Browsing: Editor’s Notebook
Each month, Metropolitan Airport News Editor-in-Chief, Julia Lauria-Blum, discusses issues affecting the New York area airport community.
According to the World Animal Foundation, every year approximately 920,000 homeless pets are euthanized in the United States (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats) primarily due to a lack of space. According to the latest data, Almost…
On June 17th, the commemorative return of Pan Am to JFK International Airport marked a significant moment for all those in attendance at Terminal 7. As the story of this inaugural flight is the cover…
After boarding a plane for a recent flight to Los Angeles out of JFK, I was admiring some of the liveries of the adjacent aircraft from my window seat. Off to my right, I noticed…
Last month, I took a Southwest flight from LaGuardia Airport to Dallas Love Field. After picking up my car rental, I drove 240 miles west across the North Central Plains of Texas on U.S. Interstate…
Physical or digital archives are historical ‘memoirs’ of sorts. They are factual narratives that chronicle or document a specific time period, event, or theme. If you’ve ever sought out information on a particular topic, image,…
On January 24, Iris Cummings Critchell, the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died at 104 years of age. Iris competed at the 1936 Games as a 15-year-old in the 200 m. breaststroke. It…
In 2018, I took a first-time trip to Paris. While in Paris, I arranged an independent tour outside the city that I had always wanted to do: a privately guided day tour to the beaches…
In 2022, with the completion of LaGuardia Airport’s transition into a 21st-century entryway into New York City, the stunning new Terminal B and Terminal C have largely taken center stage in the news and by…
One of the most famous ‘aviation firsts’ photographs of all time was taken by John Daniels of the Kill Devil Hill Lifesaving Station and made from a 5 x 7-inch glass-plate negative deposited in the…
On Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, Metropolitan Airport News had the pleasure of being asked by The New Terminal One (NTO) and the John F. Kennedy International Airport Chamber of Commerce (JFK COC) to participate in an engaging and informative discussion…