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Roosevelt Field (airport)

Index Roosevelt Field (airport)

Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located east-southeast of Mineola, Long Island, New York. [1]

32 relations: Aline Rhonie Hofheimer, Amelia Earhart, Armistice of 11 November 1918, Army National Guard, Aviation, Camp Mills, Charles Lindbergh, John Purroy Mitchel, Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst Jr., Long Island Motor Parkway, Long Island Rail Road, Mall at The Source, Manhattan, Mineola, New York, Mitchel Air Force Base, Orteig Prize, Quentin Roosevelt, René Fonck, Republic Airport, Roosevelt Field (shopping mall), Roosevelt Raceway, Signal Corps (United States Army), Sikorsky S-35, Spirit of St. Louis, Theodore Roosevelt, Transatlantic flight, United States Army Air Service, United States Army World War I Flight Training, United States Military Academy, Webb and Knapp, Wiley Post, World War I.

Aline Rhonie Hofheimer

Aline Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks (August 16, 1909 – January 7, 1963) was one of the pioneering women aviation pilots in World War II.

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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart (born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent, Germany.

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Army National Guard

The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is a militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States.

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Aviation

Aviation, or air transport, refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.

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Camp Mills

Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) was a military installation on Long Island, New York.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist.

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John Purroy Mitchel

John Purroy Mitchel (July 19, 1879 – July 6, 1918) was the 95th mayor of New York from 1914 to 1917.

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Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst Jr.

Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst Jr. (July 1887 – June 11, 1912) was a pioneer aviator who was killed in an aircrash with Al Welsh piloting.

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Long Island Motor Parkway

The Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway, was a parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, legally known as the Long Island Rail Road Company and often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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Mall at The Source

Lesso Home @Westbury is a planned mixed-use development center located in Westbury, New York, United States, on Old Country Road and Merchants Concourse (Ellison Avenue), currently managed and owned by Lesso Mall Development Long Island Inc.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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Mineola, New York

Mineola is a village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.

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Mitchel Air Force Base

Mitchel Air Force Base also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States.

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Orteig Prize

The Orteig Prize was a reward offered to the first Allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice versa.

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Quentin Roosevelt

Quentin Roosevelt (November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt.

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René Fonck

Colonel René Paul Fonck (27 March 1894 – 18 June 1953) was a French aviator who ended the First World War as the top ''Allied'' fighter ace, and when all succeeding aerial conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries are also considered, Fonck still holds the title of "all-time Allied Ace of Aces".

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Republic Airport

Republic Airport is a regional airport in East Farmingdale, in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.

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Roosevelt Field (shopping mall)

Roosevelt Field Mall is a shopping mall in East Garden City, Long Island, New York.

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Roosevelt Raceway

Roosevelt Raceway was a racetrack located in the town of Westbury in Long Island, New York.

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Signal Corps (United States Army)

The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) develops, tests, provides, and manages communications and information systems support for the command and control of combined arms forces.

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Sikorsky S-35

The Sikorsky S-35 was an American twin-engined sesquiplane transport later modified to use three-engines.

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Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Transatlantic flight

A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa or the Middle East to North America, Central America, or South America, or vice versa.

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United States Army Air Service

The United States Army Air ServiceCraven and Cate Vol.

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United States Army World War I Flight Training

With the purchase of its first airplane, built and successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909 the United States Army began the training of flight personnel.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York, in Orange County.

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Webb and Knapp

Webb and Knapp was a real estate development firm.

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Wiley Post

Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator during the interwar period, the first pilot to fly solo around the world.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Curtiss Field, Curtiss Field, Long Island, Hazelhurst Field, Hempstead Field, Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, Mineola Field, Roosevelt Airfield, Roosevelt Field, Roosevelt Field (Airport), Roosevelt Field, Long Island, Roosevelt Field, New York.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Field_(airport)

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