OLDEST -- Continuously Operating Airport - College Park, MD - Superlatives on Waymarking.com

The plaque says, "The following notable events occurred on this airfield:
• 1907 – Early aeronautical experiments by Rex Smith and others
• 1908 – Oct. 8, Wilbur Wright instructed first flying officers of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army
• 1909 – Oct. 29, Mrs. Ralph H. Van Demon first woman passenger in America
• 1911 – July 3, First army flying school established
• 1912 – First flight surgeon, Lt. John P. Kelly
• 1912 – First group cross country flight originated here, first long distance flight – 42 miles, destination, Chevy Chase, MD.
- First bombs dropped from an aircraft utilizing a bombsight
- First machine guns fired from an aircraft
- Early experimentation with radio signals sent from an aircraft
- Altitude records set by Lt. “Hap” Arnold, 6450 feet.
• 1918 - Aug. 12, Washington terminus, first regular airmail service
• 1920 – Early helicopter experiments by Emile Berliner
• 1922 – First successful flight of a helicopter by Henry Berliner
• 1933 – First “blind flying“ cross country flight by James Kinney and Harry Diamond

Prince George’s County Historical Society
Funded by National Aerospace Educational Memorial Center, Inc., 1976"

Type of documentation of superlative status: Plaque Location of coordinates: Plaque Web Site: Not listed

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