NJ: Teterboro Airport: Steeped in Glamour, History and Noise

Source The New York Times

Jan. 2, 2018

TETERBORO, N.J. — There was a time when Teterboro Airport was the crown jewel of the New York region.

Charles Lindbergh often flew into the New Jersey airport, 12 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan, to meet with the president of Wright Aeronautical, which built the engine that powered his historic trans-Atlantic flight. Amelia Earhart flew here to prepare for her own trans-Atlantic trip. The F-32, the world’s biggest passenger plane when it was built in 1930, roared to life at Teterboro, as did the Barling Bomber, then the largest American-made bomber.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/nyregion/teterboro-airport-steeped-in-glamour-history-and-noise.html

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