Roosevelt Field runway length

[Herb]

What was the length of the runway Lindbergh used at the
beginning of his 1927 flight?

[Al B]

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:55:56 GMT, Herb > wrote:

>What was the length of the runway Lindbergh used at the
>beginning of his 1927 flight?

This site here lists 5000 feet as the runway length. Can that be
accurate? That's a long runway for 1927 I would gather. And dirt, no
less...

http://www.mnhs.org/events/press/lindbergh_press_kit.htm#_Rediscover_Lindbergh:_1

This next site was a very interesting read (I live on Long Island so
the history lesson was fabulous!), but doesn't provide much
information on the 1920's circa Roosevelt Field. It does, however,
mention something I did not know - that the latter day Roosevelt Field
was not the same Roosevelt Field that Lindbergh used!

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NY/Airfields_NY_NY_E.htm

Thanks for sending me on an entertaining sidetrack! :) Hope this
info helps you...

-Al B.

[Herb]

Very helpful, Al, thanks.

-Herb