Bob Mott's guest appearances

Bob Mott

The Long Island History Project

Walt Whitman

Robert Moses

Teddy Roosevelt

John Turner

Karen Rea

Peter Fox

Anna Smith

Mark Smith

David Morrison

Karl Grossman

Amanda Fairbanks

Erin Elizabeth

John Strong

Chris Vaccaro

Marguerite Kearns

OwlTail

Walter Winnicki

Imagine a world with a private airport around every corner and an airplane in every garage. Where your form of ID could just as easily be a pilot's license as a driver's license and your weekend is spent with people with names like "Red" and "Speed" and "Ace". That's the world Walt Winnicki grew up in, learning to fly on Long Island in the early 1950s. And that's the world that Bob Mott and the Bayport Aerodrome Society is trying to preserve. On this episode, both men relate their long history and love of flying. We also discuss the lost world of private airfields and the near miraculous survival of the Bayport Aerodrome, built by Curtis Davis out of his family's corn field right after World War II. Research  Bayport Aerodrome Society Cradle of Aviation Museum Long Island Airports 50 Years Later, ‘Blind’ Flight is Routine (NYT) The Brunner Winkle Bird Biplane noise from Freesound.org (by Loveburd) 

Imagine a world with a private airport around every corner and an airplane in every garage. Where your form of ID could just as easily be a pilot's license as a driver's license and your weekend is spent with people with names like "Red" and "Speed" and "Ace". That's the world Walt Winnicki grew up in, learning to fly on Long Island in the early 1950s. And that's the world that Bob Mott and the Bayport Aerodrome Society is trying to preserve. On this episode, both men relate their long history and love of flying. We also discuss the lost world of private airfields and the near miraculous survival of the Bayport Aerodrome, built by Curtis Davis out of his family's corn field right after World War II. Research <ul> <li><a href="https://www.bayportaerodromesociety.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bayport Aerodrome Society</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cradleofaviation.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cradle of Aviation Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57194084" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Long Island Airports</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/25/archives/50-years-later-blind-flight-is-routine-blind-flight-50-years-later.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">50 Years Later, ‘Blind’ Flight is Routine (NYT)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/lindberghs-trainer-the-brunner-winkle-bird-4133032/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Brunner Winkle Bird</a></li> <li><a href="https://freesound.org/people/LOVEBURD/sounds/329615/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Biplane noise from Freesound.org (by Loveburd)</a></li> </ul>

Episode 94: The Bayport Aerodrome with Bob Mott and Walter Winnicki