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November is Aviation History Month and Long Island has an especially rich past. This 1951 @Newsday photo captures some of the 75,000-person crowd at Mitchel Field for a military air show for Armed Forces Day featuring a B-50 bomber, jet fighters, weather balloons, and nuclear fission exhibits, and a chamber that simulated the physical effects of high altitudes.
(Photo: Bill Sullivan) @vintagenewsday |
Photos below courtesy of ARTHUR JOHN HUNEKE's LIRR Website ARRTS ARCHIVES
Late 1950s- early 1960s Open House Air Shows
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Late 1950s- early 1960s Open House Air Shows
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Some more recent visitors during the establishment of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, before the aircraft were moved into the permanent facility.
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1930s Program Cover
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Pamphlet: Armed Forces Day, May 21-22, 1960
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