2/5/2014
2/5/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
Sunset Park, 200 block of Ocean Blvd, Entrance Gate 5, Naval Air Station N Island, Coronado - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/1/1999 - Date Most Recently Visited:
2/5/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 32 41.296, W 117 11.568
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Site of First Military Flying School
(U.S. Naval Air Station, North Island)
The flat lands beyond have been a part of aviation history since Glenn Curtiss founded the first military flying school in America on January 17, 1911. The Army operated Rockwell Field until January 31, 1939. The Navy commissioned the present air station on November 8, 1917.