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WV Dispatch, February 21, 2007 By Stanley Taylor
Before Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the present Space Shuttle, there was "Gloria," a rocket airplane that was launched from the frozen waters of Greenwood Lake on February 23, 1936. The rocket airplane was the brainchild of two men, Ferd Kessler and John Schleich.
Ferd Kessler was a stamp dealer from New York City. He was interested in producing and selling stamps. Kessler teamed up with John Schleich of Greenwood Lake who was the Village Treasurer. Schleich thought a rocket airplane taking off from Greenwood Lake would be good publicity for the Village. Both men came up with the idea that the rocket . . . more >>(PDF)
