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The Pensacola journal., March 16, 1919, SECOND SECTION, Page 17, top left chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1919-03-16/ed-... reported that a flight arranged by Lieut. W. L. Richardson, a naval photographer, had established a record in flying the 300 miles from Hampton Roads (across the James River from Norfolk, Virginia) to "the Rockaway station" in 270 minutes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Rockaway

See also: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/35933304221/

Thanks swanq and TVL1970. We'll add this information and the type of plane to this photos catalog record and the one taken at the same time.

It's very possible that this is a photo of Naval Air Station - Rockaway, in Queens, NY. It is identifiable by the building at the top of the photo, in the background, which appears to be US Lifesaving Station Rockaway, which was located just west of the air station, in Fort Tilden. Best guess on the date is sometime in 1917, soon after the air station was established.

This and the photo below, among this latest group of LOC Bain photos to be posted, is a photo of a US Navy C-Class blimp. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_blimp For comparison purposes, see also this newsreel footage of C-Class blimps posted on YouTube by CriticalPast: YouTube - Critical Past: "U.S. Navy C-class airships at Fort Tilden, New York HD Stock Footage"

Looks like Rockaway is correct, see comment under

Art Siegel Excellent! Here's additional footage of a C-Class blimp taking off from the airship hangar at Fort Tilden (adjacent to NAS Rockaway) for a flight over Manhattan. The building in the photo on the left side of the frame is captured at approximately the 48-second mark of this film. YouTube - CrticalPast: "Manhattan, NY, viewed from U.S. Navy C-class Airship HD Stock Footage"

Looks like crew of January, 1919 Rockaway to Key West flight, see

Title: Dirigible C-1 crew Caption: Of flight from New York to Key West, 1450 miles, 12 January 1919. Description: Catalog #: NH 53303 Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command Original Creator: Original Date: Sun, Jan 12, 1919 www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerica... Records Made With Goodyear Balloons "D-28: Navy C-1 Rockaway Beach to Key West Fla via Hampton Roads Va and Brunswick Ga. Jan 12 15 1919 Total including stops 1,560 mi " books.google.com/books?id=ZNo0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT27&lp... Captain was S.V. Parker, head of the Rockaway Naval Air Station chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034322/1919-03-15/ed-...