Helping Pilots to Stay on Track

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Title

Helping Pilots to Stay on Track

Description

In 1918, a compass rose was added to the airfield to help air mail pilots find their way and stay on the correct route.

Here, a Berliner Helicopter prototype is on the compass rose. Between 1920 and 1924, father and son duo, Emile and Henry Berliner, developed the first practical helicopter at College Park.

Date

1922

Files

2022.5005.034 1922 Compass Rose.jpg

Citation

“Helping Pilots to Stay on Track,” College Park Aviation Museum, accessed March 12, 2026, https://www.cpam.artinterp.org/items/show/34.