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LaGuardia Airport

Joshua Stoff - History - 2008 - 132 pages
Constructed closer to Manhattan than the commercially unsuccessful Floyd Bennett Field, LaGuardia Airport was conceived in the mid-1930s as New York City mayor Fiorello ...
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John F. Kennedy International Airport

Joshua Stoff - History - 2009 - 132 pages
John F. Kennedy International Airport opened in 1948, after the realization set in that the newly built LaGuardia Airport was unable to handle the volume of air traffic for New ...
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Dirigible

Joshua Stoff - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1985 - 116 pages
Describes the building, launching, missions, and final dismantling of a hypothetical rigid airship, based on the careers of three Navy dirigibles.
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The Voyage of the Ruslan: The First Manned Exploration of Mars

Joshua Stoff - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1986 - 120 pages
Describes an imaginary voyage to Mars by Russia in the 1990s, projecting from known scientific facts the way it might possibly be.
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Long Island Aircraft Manufacturers

Joshua Stoff - History - 2010 - 132 pages
Significant aircraft manufacturing began on Long Island in the early 20th century and boomed during the war years. Long Islanders helped transform aviation from a dangerous ...
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Ghosts of Vesuvius: A New Look at the Last Days of Pompeii, How Towers Fall ...

Charles R. Pellegrino - History - 2005 - 499 pages
A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center ...
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Unearthing Atlantis:: An Archaeological Odyssey to the Fabled Lost Civilization

Charles R. Pellegrino - History - 2001 - 388 pages
Illustrated history of Thera Islands of Greece, the Minoan civilization and the fabled land of Atlantis.
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Dust

Charles R. Pellegrino - Ecology - 1999 - 546 pages
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Long Island Aircraft Crashes: 1909-1959

Joshua Stoff - Nature - 2004 - 128 pages
During the first fifty years of American aviation, Long Island was at the center of aircraft innovation and flight. There were more aircraft manufacturers and airports located ...
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