Flushing Airport, N.Y.

In 1970 my dad hired a plane at Flushing Airport to take us on an aerial tour of our neighborhood and the surounding area. He took this video footage and a few of the photo's, the rest of the photos were assembled from Google Image. (A Little Bit Of Flushing Airport History) JFK used to be called Idlewild, LaGuardia was called North Beach Airport, and before that, Glenn H. Curtiss Airport. But predating both was little Flushing Airport, just a mile from where LaGuardia would be built. "Flushing Airport was opened in 1927 as Speed's Airport (named for former owner Anthony "Speed" Hanzlick),"It became the busiest airport in New York City for a time." Once LaGuardia hit the scene, four-runway Flushing lost traffic. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was used for blimps. It shut down in 1984. Video Footage By William P Byrne Photos By Google Image, William P Byrne Reference from Ephemeralnewyork.com Produced By ThomasJ Byrne