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Globe Temco Swift History

ORIGINAL GLOBE AND TEMCO
FACTORY PHOTO GALLERY


Page One...

Globe production line.  GC-1A Swift N80506, 505, 504 first three in line from bottom of photo...


Another production line shot.


                

                      Aerial view of Globe Factory                          Flag Pole Base (still exists today...)



First production "All Metal Swift"  N33336.  Still airworthy today...



N33340  --  First production GC-1B


N33340 from another in-flight angle



FACTORY PHOTO GALLERY PAGE TWO



Links to more Swift History...

Original Globe and Temco Factory Photos

Pictures of the way it was at the Globe and Temco factories...

The Globe Plant Yesterday & Today
Globe plant photos courtesy of Texas Swifter Stan Price...

When The Lights Went Out In Saginaw
Globe and Temco employee Cotton Conder reminisces about his days with the Swift...
by Phyllis Moses

Temco History from the files of Cotton Conder
Some photos and other stuff from the Swift's family tree...

One To Remember...
Globe Chief Engineer Bud Knox meets with Swifters 
at what turned out to be a very special 1985 fly-in...

The Globe GC-1...
Swifter Phil Howell finds some Swift stuff in a World War II scrapbook...