Browsing: New York Aviation History

In 2005, while recording her oral history, Lillian Yonally recalled the thrilling sensation of lifting up from a runway and…

Having planted its Connecticut roots in 1962 when Joseph M. Fugere founded Pilgrim Airlines for the purpose of linking Groton…

On December 5, another piece of Pan Am’s history was added to the airline’s permanent exhibit at the Cradle of…

After more than 64 years in business, the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the…

If a person about to board an airplane in Omaha were asked where he was flying to and he responded,…

The story of commercial air travel, in a heavier-than-air, winged aircraft, began on January 1, 1914, when the world’s first…

Most Long Islanders automatically think of LaGuardia, JFK International, and Long Island MacArthur airports when it comes to fulfilling their…

Liberty Aviation Museum’s 1928 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-B flew its first flight on December 1, 1928. It was sold to Transcontinental…

Dear Metropolitan Airport News readers,The Port Authority of NY/NJ has operational responsibility for facilities spanning a 1,500 square mile area…

The Cradle of Aviation Museum honored Hempstead Long Island resident, William M. Wheeler. This Tuskegee Airman was a 2nd Lieutenant,…