Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:00 pm**

Original Posted By:
Dick,Here is another one for you. How is Mitchel Field on Long Island namedafter?Chris----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:56 pm**

Original Posted By: Fred Weaver
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Naming of Mitchel Field

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:57 pm**

Original Posted By: "Christian Bobka"
Used to hear it called Billy Mitchel field, and think it was the one thatthe first blind flight was made from by Jimmy Dolittle.(My Dad worked at the place that made the instruments, in NJ)walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:06 pm**

Original Posted By: "Christian Bobka"
OOPS forgot. He was a WWl ACE, I think.walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:36 pm**

Original Posted By: "Christian Bobka"
Billy Mitchell----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:02 pm**

Original Posted By: "Gene Rambo"
OK,, thanks.What other infro do you know?walt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:37 am**

Original Posted By: "w b evans"
The first blind flight by Doolittle was from College Park Airport in DC.----- Original Message -----

Posted: **Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:30 pm**

Original Posted By: "Gene Rambo"
Gene,It was on Long Island at Mitchell field. Got a picture around here that myfather had gotten from work. It was their instruments, and showed JimmyDolittle standing next to this big biplane. The plane had a canvas "bonnet"that could be pulled over him, and the safety pilot in the front (I guess)held his hands up so the spectators could see that it was Jimmy flyingblind.You can go here and read the paragraph ( the one above the colored pic ofthe seaplane)http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/main.htmlwalt evansNX140DL----- Original Message -----