Nassau Boulevard Airfield

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Nassau Boulevard Airfield
Summary
Serves Garden City, New York
Built1910
In use1910–1913
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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grass

The Nassau Boulevard Airfield, or the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome, was a short-lived airfield located at Garden City, Long Island, New York, in operation from 1910 to 1913.

History

Due to the restricted space available at nearby Mineola Airport, a new 350-acre flying facility was created in Garden City, New York, in 1910. It was considered one of the finest flying facilities of its era, with 31 wooden hangars, 5 grandstands, workshops, a refreshment stand, and a headquarters. [1] [2] "Nassau Blvd. Airfield was large, stretching from Stratford to the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line and from Roxbury to Clinch. It had 30 hangars, a 3,000 person grandstand and other facilities. It was surrounded by a 15-foot tall board fence." [3] [4] In September 1911, the Aero Club of America sponsored the Second International Aero Meet at the facility. The first airmail flight in America originated here when pilot Earle L. Ovington flew to Mineola on September 23, 1911, carrying 640 letters and 1,280 postcards. [5] [6]

Following the meet, producer William J. Humphrey filmed the first aviation film, The Military Air-Scout , at the aerodrome, with Army Signal Corps flier Lt. Henry Arnold as the stunt pilot. [7]

By 1913, however, the facility was seen as too small, and the land too valuable, so it was closed and all flying operations moved to the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome. [8]

"Stratford School sits epicenter on what was that airfield." [9] [10]

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References

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  3. ↑ Petrellese, Stephanie, "Philatelic Buffs Celebrate Centennial", The Garden City News, Garden City, New York, 30 September 2011, page 1.
  4. ↑ <http://www.gcnews.com/news/2011-09-30/Front_Page/Philatelic_Buffs_Celebrate_Centennial.html Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ FLIGHT INTO HISTORY: EARLE OVINGTON WAS FIRST Air Mail Pioneers Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Plane Presented to Garden City Post Office"
  7. ↑ Copp, DeWitt S., "A Few Great Captains: The Men and Events That Shaped the Development of U.S. Air Power", The Air Force Historical Foundation, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, Library of Congress catalog card number 78-22310, ISBN   0-385-13310-3, p. 7.
  8. ↑ Stoff, Joshua, "Long Island Airports", Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago, San Francisco, 2004, , ISBN   9780738536767.
  9. ↑ Petrellese, Stephanie, "Philatelic Buffs Celebrate Centennial", The Garden City News, Garden City, New York, 30 September 2011, page 1.
  10. ↑ <http://www.gcnews.com/news/2011-09-30/Front_Page/Philatelic_Buffs_Celebrate_Centennial.html Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
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