College Park Airport - College Park, MD
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N 38° 58.807 W 076° 55.437
18S E 333348 N 4316330
The oldest continuously operating airport in the world. It was originally used as a military airport, but now is a public one.
Waymark Code: WM15N05
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2022
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The plaque says, "
College Park Airport
"Oldest Continually Operated in the World"
First Military Airfield in the United States
The following notable events occurred on this airfield:
• 1907 – Early aeronautical experiments by Rex Smith and others
• 1908 – Oct. 8, Wilbur Wright instructed first flying officers of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army
• 1909 – Oct. 29, Mrs. Ralph H. Van Demon first woman passenger in America
• 1911 – July 3, First army flying school established
• 1912 – First flight surgeon, Lt. John P. Kelly
• 1912 – First group cross country flight originated here, first long distance flight – 42 miles, destination, Chevy Chase, MD.
- First bombs dropped from an aircraft utilizing a bombsight
- First machine guns fired from an aircraft
- Early experimentation with radio signals sent from an aircraft
- Altitude records set by Lt. “Hap” Arnold, 6450 feet.
• 1918 - Aug. 12, Washington terminus, first regular airmail service
• 1920 – Early helicopter experiments by Emile Berliner
• 1922 – First successful flight of a helicopter by Henry Berliner
• 1933 – First “blind flying“ cross country flight by James Kinney and Harry Diamond
Prince George’s County Historical Society
Funded by National Aerospace Educational Memorial Center, Inc., 1976"
Era: Napoleonic - WW I
General Comments: Not listed
Related web site: Not listed
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