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A MAJOR FOCUS FOR EAST COAST AVIATION
In the database that drives this website, there are over 100 visits to the
Davis-Monthan Airfield that list the greater New York area as home base, origin or destination.
When you choose one of those from the dropdown menus, you will be linked to this
page. This page lists all the small airports cited by Register pilots
in the New York area during the Golden Age. If you have
information or photographs that might help, please
use this FORM to communicate with me. A great link for old New York airfields is here.
New York
area airports that were cited by pilots during the period
of the Davis-Monthan Airfield register (1925-1936). Click
the red links to learn more.
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Buffalo, NY -- Located in the far west border of the state. This link provides information and images about the Consolidated Airport near Buffalo, in Tonawonda, NY. It is highly probable, because fo the aircraft they were flying, and from the context of the Register, that this is the airfield cited by Buffalo pilots.
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Curtiss Field, Garden City (later Valley Stream), LI, NY -- This link provides information and images about Curtiss Field. An image of Curtiss Field is here on dmairfield.org.
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Elmira, NY -- Located on the central southern tier of the state. I don't have a lot on this airfield. Neither the sources in the left sidebar yield anything, nor does Google.
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Farmingdale, LI, NY -- Known as "American Airport" at on time in its life. Home to Fairchild and Grumman aircraft companies.
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Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY -- This link provides information and images about Floyd Bennett Field, including excellent period photos. See Floyd Bennett, Register pilot for whom the airfield was named.
An exhaustive history of Floyd Bennett Field can be found on pp. 12-51 of the PDF download ("JAMAICA BAY, etc.") report cited in the left sidebar. Most interesting, on page 50 we find the following quote. 'Nuf said. Does anyone KNOW where the Floyd Bennett Field Register is?
"g. Airport Register
A special effort should be made to locate the Airport Register. It may be in the municipal records, in private hands, or still in the files of the Department of docks. Wherever it is, it is an important aviation document that ought to be publicly owned and preserved. By day, month, and year it would provide the best possible source of information on whoever used the field. As a museum piece of aviation autographs, it would have few (if any) peers." |
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Lockport, NY -- Also known as Lee Van De Mark Airport.
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Mitchel Field, Garden City, LI, NY -- The airfield received its name on July 16, 1918, in honor of John Purroy Mitchel, the youngest mayor of New York City, killed in a military training accident in 1916. This link provides information and images about Mitchel Field. And this one provides a short summary and a colorized image from 1931.
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North Beach, NY -- North Beach occupied the northwest corner (about 1/8) of what is now La Guardia Airport.
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Poughkeepsie, NY -- Located on the Hudson River, about 40 miles north of Manhattan. This airport was used by Register pilot John M. Miller.
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Roosevelt Field, Mineola, LI, NY -- This link provides information and images about Roosevelt Field through its life.
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Rochester, NY --
Staten Island/Miller Field, NY -- This link provides information and images about Staten Island airports, including excellent photos of Miller Field.
An exhaustive history of Miller Field can be found on pp. 91-115 of the PDF download ("JAMAICA BAY, etc.") report cited in the left sidebar.
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Syracuse, NY -- This link provides information and images about Syracuse airports. It is not clear from the Register entries which field is the destination cited by Register pilots.
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Westport, NY
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