Long Island Airports

by Joshua Stoff

Book Overview

Long Island is a natural airfield. The central area of Long Island's Nassau County--known as the Hempstead Plains--is the only natural prairie east of the Allegheny Mountains. The island itself is ideally placed at the eastern edge of the United States, adjacent to its most populous city. In fact, nowhere else in America has so much aviation activity been confined to such a relatively small geographic area. The many record-setting and historic flights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738536768
• ISBN13: 9780738536767
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"