonset hangar.
Tony Riccio (middle) and his first wife Maxine (right) at the Globe Aircraft Plant in Fort Worth Texas, 1946.
Tony Riccio (left).
Tony and Maxine Riccio holding their cat at the Globe Aircraft Plant.
Tony Riccio.
Maxine Riccio.

Tony and Maxine Riccio are mentioned in this brochure on page 7 for taking delivery of a Swift. They flew it back to their Gardenville airport in New York from the Globe Aircraft Plant in Fort Worth Texas with their pet cat as a passenger. That flight must has been interesting!

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Tony Riccio (left) at Buffalo Air Park. Notice the Cessna T-50 in the background!
Maxine Riccio.
Tony Riccio, second from the right.
Tony Riccio, second from the right.
A Swift in the field with landing gear issues. Tony Riccio is partly seen on the far right.
“Hot Shot Eddie” at the controls of a Swift.
A Swift in the maintenance shop at BAP.
Tony Riccio in a white shirt looking at the landing gear of a Swift.
That doesn’t look good.