Browsing: New York Aviation History

You could say Viola Gentry was a rebellious teen. In 1910, when she was just 16 years old, she had…

On June 12, 2001, a JetBlue airliner touched down at JFK International and taxied to its gate after a two-and-a-half-hour…

Only a few nautical miles from Idlewild Airport; Rockaway Airport debuted on July 16, 1939, and was originally called the…

“I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability, but the mental condition which it…

The journey of Mitchel Field was similar to most of the closed as well as the currently operating airports on…

Long Island may not be the birthplace of aviation but it is certainly the birthplace of international air travel. On…

Jackie Cochran climbed to 45,000 feet in a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet, leaving a contrail of ice crystals behind her…

Holmes Airport existed for about eight years, from 1929 to 1940, and was located in Jackson Heights, approximately a half…

Flushing Airport was one of New York City’s early municipal airports and was located only a mile east of present-day…

If the photo map of Glen Curtiss/North Beach Airport appears to be in a familiar place, you’re right. The airport…