Tag: Roosevelt Field
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Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1935 East Meadow Flyover by the United States Army Air Corps
Scott Eckers challenged to you to identify this aerial from the collection of Art Kleiner
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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.
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Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1942 Composite Aerial of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field-Updated 1/26/16
As requested by popular demand, here was the first Mystery Aerial of 2016.
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Mystery Foto #38 Solved:Roosevelt Raceway, Meadow Brook Polo Field & Roosevelt Field Updated 1/24/16
Lee Chambers challenged you to identify this amazing Long Island aerial.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Illustrated Maps (1906-1933)
Art Kleiner discovered this 1932 illustrated map of the Motor Parkway in a portfolio of aerial photographs taken by Captain Alfred G. Buckham.
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Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Mural of the British Dirigible R34 Landing in Roosevelt Field in 1919
This brand new Mystery Foto documented a historic event in transportation that occurred on Long Island.
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Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
Walt Gosden has written this article for VanderbiltCupRaces.com on the day author Eric Hatch drove his Mercedes 114 MPH on the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Mystery Foto 2015 #1: Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway in July 1937 (Updated with a Then & Now)
The first Mystery Foto of 2015 has never been published before or posted on the Internet.
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Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Foto #88 Solved: The Homecoming of Charles Lindbergh to Roosevelt Field on June 16, 1927
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a historic Long Island event.
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…