This was the home of Long Island's first experimental airplane
factory. Curtiss Engineering was the world's first facility
completely dedicated to aviation research and development.
Prototype aircraft were built and tested at facility, which was
equipped with the nation's longest wind tunnel.
Curtiss' work resulted in the first airplane to cross the
Atlantic, the NC-4 built in 1919. In 1920, Curtiss tested his
planes on the west end of Roosevelt Airfield, now Roosevelt Field
Mall.
The Curtiss smoke stack from the original 1929 plant has
survived with the name "Curtiss" faintly visible, and over the main
entrance of the building, the name "Curtiss Engineering
Corporation" remains.
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