Talk:Floyd Bennett Field

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[edit] Importance Rating

FBF is at least as important as Meigs Field used as an example of a "High" importance article, and FBF is likely of much more historical significance. The article may not be extensive enough to adequately indicate the historical significance, but a facility of such importance and connection to general aviation, commercial aviation, military aviation, Naval Air Stations, law enforcement aviation, Coast Guard aviation, air races, technological development, helicopter development (the article does not yet mention Sykorsky at FBF), popular culture, and historic preservation deserves at least a "High" rating, and likely higher. The dozens of aviation records and "firsts" set here alone make it deserving of a "High" importance rating. Compared to Meigs, FBF is at least still in existance!Shoreranger 15:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I suppose I was comparing it to Croydon, which served as a fighter base during the Battle of Britain. But you are correct that it played a historic role in aviation, and I would not object to the "High" importance. --Petercorless 08:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)