Re: Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Mark Brader wrote:

>>>>> Idlewild was only a nickname, after its location in the city.
>  
>>> I find statements like this one, from the New York City Department of
>>> Parks & Recreation, that say it was once named Idlewild. ...
> 
>> There seems to be conflicting information about that, so maybe I was
>> wrong.
> 
> Okay, Michael Wares kindly searched the New York Times for me and came
> up with the following.  Exact dates shown are for the newspaper
> articles, not the events.
> 
> 1941-12-06 (paraphrased)
> 
>    City Council votes to call the new air****t "Maj. Gen. Alexander E.
>    Anderson Air****t".  Mayor LaGuardia vetoes the idea, leading to
>    accusations of hypocrisy as the existing air****t is named after him.
> 
> 1947-05-30 (paraphrased)
> 
>    Name change from "Idlewild Air****t" to "New York City Air****t"
>    proposed.
> 
> 1947-09-24 (direct quotes)
> 
>    Idlewild Air****t, renamed "New York International Air****t" by the New
>    York ****t Authority, will be ready for international operation next
>    spring. ... Mr. Tobin [PA executive director] admitted the difficulty
>    of changing the name ... He kept referring to it as "Idlewild".
> 
>    ... The [City] Council in 1943 officially called the field "the Maj.
>    Gen. Alexander E. Anderson Air****t" ... The late mayor Fiorello H. La
>    Guardia vetoed the action and it was passed over his veto, but Mr. La
>    Guardia vetoed always persisted in calling it "Idlewild."
> 
>    Mr. Tobin explained that the Civil Aeronautics Administration had
>    objected to calling the field "New York Air****t" because of liability
>    to confusion with "Newark Air****t" on the radio. The CAA will list
>    the field as "New York International."
> 
> 1948-06-02 (direct quote)
> 
>    The New York International Air****t at Idlewild, Queens ... was opened
>    ... yesterday ...

And it appears the first commercial flight was about a month later.

<q http://tinyurl.com/4scefv>

Construction of the air****t began in 1942 with modest ambitions. Only
1,000 acres (4 km²) of land on the site of Idlewild golf course were
earmarked for use. The golf course provided the air****t's original
namesake, Idlewild Air****t.

The air****t saw its first commercial flight on July 1, 1948. It was
dedicated as 'New York International Air****t on July 31 of that same year,
although the name "Idlewild" remained in common use and the official IATA
air****t code was IDL.

</q>


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