Some nostalgia now.

I was born in 1931 in what was called the SPRINGFIELD GARDENS section of Queens, NYC.

Nearby was the IDLEWILDE section, abourt 2 miles or so. There was a small airfield there, and my Uncle Tom and Aunt Virginia lived there on a small plot, on which they had a few apple trees.

I was nuts about airplanes back then, and I would peddle over to watch the airplanes come and go. Aunt Virg always had a slice of warm apple pie for me.

The Southern State Parkway was being built them, and was completed to Brooklyn, but not Eastward. No traffic was allownd, but lots of kids rode their bikes on it. I pedelled down to Floyd Bennet and watched the Navy flying boats, and other Navy planes. Later, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia opened the Southern State Parkway in a ceremony, and cars were the traffic.

Well, Idlewilde Airport became JFK International where I flew TWA aircraft from, and later I flew F9F-8 Cougars from Floyd Bennet. There was no restriction of 250Kt. below 10,000' back then, and I'd buzz Coney Island and Jones Beach just offshore at high speed.

Those were the days, my friends, those were the days.