The first Airport of the East, launch site of The Berlin Airlift, made famous with flying legends, Howard Hughes, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindberg, John Glenn, "Wrong Way" Corrigan, gives way to dense, empty runways, and now makes home to Model plane and car enthusiasts and evening astronomy club fascinations. Yet near Jamaica Bay, where Police chopper pilots guide and thunder overhead, concealed to others, soar different flights of fancy, arrows.

On any day, observe complex compound bows, Rambo style, power and technology, precision and speed, efficiency for the hunt. Look at colorful target bows, more like traditional with continuous draw weight, still with sights for the one-eyed shooter. But the only outdoor range in the city makes it possible for conventional recurve and long bowmen to feed their delight.

It is Sunday, sunrise. Soon, wax and string, leather grips and woods of red cedar, yellow osage, hickory, ebony, maple, yew, and other bows with their natural grain and beauty adorn the racks.