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In 1910, Rex Smith, D.C. resident, patent attorney, and inventor built a hangar and some small buildings to store his airplane and run his aviation school from.

In this photograph, crowds gather to see the Bleriot XI airplane.

National Bureau of Standards Radio Tower Shack

Radio Tower, Radio Tower Shack, and Radio Building

Next to an old hangar

A race between the Wright Military Flyer and a B&O train on its scheduled trip between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD on October 16, 1909.

A New York newspaper reported that the airplane was the winner, even though its top speed was about 55…

This dirt road was made next to the railroad so that the hangars and airfield could be reached easily. In this photograph, a few cars are driving towards the Army Aviation School hangars.