was killed in a crash on June 7, 1939, minutes after departing Washington, D.C. for the return flight. The last record-breaking flight involving Floyd Bennett Field occurred on July 16, 1957. Then-Major John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC, established a transcontinental air speed record, flying an F8U-1P Crusader from NAS Los Alamitos, California to NAS New York–Floyd Bennett Field, in 3:23:08 hours. Project Bullet, as the mission was called, provided both the first transcontinental flight to average supersonic speed, and the first continuous transcontinental panoramic photograph of the United States. Glenn was awarded his fifth Distinguished Flying Cross for the mission. Transportation Public transport The local bus serves Bennett Field on Flatbush Avenue. The Q35 travels between Rockaway Park, Queens, and Flatbush, Brooklyn, via the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. The Q35 has three stops in each direction near Floyd Bennett Field. From north to south they are located near the Brooklyn Golf Center and Aviator Complex entrance, at the north end of the field; the Ryan Visitor Center entrance, near the middle of the field; and Aviation Road, near the south end. The Q35 connects to two New York City Subway stations. One is in the Rockaways, at Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street, served by the . The Q35 also connects to the Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College station in Brooklyn, served by the . A proposed expansion of the New York City Subway in 1935, and another plan in 1939, would have extended subway service to Bennett Field directly, but neither was built. Road access Highway access to Bennett Field is provided by the Belt Parkway, which runs along the south shore of Brooklyn and Queens. The Belt Parkway connects to the airport via its Flatbush Avenue exit in Marine Park, Brooklyn. To the south, Flatbush Avenue connects to Jacob Riis Park, another part of the Jamaica Bay unit, via the Marine Parkway Bridge. References Notes Citations Bibliography Further reading Scarino, Marianne Cannava, The Rise and Fall of Floyd Bennett Field, Air & Space/Smithsonian, June/July 1987, pp. 34–45. External links National Park Service: Floyd Bennett Field Historic District Floyd Bennett Field Visitor Information, nyharborparks.org The Floyd Bennett Field Task Force Floyd Bennett Composite Squad AirNav information for NY22: NYPD Air Operations Heliport (Floyd Bennett Field) 1931 establishments in New York City Aerospace museums in New York (state) Aircraft hangars on the National Register of Historic Places Airports established in 1931 Airports on