It has since been moved from its original position on Calvert Road to Corporal Frank Scott Drive. ]]>
This was not the first time that College Park was affected by adverse weather. In 1942, it was hit with around two feet of snow which caused one of the hangars to collapse and damaged several planes. ]]>
On the runway is Maryland resident Gustavus McLeod in the plane he flew when he became the first person to circle the North Pole in an open-cockpit plane in 2000. He later flew the plane to an air show at College Park Airport and donated the aircraft to the museum. ]]> ]]>
The compass rose has since been remodeled in 1968, 1974, and 2024. ]]>