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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)

FBF should definitely be rated at at least high importance. Sikorsky tested helicopters at FBF, and I believe there was other testing also. It served as a VIP airport while it was a military field (for the US President, foreign visitors to the UN, ambassadors, and so on - due to better security). It based aircraft for The Eastern Sea Frontier Command (located at 3rd Naval District HQ, now disestablished), who was/is responsible for protecting the eastern shores of the US. I have been collection information on Naval Air Station New York (NAS NY) for years, and will be writing/expanding the section on the period of time it was a NAS (1941-1971). A lot happened then, as well as before. At some point during it's military history, there was a recruit boot camp, as well as a training facility for, if I can remember rightly, the Aviation Boatswain’s Mate rating in the US Navy. It had an on-base movie theater, three social/drinking/eating clubs (enlisted, chief, officer), a religious chapel, and a medical facility. NAS NY had ammo bunkers and a functional pier on Jamaica Bay. Becksguy 19:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

That's great. One suggestion, Becksguy: This article is already a little long, so I suggest you put your research to use in an article on NAS New York specifically, rather than expanding this article much. Good luck. Shoreranger 20:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

That's a good idea, Shoreranger. Keep the FBF article with a major emphasis on civilian use, both before and after it was military. That way, the NAS New York article will be also more orthogonal with other Naval Air Station articles. Makes sense. Now I have to see if I have enough for a full article. Anyway, it can start as a stub and work it's way up to a start-class, or better eventually. Thanks. — Becksguy 22:59, 6 August 2007 (UTC)