
Miller FieldA recreational area and former Army Air Corps base on Staten Island
THINGS TO DO
Ranger led nature walks and hikes. Miller Field -- part of Gateway National Recreation Area -- was once the site of a farm owned by the Vanderbilt family who later sold the property to the U.S. government in 1919 for use as an Army Air Corps base. The field was named for Captain Ely Miller who was the first American aviator killed in combat in France during World War I. In 1929 Admiral Richard Bird used Miller Field to test his new plane and make final preparations before his historic flight over the South Pole. |