A History of Mitchel Field andAviation in Garden City

Presented by

Ray Donnelly

The Flight July 16, 1909 Golden Flyer

Golden Flyer in Hammondsport, NY

Glenn Hammond Curtiss 1908

Silent Film Star Harriet Quimby

First Women Licensed Aviator Harriet Quimby

Garden City Dentist Henry WaldenNassau Blvd. 1911

Bessica Raiche 1910 First women to pilot a plane

First Air Mail in US, Nassau Blvd, 1911

French Design, Build in Hempstead

Bleriot Hanger Mineola

NY National Guard, First Aero Squadron

NY City Mayor John P. Mitchel WWI

Alex De Seversky WWI

Curtiss Experimental Factory Garden City 1917

Curtiss JN4-Jenny1914-1918

Jenny Mass Production5500 in Two Years

Garden City Built Navy/Curtiss NC4Touch Down in Lisbon May 28, 1919

Navy/Curtiss(NC4) Crew First Across the Atlantic 1919

Fleet Biplane Trainer

Fleet Cockpit

Quentin Roosevelt KIA WWI

Sperry Messenger Mitchel Field

Lawrence Sperry & the Sheriff

British R34 First Airship to cross Atlantic(East to West) Roosevelt Field 1919

Bessie Coleman 1922 First Black Women Pilot Curtiss Field, Garden City

First Non-stop Across USCurtiss Field 1923

Charles Lindbergh May ’27 Non-stopRoosevelt Field to Paris

Chamberlin & Levine June ‘27 Non-stopRoosevelt Field to Berlin

Harlem Air Squadron Roosevelt Field

Eleanor Smith Oct.1928Flight under all Four East River Bridges

Lt. Jimmy Doolittle First Blind FlightMitchell Field Sept. 1929

Curtiss Tanager 1929Guggenheim Safe Plane Contest

Grumman Corp. opens in a garage in Baldwin ‘29

Mitchel Field-Country Club Base1916 to 1961

Wiley Post Roosevelt FieldAround the World Record 1931

Wrong Way Corrigan July 1938

Major Alex de Seversky 1933Forerunner to the P47 Thunderbolt

Mitchel Field in the middle of suburban Nassau County

Waco Glider Landing Mitchel Field

Waco off-loading a Jeep

Last Flight—Mitchel Field

Any Questions ??