Any New York City pilots?

Perhaps someone from the NYC area can identify for me a closed airport. It
appeared quite large from the air, so it must have been someplace important
at some time. It's marked as a closed airport on the New York terminal
chart, on the 260 radial from JFK, near the OGY NDB.

Does anyone know the history of this place?

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Perhaps someone from the NYC area can identify for me a closed airport.
It
appeared quite large from the air, so it must have been someplace
important
at some time. It's marked as a closed airport on the New York terminal
chart, on the 260 radial from JFK, near the OGY NDB.

Does anyone know the history of this place?


Floyd Bennett Field

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...klyn.htm#Floyd

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Perhaps someone from the NYC area can identify for me a closed airport.
It
appeared quite large from the air, so it must have been someplace
important
at some time. It's marked as a closed airport on the New York terminal
chart, on the 260 radial from JFK, near the OGY NDB.

Does anyone know the history of this place?


I believe you are talking about Floyd Bennet Field.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/...klyn.htm#Floyd

Michael

Floyd Bennett Field

http://www.geocities.com/floyd_bennett_field/


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Perhaps someone from the NYC area can identify for me a closed airport.
It
appeared quite large from the air, so it must have been someplace
important
at some time. It's marked as a closed airport on the New York terminal
chart, on the 260 radial from JFK, near the OGY NDB.

Does anyone know the history of this place?

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:04:32 -0600, "Michael 182"
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Does anyone know the history of this place?


I believe you are talking about Floyd Bennet Field.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/...klyn.htm#Floyd

Floyd Bennett was the first to fly over the north pole (maybe):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/peo...ndeAMEX89.html

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
Floyd Bennett Field


http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...klyn.htm#Floyd

Great site!
--
Jim in NC

More on Floyd Bennett field here, too:

http://flyguides.com/destinations/?d=222

David Wenk
Flyguides, Inc

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Perhaps someone from the NYC area can identify for me a closed airport.
It
appeared quite large from the air, so it must have been someplace
important
at some time. It's marked as a closed airport on the New York terminal
chart, on the 260 radial from JFK, near the OGY NDB.

Does anyone know the history of this place?

I think that the NYPD still uses it for some helo ops, but I'm not
certain

You're right. According to a NYPD pilot I spoke with last year, they base
their helos there.

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I think that the NYPD still uses it for some helo ops, but I'm not
certain

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote:

You're right. According to a NYPD pilot I spoke with last year, they base
their helos there.

I'm glad it gets some use. No airport should be allowed to deteriorate like
that, though.

- Andrew