Dr. Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954) was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years,
and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world,
making him the most successful airship commander in history.
He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time.
An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections,he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined.
Following the meet, producer William J. Humphrey filmed the first aviation film, The Military Air-Scout, at the aerodrome, with Army
Signal Corps flier Lt. Henry Arnold as the stunt pilot.
By 1913, however, the facility was seen as too small, and the land too valuable, so it was closed and all flying operations moved to the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome.
"Stratford School sits epicenter on what was that airfield."
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