Research Catalog
Westchester Airport :
- Title
- Westchester Airport : / Kent Patterson.
- Author
- Patterson, Kent.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, 2017.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-5636 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Westchester County Airport.
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Westchester County Airport is referred to by the International Air Transport Association as HPN or, more endearingly by its patrons, White Plains Airport. The airport is unique in that it has the feel of a rural or regional airport but is within the New York metro area. Today, the airport bustles with traffic, accommodating commercial airlines, business, and private aviation. The golden age of aviation gave way to a major industry with the employment of modern airports featuring lighted concrete runways, and new technologies like radio. In Westchester County, this all began with a seaplane operation at Rye-Cove in the early 1920s, followed by the call for a county airport in 1928, but it did not come to fruition until 1945. World War II generated a need for an airfield at Rye Lake, and by 1945, diminished defense needs permitted the transition from military airfield to county airport." -- From cover.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Early and other flying in Westchester -- Aviation seeks public acceptance -- Leading to World War II -- War precipitates an airport -- The airport becomes a reality -- Postwar's popular flying trend -- Toward airline service -- Westchester Airport's golden age -- Business and private flights -- today's Westchester County Airport.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5636
- ISBN
- 1467124702
- 9781467124706
- LCCN
- 2016946139
- OCLC
- 959037383
- Author
- Patterson, Kent.
- Title
- Westchester Airport : / Kent Patterson.
- Imprint
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Westchester County Airport.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5636