1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Long Island Aviation History Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) Long Island has played an indispensable role in the development of the aviation industry in the United States. In particular, the Hempstead Plains, Suffolk County Air Force Base, and parts of Bethpage, Port Washington, and Farmingdale contain notable landmarks of aviation history. (2) The Hempstead Plains encompass approximately 950 acres east of Clinton Road and south of Old Country Road in Garden City, New York, and have been called the Cradle of Aviation . (3) In the early 20th century, the Hempstead Plains had 3 major airfields, all of great historical significance: Roosevelt Field, Curtiss Field, and Mitchel Field. (4) During World War I, the airfields of Hempstead Plains were an important training center for United States military pilots, as well as a major hub for military aircraft research, development, and production. (5) The first transatlantic flight, carried out by the U.S. Navy Curtiss NC–4 in 1919, took off from Rockaway, New York, and cemented the United States leading role in aviation innovation. This aircraft was built at the Curtiss factory in Garden City—a building which still stands. (6) Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York, was the point of departure for Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic flight aboard the Spirit of St. Louis completed on May 20, 1927. (7) In 1929, Amelia Earhart and other pioneering women pilots founded the International Organization of Women Pilots, or the Ninety-Nines, at Curtiss Field. (8) Curtiss Field also served as the terminus for transcontinental airmail from 1918–1929. (9) In the 1930s, Roosevelt Field was the busiest civilian airfield in the United States, and played a role in many other historic transcontinental, transatlantic, and record-setting flights. (10) Port Washington, New York, once known as the Plymouth Rock of American aviation, was Pan American World Airways’ trans-Atlantic hub on Manhasset Isle from 1934 to 1940.