Port Washington Seaplane Base (Manorhaven, New York)
USA /
New York /
Port Washington North /
Manorhaven, New York
World
/ USA
/ New York
/ Port Washington North
seaport, airplane, historical layer / disappeared object
The first commercial trans-Atlantic flight, flown by Pan American World Airways, originated from here. It was later used by Grumman during WWII. Regular flights to and from Port Washington to Europe continued on a weekly basis through 1939. But less than a year later, in March 1940, the center of the New York aviation world moved west to Pan Am's new Marine Air Terminal
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www.newsday.com/long-island/seaplanes-made-history-from...
theislandnow.com/blog-112/local-history-matters-yalies-...
scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/files/original/b94d30...
books.google.com/books?id=Ni7eDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA57&...
www.airfields-freeman.com/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Nassau...
Photos:
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°50'8"N 73°42'34"W
- Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal 43 km
- Lewes, Delaware 260 km
- Norfolk, Virginia 487 km
- Charleston Harbor 1052 km
- Tybee Roads 1162 km
- Tampa Bay 1647 km
- Kingston Harbour 2561 km
- Puerto Barrios 3142 km
- Colón 3555 km
- Tumaco 4372 km
- Manhasset Isle (Manorhaven, NY) 0.2 km
- Soundview (Port Washington North, NY) 1.3 km
- Port Washington Estates Development 1.8 km
- Manhasset Bay 2 km
- Kennilworth at Kings Point Development 2.7 km
- Plandome Country Club 2.7 km
- Port Washington, New York 3 km
- Town of North Hempstead 5.9 km
- Nassau County, New York 13 km
- Long Island Sound 56 km