If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Roosevelt Field runway length
What was the length of the runway Lindbergh used at the
beginning of his 1927 flight? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:55:56 GMT, Herb wrote:
What was the length of the runway Lindbergh used at the beginning of his 1927 flight? This site here lists 5000 feet as the runway length. Can that be accurate? That's a long runway for 1927 I would gather. And dirt, no less... http://www.mnhs.org/events/press/lin...r_Lindbergh:_1 This next site was a very interesting read (I live on Long Island so the history lesson was fabulous!), but doesn't provide much information on the 1920's circa Roosevelt Field. It does, however, mention something I did not know - that the latter day Roosevelt Field was not the same Roosevelt Field that Lindbergh used! http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...ds_NY_NY_E.htm Thanks for sending me on an entertaining sidetrack! Hope this info helps you... -Al B. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Very helpful, Al, thanks.
-Herb |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
GPS/WAAS VNAV approaches and runway length | Nathan Young | Instrument Flight Rules | 8 | October 25th 04 06:16 PM |
Diamond DA-40 with G-1000 pirep | C J Campbell | Instrument Flight Rules | 117 | July 22nd 04 05:40 PM |
F15E's trounced by Eurofighters | John Cook | Military Aviation | 193 | April 11th 04 03:33 AM |
AF jets roar again on Osan runway | Otis Willie | Military Aviation | 0 | February 23rd 04 09:53 PM |
Single-Seat Accident Records (Was BD-5B) | Ron Wanttaja | Home Built | 41 | November 20th 03 05:39 AM |