Grumman Has a History in the Lives of Oyster Bay Residents

To mark this year’s nationwide Centennial of Naval Aviation celebrations, Grumman retirees are being sought to attend a Labor Day weekend event to be held Sept. 3, 4, and 5 at Republic Airport in Farmingdale. Northrop Grumman is teaming up with the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport, to invite those who worked on, flew or built Grumman and Northrop Grumman aircraft to come and help create a video oral history chronicle.

Many Oyster Bay residents worked in the aircraft industry when it was one of the biggest employees on Long Island and there are a great many local connections to the industry.

Gregory Druhak of Centre Island said, “Yes, my dad (George) worked for Grumman. He worked on advanced concepts during space exploration, including research into driving on the moon and a proposed long-stay vehicle called Molab. He had an encounter with LeRoy Grumman over that. He did some design work on the LM control handle, but I think that was on a rotation.

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