{"id":658,"date":"2010-10-29T19:14:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T19:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2010-10-29T19:14:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T19:14:39","slug":"100th-anniversary-of-historic-johnstone-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"100th Anniversary of Historic Johnstone Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Commemorative Flyover Planned for 100th Anniversary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>of Ralph Johnstone\u2019s Historic Middle Island Flight<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Johnstone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-667\" title=\"Johnstone\" src=\"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Johnstone-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local residents, history buffs and aviators will gather at \u2014 and above! \u2014 the Historic Marker at Artist Lake Park on Middle Country Road in Middle Island tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. to observe the 100th Anniversary of pioneer aviator Ralph Johnstone\u2019s historic flight and landing here a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Bayport Aerodrome Society will conduct a flyover featuring six vintage airplanes to honor Johnstone\u2019s amazing feat of setting a high altitude record of 8,471 feet after being blown off course in his Wright Bros. 1910 Model B Flyer.<\/p>\n<p>Although Johnstone\u2019s flight originated all the way back at the Belmont Park air show that gusty fall day, those high winds also brought him farther east than any plane had ever flown before. Out of fuel, Johnstone was forced to land in Van Horn\u2019s Field, a small open space across from Artist Lake that is now a parking lot for a vacant Kmart. Few, if any, residents at the time had ever seen a plane before, and word soon spread of the daring airman\u2019s presence. Johnstone met an untimely death only a few weeks later in another flying escapade.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s commemorative flyover is weather dependent. The Bayport Aviators will determine by noon if they\u2019ll need to postpone till Thursday. Please check the Middle Island Civic Association website at www.middleislandcivic.com for weather updates. Having to celebrate a day later will still be consistent with Johnstone\u2019s legacy \u2013 he had to spend the night in Middle Island, get his plane\u2019s flat tires fixed, gather enough fuel and even chop down a few trees before being able to take off and return to Belmont Park the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commemorative Flyover Planned for 100th Anniversary of Ralph Johnstone\u2019s Historic Middle Island Flight Local residents, history buffs and aviators will gather at \u2014 and above! \u2014 the Historic Marker at Artist Lake Park on Middle Country Road in Middle Island tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. to observe the 100th Anniversary of pioneer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}