When the Navy took over, they replaced the control tower cab with a more modern design. There are commercial hangars as well as Navy hangars, but the terminal building is strictly 1931-1938 vintage. The author has attempted to capture the field as she was in the transition time-frame, between 19. In 1971 the base was decomissioned and the field is currently a Multi-Use Facility managed by the U.S. The coast guard Air Station was established in 1938, and in 1941, Floyd Bennett Field became Naval Air Station Brooklyn, Floyd Bennett Field. Between 19, Floyd Bennett Field was visited as a departure (and often return) point for many record setting aviation endeavors by such notable aviators as Wiley Post, Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, Roscoe Turner, Laura Ingalls, Jimmy Doolittle, Jacqueline Cochran, and Douglas “Wrongway” Corrigan. Floyd Bennett Field Started out its life in 1931 as the first airport in New York City.
With the number of Golden Age and early WW II planes out now, it’s about time to pull this one out of retirement.
