TRANSCRIBED FROM THE PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC JUNE 4, 1919 P. 9
Last Tuesday II had a ship all day doing some aerial photography for the harbor defense outfit at Fort Wadsworth. I was flying right over New York harbor all day observing some experiments with camouflaged submarine mines. It was very interesting work. I had a light truck bring gasoline and oil and my mechanic to the big Sheepshead Bay race track where all the police games are held. It is just back of Coney Island and Manhattan Beach. a very interesting place-to fly. I worked with a Colonel Waller. He seemed to enjoy flying very much.
I had a sergeant photographer with me so after we finished our work, we made a trip up the harbor around the statue of Liberty, up the Hudson. along Riverside Drive, across Harlem river, and down the East river, under Queensberry bridge, over Brooklyn bridge to the battery and them across Prospect park in Brooklyn, and on home to the field. I put in 4 hours and 5 minutes, and I think it was the most remarkable flight I have ever made. It certainly is the way to see New York.
NOTES: Lieut. Kenneth Garrett was writing to his mother. His father, Louis, was assistant to Arkansas Power and Light executive, Harvey Couch. Garrett was stationed at Hazenhurt Field in Mineola, Long Island. He had previously been stationed at Ellington Field in Texas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CHLOE SMITH
Last Tuesday II had a ship all day doing some aerial photography for the harbor defense outfit at Fort Wadsworth. I was flying right over New York harbor all day observing some experiments with camouflaged submarine mines. It was very interesting work. I had a light truck bring gasoline and oil and my mechanic to the big Sheepshead Bay race track where all the police games are held. It is just back of Coney Island and Manhattan Beach. a very interesting place-to fly. I worked with a Colonel Waller. He seemed to enjoy flying very much.
I had a sergeant photographer with me so after we finished our work, we made a trip up the harbor around the statue of Liberty, up the Hudson. along Riverside Drive, across Harlem river, and down the East river, under Queensberry bridge, over Brooklyn bridge to the battery and them across Prospect park in Brooklyn, and on home to the field. I put in 4 hours and 5 minutes, and I think it was the most remarkable flight I have ever made. It certainly is the way to see New York.
NOTES: Lieut. Kenneth Garrett was writing to his mother. His father, Louis, was assistant to Arkansas Power and Light executive, Harvey Couch. Garrett was stationed at Hazenhurt Field in Mineola, Long Island. He had previously been stationed at Ellington Field in Texas.
TRANSCRIBED BY CHLOE SMITH