I think it's a great idea having grown up in the "Cradle of Aviation"
Long Island, NY. I thought this subject has been in historical
archaeology in Great Britain for quite a number of years also, so it
would be like "catching up". Many of my high school classmates parents
were involved in the Grumman "Lunar Excursion Module" project, which
incidentally was built all over Long Island in small shops so no one
had the "big picture" I was told. Nearby Gyrodyne also flew coaxial
helicopters manned and unmanned sometimes over the potato fields
around former Flowerfield, NY next to what with some of the property
donated became Stony Brook University, now about to take the rest of
Gyrodyne property for research.
Today is Einstein's birthday.
George Myers
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:45:26 -0500, David Babson
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> I encountered this area by accident, working on the known Wright
> Brothers hangar sites at Wright-Patterson AFB as part of an installation
> inventory of historic sites. This was in the early 90s, and ;little
> else was published at that time. If you think studies of enough sites
> have been performed, this should be interesting.
>
> D. Babson.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> william mcAlexander
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 11:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: 2007 SHA symposium
>
> Greetings fellow HISTARCHers,
>
> After two years of intense research and several more years of toying
> around in the subject, I have to say that I've come to enjoy
> aeronautical archaeology. However, I've found that locating sources or
> individuals that can point me to other areas to continue my research,
> has at times been difficult. No doubt others have experianced this same
> delima.
>
> Therefore, I was wondering how receptive the archaeological community
> would be to a symposium on aeronautical archaeology at the 2007 SHA
> Conference. I would be more than happy to stress myself out by putting
> it togather if thier is enough of a response in favor of it. If you
> know other researchers in different fields that might be interested,
> please pass this info on.
>
> Aeronautics in practical useage has been around since the late 18th
> century, and Da Vinci drew designs for a helicopter before that. Dreams
> of mastery of the air has had an effect on humanity that is felt today.
>
> Right off hand, there are the views of military, civilian, recreational,
> industrial, commercial, scientific, and social aspects as well as
> lighter than air, heavier than air, and rocketry that, in my opinion,
> should be investigated. Then there is the change in our concept of
> travel, time, and spatial relationships. For instance, in developing
> response plans for the use of airborne cavalry units that were used in
> Vietnam, military planners had to change thier traditional view of miles
> distance to a reaction time of minutes. All of these have resulted in
> physical remains that may not be apparent to the investigator. For
> instance, how will an encampment from a balloon section of Napoleon's
> army differ from encampments of other units? I don't know, but would
> like to.
>
> Anyway, I've rambled enough. Let me know what you think. Responses or
> theme ideas can either be made on list or off.
>
> Here are other ways to contact me.
> Thank you,
> William E. McAlexander Jr.
>
> WK.
> William E. McAlexander Jr.
> Arkansas State Highway and Trans. Department
> Environmental Division
> 10324 I-30
> Little Rock, Ar 72203
> (501) 569-2078
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