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From
the Montauk L.I. Star,
May 14, 1920 The demolishment of the big Navy air camp at Montauk is about completed, all of smaller wooded buildings having been moved away or torn down and workers from the U.S. Steel and Iron Works, Pittsburgh, have about finished dismantling the dirigible hanger. Already seven carloads of the iron structure have been shipped. I.Y. Halsey had dismantled the seaplane hangar and moved most of it to his garages at East Hampton and Southampton, where he will use the material in making additions. The large dirigible hanger will be moved to Cape May, NJ where it will be added to another of about the same size and the entire structure raised several feet, making the largest dirigible hangar in the United States. The Montauk Naval Air Station, during its existence, maintained the highest record for flying hours of any of the camps along the coast and we have heard that it was the best constructed and equipped station. © 2004 The Long Island Early Fliers Club, P.O. Box 221, Bethpage, NY 11714-0221 • info@longislandearlyfliers.org |
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