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The New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field was dedicated on October 15, 1939 and officially opened for business soon after on December 2. The 550 acre project was impressive, but had its fair share of critics. However, it soon captured the public’s attention.
21 sty 2011 · New York’s aviation history is detailed in five photo montages. The history exhibit, the vision of LaGuardia’s tower manager, Leo Prusak, and engineered by FAA historian Theresa Kraus and graphic
LaGuardia has a long and storied history. The airport site was first occupied by the Gala Amusement Park, a popular destination owned by the Steinway family. In 1929, the park was transformed into a 105-acre private flying field and first named Glenn H. Curtiss Airport after aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss, and then re-named North Beach Airport.
The airport was dedicated on October 15, 1939, as the New York Municipal Airport, [37] [38] and opened for business on December 2 of that year. [31] The modest North Beach Airport was transformed into a 550-acre (220-ha) state-of-the-art facility at a cost of $23 million to New York City.
17 cze 2016 · On the day the airport officially opened as the New York Municipal Airport – LaGuardia Field, the mayor addressed some 325,000 spectators attending the ceremony while three planes carried banners across the sky: “Name it LaGuardia Airport!”
15 paź 2014 · In conjunction with the City of New York and the Federal Works Progress Administration, ground was broken in 1937 to create a 558-acre airport in Flushing, Queens on a site earlier occupied by the Gala Amusement Park (then a private airfield).
1 dzień temu · DALLAS — Today, in 1939, New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) opened for business in East Elmhurst, Queens. The aviation history of the site in Queens can be traced back to June 1929, when New York Air Terminal Inc. established a seaplane base. The facility underwent several developments and ...
