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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…

Emile Berliner on the right

In 1910, Rex Smith, D.C. resident, patent attorney, and inventor built a hangar and some small buildings to store his airplane and run his aviation school from.

In this photograph, crowds gather to see the Bleriot XI airplane.

A race between the Wright Military Flyer and a B&O train on its scheduled trip between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD on October 16, 1909.

A New York newspaper reported that the airplane was the winner, even though its top speed was about 55…

This dirt road was made next to the railroad so that the hangars and airfield could be reached easily. In this photograph, a few cars are driving towards the Army Aviation School hangars.