Tag: Roosevelt Field
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Jan 30 2021
A 1936 flying car, Roosevelt Field and a Tucker engine
Joel Friedman, archivist of the Cradle of Aviation, has forwarded these exclusive Roosevelt Field photos of one of the first attempts to build a flying car... later linked to a Tucker engine.
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Nov 23 2020
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Cradle of Aviation Archives?
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Nov 21 2020
Exclusive: VanderbiltCupRaces.com and Cradle of Aviation to Digitize Thousands of Previously Unpublished Long Island Historic Photos
I am pleased to announce that VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Cradle of Museum have reached an agreement to digitize thousands of negatives and glass plates that will further document the history of Long Island.
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Nov 18 2020
Anatomy of Three Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
Here are three more amazing aerials from the Drennan Collection of the Cradle of Aviation.
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Nov 17 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway
Aviation and automobiling experienced overlapping histories on Long Island in the early 1900s. The Motor Parkway was part of this intertwining history.
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Nov 16 2020
Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Joel Friedman, volunteer archivist at the Cradle of Aviation, challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Drennan Collection.
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Oct 19 2020
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: A 1929 Curtiss B-2 Condor Bomber Flyover Over Roosevelt Field, Merrick Avenue and the Motor Parkway
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer challenged you to identify this weekend's amazing Mystery Foto.
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Sep 09 2020
In Search of Aline Rhonie’s Mural “The Pre-Lindbergh ERA of Flying on Long Island” First Installed in Roosevelt Field
Al Velocci, Sam Berliner III and Gary Hammond are having a wonderful discussion of a historic aviation mural. Of course, I was compelled to search for more information of this painting and its artist.
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Jul 06 2020
Update Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Lindbergh Taking Off from Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927
Did you solve this holiday weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Jun 01 2020
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: South Street On the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Garden City
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
