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. ]]> ]]>
Here, a Berliner Helicopter prototype is on the compass rose. Between 1920 and 1924, father and son duo, Emile and Henry Berliner, developed the first practical helicopter at College Park. ]]>