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By Col. James F. Jamison, USMC (Ret), April 28, 2018
First Military Flying School Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► California, San Diego County, Coronado — 818 — First Military Flying School — (U.S. Naval Air Station, North Island) —  |
| The flat lands beyond have been a part of aviation history since Glenn Curtis founded the first military flying school in America here on January 17, 1911. The Army operated Rockwell Field until January 31, 1939; the Navy commissioned the present . . . — — Map (db m61548) HM | |||
| 2 ► Maryland, Prince George's County, College Park — College Park Airport — "Oldest Continually Operated in the World" — First Military Airfield in the United States — |
| 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 – . . . — — Map (db m61870) HM | |||