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Miller Field is a part of the Staten Island Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, which is managed by the National Park Service. The park includes baseball and soccer fields, and hosts the New York Philharmonic in the summer. The field is directly east of New Dorp High School.
The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in the history of United Airlines.
Members of the White House Press pool (R) stand by an Osprey after US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden departed from Miller Field in Staten Island (AFP via Getty Images)
December 16: Mid-air collision between TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport, now JFK) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) over Miller Field, Staten Island. [113] The TWA aircraft crashed at the site, killing all aboard, while the United aircraft continued flying for about eight miles until it crashed in the Park ...
It became part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in 1973, along with Miller Field and Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn and Queens, and Sandy Hook in New Jersey. [4] The park now includes the Nichols Marina, a beach, trails, fishing and bird-watching areas, and sports fields. [4]
Miller Field (airport), an airport in Valentine, Nebraska (IATA: VTN, ICAO: KVTN) Miller Field (Las Cruces), New Mexico; an American football stadium; Miller Field (Staten Island, New York), a park and former military base in New Dorp, Staten Island, New York; Miller Field, a ball park on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah ...
It was organized and federally recognized in November 1922 at Miller Field on Staten Island and redesignated as the 102nd Observation Squadron in January 1923. [9] During the inter-war years, the 102nd Observation Squadron flew a variety of aircraft but continued to serve as the aerial eyes for the commander of the 27th Infantry Division.
A Douglas O-38 of the 102d Observation Squadron at Miller Field in Staten Island, New York City, 1933. The squadron provided divisional aviation for the 27th Division of the New York National Guard. Note the squadron emblem on the side of the fuselage.