Radio Takes to the Air: The Use of Radio in Aeronautics

In the early days of flight, the RCA Company
installed radio equipment on a plane at Roosevelt Field and sent it up with a
pilot, Pickerell. This invention found its way to the old Sayville radio
station was used by the CAA/FAA as first a beam station and then a transmitter
of weather and position to all flights along the eastern seaboard, beginning
the story of radio and airplanes that became sophisticated during the World
Wars. Join Robert Ford, a volunteer from the Republic Air Museum and Bayport
Aerodrome, and learn about the rich history of radio and flight on Long Island!
Sponsored by the Long Island Radio and TV Historical Society