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McCook Field
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| McCook Field | |
|---|---|
| Dayton, Ohio | |
 Major Rudolph W. Schroeder(de) set a 30,900 foot two-man altitude record in a Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11 Biplane at McCook Field, 24 September 1919 | |
  McCook Field | |
| Coordinates | 39°46′33″N 84°11′27″W / 39.77583°N 84.19083°W |
| Type | Aircraft Flight Testing |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | .svg){kind=small} United States Army Air Service |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1917 |
| In use | 1917–1927 |
| Battles/wars |  World War I |
McCook Field was an airfield and aviation experimentation station in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was operated by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps and its successor the United States Army Air Service from 1917 to 1927. It was named for Alexander McDowell McCook, an American Civil War general and his brothers and cousins, who were collectively known as "The Fighting McCooks".
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