Simviation Forum - Abandoned & Little Known Long Island Airfields!

Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 8:09am

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This site will not appeal to everybody but for those of us who live in the general area,
Rotty, Willitrun, flyboy, this is a pretty interesting site I stumbled upon.
Check it out!

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIsC.htm

yeah, yeah, this should have gone in other sites but since this has to do with the history and real life documentation of aviation here on Long Island, thought it would be appropriate for this forum. Wink

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Reply #1 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 9:38am

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Fly2e wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 8:09am:

This site will not appeal to everybody but for those of us who live in the general area,
Rotty, Willitrun, flyboy, this is a pretty interesting site I stumbled upon.
Check it out!

You're wrong there Dave. I find this sort of thing fascinating no matter where on the planet it is. Thanks for the link. Wink

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Reply #2 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 10:53am

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Interesting stuff Dave, thanks Wink

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Reply #3 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 1:45pm

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Hagar wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 9:38am:

Fly2e wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 8:09am:

This site will not appeal to everybody but for those of us who live in the general area,
Rotty, Willitrun, flyboy, this is a pretty interesting site I stumbled upon.
Check it out!

You're wrong there Dave. I find this sort of thing fascinating no matter where on the planet it is. Thanks for the link. Wink

So do I. Glad to see that Britain isn't the only place that builds on its historic sites... Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 4:52pm

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Very nice. Good find Dave.

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Reply #5 - Feb 23^rd, 2007 at 6:08pm

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Bittersweet, for sure... but thanks for the link.
Thanks to this constant obliteration of the past without much in the way of plaques or what -have- you, most locals have no idea how important Long Island was to the development of aviation in this country- and the world, really.

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Reply #6 - Mar 1^st, 2007 at 10:00pm

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So many airports on one island. Makes me proud to live on it Cool

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Reply #7 - Mar 1^st, 2007 at 11:57pm

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Great find, Dave but, like Sean said it's bittersweet.

I remember going air shows at the Silver Star Airport in Langhorne, Pa in the 60's when I was a kid.
I use to go to Buehl Field in Langhorne also alot. One of my customers garage was on the proprty so I use to go there and watch the planes all the time.

Oxford Valley Mall now stand on the land where the Siver Star Airport was and a Over 55 community is built on the Buehl Field property.

What a shame!! Sad

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Reply #8 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 9:57am

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Thanks for the link and info Dave.

I find informations and sites like this very informative. You would be surprised how much information is brought forward to different bug smasher fields we visit just to chew the rag.

Many fellow aviators are surprised when they hear how much aviation history is being lost, not just in your country but ours as well.
But, I do hear the same reply most of the time, "well why doesn't someone do something about it" and the usual answer is, "it's to late".
Pilots will ask, "well what the hell is COPA (Canadian Owners and Pilots Association) or AOPA (American Owners and Pilots Association) doing then, they will ask the question but not take the time to go to a meeting or get involved.
It is a shame but we tend to rely on the next guy to do something, and that seldom happens. Roll Eyes

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Reply #9 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 1:18pm

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In America there is a program on the History Channel called "MODERN MARVELS".
They had an hour long documentary on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat! It was really wild to see it being built here on Long Island and the footage from the test flights were great!
It really gave a whole new perspective on how it was built, how it was tested and where it was tested! So much history on this fighter jet and it was amazing to see footage from the 70's of the test flights over the place that I have lived, Long Island!

Here is another interesting site!
http://www.grummanpark.org/history.htm

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Reply #10 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 2:04pm

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It's a real shame that so much of Long Island's aviation history is being forgotten. I should be ashamed (but this is probably expected), but the only bit of Aviation history I knew about Long Island was about the F-14 and the Grumman airfield where it was tested.

Fly2e, I saw that program too Wink

Amazing show.

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Reply #11 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 2:10pm

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Posted by: Heatnyc918 Posted on: Yesterday at 10:00pm
So many airports on one island. Makes me proud to live on it

Where do you live?

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Fly2e, I saw that program too Amazing show

yeah, it was pretty cool. I did not know about the hydraulic leak and as they were on approach, they needed to eject only 200 ft above the ground as the F-14 nose-dived into the woods out in Calverton.

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Reply #12 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 2:24pm

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Cool site on the Grumman F-14 Test Pilots!!
http://www.grummanpark.org/grumman_test_pilots.htm

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Reply #13 - Mar 3^rd, 2007 at 4:36pm

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Fly2e wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 1:18pm:

In America there is a program on the History Channel called "MODERN MARVELS".
They had an hour long documentary on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat! It was really wild to see it being built here on Long Island and the footage from the test flights were great!
It really gave a whole new perspective on how it was built, how it was tested and where it was tested! So much history on this fighter jet and it was amazing to see footage from the 70's of the test flights over the place that I have lived, Long Island!

Here is another interesting site!
http://www.grummanpark.org/history.htm

Dave

YEah I saw both (they had a special on its retirement)-very interesting.

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