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Airport manager George Brinckerhoff added a small gold course to the airfield. He would often play a hole or two with his students after a flying lesson.

College Park Airport experienced severe flooding in August 1961. Most of the airfield was under water, right up to the railroad.

This was not the first time that College Park was affected by adverse weather. In 1942, it was hit with around two…

The National Bureau of Standards used one of the Army Aviation School hangars to store planes for use in the development of radio navigational aids for "blind flying." The first "completely blind" flight took place at College Park in August 1929.

In Boeing Stearman

Aerial view

In 1918, a compass rose was added to the airfield to help air mail pilots find their way and stay on the correct route.

Here, a Berliner Helicopter prototype is on the compass rose. Between 1920 and 1924, father and son duo, Emile and Henry…

In the 190s, an airplane repair shop was added to the airfield. This plane belongs to Donald Sampson who flew out of College Park. Its wings have been removed so that it can be repaired.