With no clouds in the sky over Roosevelt Field, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1919, was a perfect day for flying. By 8:30 a.m. more than 1,000 spectators had arrived in motorcars they parked along a row of ...

Before the site became the home of one of the country's largest shopping malls, Roosevelt Field was the busiest civilian airport in the nation. Newsday TV's Shari Einhorn reports.