Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #3 The Earliest Known Aerial of the Motor Parkway
The third exclusive aerial from the Cradle of Aviation Museum collection documents Hazelhurst Field #1 (later Roosevelt Field) in 1919. It is likely the earliest aerial known to date of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Three Motor Parkway bridges can be seen in the aerial at Westbury Avenue, Mineola LIRR and Old Country Road.
1918 map of Hazelhurst Aviation Field No. 1.
Comments
“- - - 1919. It is likely the earliest known aerial of the Long Island Motor Parkway”? “Known”, maybe. “Earliest”? Hate to disagree but that is highly unlikely. Hazelhurst and its fellow LI fields were hotbeds of early aerial photography. Sherman Fairchild didn’t even get into the act until 1917 but his LI predecessors were legion. So, now all that has to happen is that we locate the pix and then find the LIMP on them. I’d suggest starting with auto racing and aviation news in the illustrated newspapers and magazines/journals of the day. Simple, eh? Sam, III
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From Howard Kroplick
Sam III, good point, added “to date” to the sentence.
Howard I