College Park Airport

College Park Airport. "Oldest Continually Operated in the World". , The following notable events occurred on this airfield: , . 1907 – Early aeronautical experiments by Rex Smith and others , . 1908 – Oct. 8, Wilbur Wright instructed first flying officers of the Signal Corps, U.S. Army , . 1909 – Oct. 29, Mrs. Ralph H. Van Demon first woman passenger in America , . 1911 – July 3, First army flying school established , . 1912 – First flight surgeon, Lt. John P. Kelly , . 1912 – First group cross country flight originated here, first long distance flight – 42 miles, destination, Chevy Chase, MD. , - First bombs dropped from an aircraft utilizing a bombsight , - First machine guns fired from an aircraft , - Early experimentation with radio signals sent from an aircraft , - Altitude records set by Lt. “Hap” Arnold, 6450 feet. , . 1918 - Aug. 12, Washington terminus, first regular airmail service , . 1920 – Early helicopter experiments by Emile Berliner , . 1922 – First successful flight of a helicopter by Henry Berliner , . 1933 – First “blind flying“ cross country flight by James Kinney and Harry Diamond, Prince George’s County Historical Society , Funded by National Aerospace Educational Memorial Center, Inc., 1976