Joe,

Thanks for the correction. Someone else already pointed out my spelling
error and I made the correction, for future versions.

As an Aerospace Historian are you affilitaed with any particular
institution or are you an independent?

Thanks also for your interest in the NYNYs.
David Minor



>>
>>The first U. S. anti-aircraft defense area is set up at Mitchell Field,
>>New York.
>>
>
>
>The correct spelling is Mitchel Field, with only one l.  The field, located in
>Hicksville, Long Island, New York,  was not named for 1930s airpower
>advocate BGen William "Billy" Mitchell.  Rather, the field predates the
>famous general and was, among other things, the site of the Pulitzer Air
>Races in the 1920s.
>
>Joe Trnka
>Aerospace Historian
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