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In 1996, Arnie Migliaccio suggested the creation of a group of volunteers, working as part of the National Park Service's Volunteers-In-Parks program, to restore aircraft on Floyd Bennett Field. The project began two years later in Hangar B on the east side of the airport and the volunteers eventually became known as "angels". [1] [2] [3]
Parties, field trips, camps, and birthday celebrations are held at the facility. The NPS and Aviator formed a partnership in 2003, and the facility opened in 2006. [1] By combining several of Floyd Bennett Field's hangars, they created one of the largest sports complexes in the country and the largest in New York. [2]
Floyd Bennett Field was New York City's first municipal airport, built largely in response to the growth of commercial aviation after World War I. [11] [12] During the 1920s, air travel in Europe was more popular than in the United States because, although Europe had a surplus of airplanes, the United States already had a national railroad system, which reduced the need for commercial aircraft.
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Floyd Bennett Field, a decommissioned airfield with a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, also hosts the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (H.A.R.P.) in Hangar B where volunteers are working to preserve the park's collection of historic aircraft. Hangar B is open to the public at selected times during the week. [12]
Floyd Bennett Field’s shelter has been at the center of New York’s heated migrant debates since it opened in August 2023. Locals in Marine Park, the Rockaways, and other communities have ...
Floyd Bennett Field; G. Goodyear Airdock; Gulfport Army Air Field Hangar; H. Hangar 9, Brooks Air Force Base; Hangar One (Los Angeles, California)