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A History of Mitchel Field andAviation in Garden City
Presented by
Ray Donnelly
The Flight July 16, 1909 Golden Flyer
Golden Flyer in Hammondsport, NY
Glenn Hammond Curtiss 1908
Silent Film Star Harriet Quimby
First Women Licensed Aviator Harriet Quimby
Garden City Dentist Henry WaldenNassau Blvd. 1911
Bessica Raiche 1910 First women to pilot a plane
First Air Mail in US, Nassau Blvd, 1911
French Design, Build in Hempstead
Bleriot Hanger Mineola
NY National Guard, First Aero Squadron
NY City Mayor John P. Mitchel WWI
Alex De Seversky WWI
Curtiss Experimental Factory Garden City 1917
Curtiss JN4-Jenny1914-1918
Jenny Mass Production5500 in Two Years
Garden City Built Navy/Curtiss NC4Touch Down in Lisbon May 28, 1919
Navy/Curtiss(NC4) Crew First Across the Atlantic 1919
Fleet Biplane Trainer
Fleet Cockpit
Quentin Roosevelt KIA WWI
Sperry Messenger Mitchel Field
Lawrence Sperry & the Sheriff
British R34 First Airship to cross Atlantic(East to West) Roosevelt Field 1919
Bessie Coleman 1922 First Black Women Pilot Curtiss Field, Garden City
First Non-stop Across USCurtiss Field 1923
Charles Lindbergh May ’27 Non-stopRoosevelt Field to Paris
Chamberlin & Levine June ‘27 Non-stopRoosevelt Field to Berlin
Harlem Air Squadron Roosevelt Field
Eleanor Smith Oct.1928Flight under all Four East River Bridges
Lt. Jimmy Doolittle First Blind FlightMitchell Field Sept. 1929
Curtiss Tanager 1929Guggenheim Safe Plane Contest
Grumman Corp. opens in a garage in Baldwin ‘29
Mitchel Field-Country Club Base1916 to 1961
Wiley Post Roosevelt FieldAround the World Record 1931
Wrong Way Corrigan July 1938
Major Alex de Seversky 1933Forerunner to the P47 Thunderbolt
Mitchel Field in the middle of suburban Nassau County
Waco Glider Landing Mitchel Field
Waco off-loading a Jeep
Last Flight—Mitchel Field
Any Questions ??