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. (11) During World War II, Long Island was a crucial center of military aircraft production. These aircraft, produced in huge numbers for the Army, Navy, and foreign governments, were of excellent quality and had a major impact on the course of the war in all theaters. (12) Most notably, the Grumman Aircraft Company, based in Bethpage, New York, and the Republic Aviation Corporation, based in Farmingdale, New York, manufactured innovative planes that proved highly valuable to the U.S. military such as Grumman’s F6F–3 Hellcat and Republic’s P–47 Thunderbolt. (13) Mitchel Air Force Base, located on the Hempstead Plains, served as the original location of the Air Defense Command upon its inception in 1940, and was integral to the defense of the main-land United States during World War II and thereafter. (14) In 1951, the Suffolk County Air Force Base, located in Westhampton, New York, became the prime Air Defense Command base responsible for defending the New York City metropolitan area from all air attacks. (15) In 1962, Grumman won the contract to build the Lunar Module as part of the Apollo Program, and in 1969 the first men traveled to the moon aboard a spacecraft built with the expertise of Long Island’s aviation industry. 3. Special resource study (a) Study The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the study area. (b) Contents In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) evaluate the national significance of the study area based on an assessment of Long Island’s aviation history