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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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"No Such User" wrote in message ... 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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"No Such User" wrote in message
... 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 |
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Floyd Bennett Field
http://www.geocities.com/floyd_bennett_field/ "No Such User" wrote in message ... 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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On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:04:32 -0600, "Michael 182"
wrote in :: "No Such User" wrote in message ... [...] 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 |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote Floyd Bennett Field http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...klyn.htm#Floyd Great site! -- Jim in NC |
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More on Floyd Bennett field here, too:
http://flyguides.com/destinations/?d=222 David Wenk Flyguides, Inc "No Such User" wrote in message ... 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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I think that the NYPD still uses it for some helo ops, but I'm not
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You're right. According to a NYPD pilot I spoke with last year, they base
their helos there. wrote in message oups.com... I think that the NYPD still uses it for some helo ops, but I'm not certain |
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"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 |
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