 The Hempstead Plains Aerodrome was renamed to in 1917 to Hazelhurst Field, and again in 1918 to Roosevelt Field on the eastern half, and Curtiss Field to the west.These facilities and Mitchel Field provided the eastern United States' hub of private, and even military, air activity.The most famous flight from the Hempstead Plains was Charles Lindbergh's 1927 journey to France.