The Early Birds

The Early Birds (HMDTO)

Location: New York, NY 11231 New York County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 41.35', W 74° 1.167'

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Early aviation history was made here when these pioneers flew powered aircraft to and from this site between 1909—1916.

Wilbur Wright · Lincoln Beachy · Glenn H. Curtiss · Eugene Ely · Charles K. Hamilton · Hugh A. Robinson · Harry N. Atwood · James J. Ward · Harry M. Jones · Albert S. Heinrich · Harold Kanther · Victor Carlstrom · Steve MacGordon · Raynal C. Bolling · Ruth B. Law

From May 1916 to March 1917, members of the Governors Island Training Corps flight trained here.

Captain Philip A. Carroll—Commanding
Filip A. Bjorklund—Instructor

Charles Reed · Lawrence Sperry · J. Walter Struthers · Hobart A. H. Baker · William A. Aarned · Al Sturtevant · Frederick T. Blakeman · Edwin M. Post, Jr. · Stedman S. Hanks · William Walton · Cord Meyer · Albert B. Gaines, Jr. · Charles D. Wiman · Howard G. Lapsley · James E. Miller · John M. L. Rutherford · Seth Low

Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.A.—Commanding
Headquarters, Eastern Department

Erected under the auspices of the Early Birds, an organization of those who flew solo before December 17, 1916.
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Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 8:47pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 582852 N 4504714
Decimal Degrees40.68916667, -74.01945000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 41.35', W 74° 1.167'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 41' 21.00" N, 74° 1' 10.02" W
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Area Code(s)718, 212, 917
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-881 Division Rd, New York NY 11231, US
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