Early Aeronauts Of Bloomfield (And Essex County): Local Event

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Historical Society of Bloomfield. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

In the years just before the start of The First World War, interest in all things aeronautical was at fever pitch. All across the country in backyards, garages and barns, inventors and would-be aviators were trying to get airborne in homemade contraptions with varying degrees of success. And Essex County had its fair share of these intrepid aeronauts!

In 1909, a pair of young inventors would become suspects in a series of “Mystery Airship” sightings in the skies above Montclair. By 1910, Belleville had its very own airship company. In 1913, two teenagers from Bloomfield would launch themselves from the rolling hills above Broad Street in the first ever gliders with rudders, flaps and landing gear.

Join us on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 pm as Dean Cole and the HSOB present The Early Aeronauts of Bloomfield & Essex County.

EVENT: The Early Aeronauts of Bloomfield & Essex County

ORGANIZATION: The Historical Society of Bloomfield, NJ (HSOB)

PRESENTED BY: Dean Cole

DATE: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

TIME: 7:30 PM

VENUE: Bloomfield Civic Center, 84 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ

PARKING: State Street lot behind the Bloomfield Public Library. Free after 7pm.

COST: FREE & open to the public

CONTACT: www.hsob.org; info@hsob.org

ADA Compliance: This venue is ADA-compliant

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