Browsing: New York Aviation History

It would be memorable enough that the building was dedicated in May 1935 as the nation’s first air passenger terminal.…

Physical or digital archives are historical ‘memoirs’ of sorts. They are factual narratives that chronicle or document a specific time…

Deregulation, which enabled new-generation airlines to challenge the incumbent ones, resulted in two fundamental types: The low-fare, single-class, limited-amenity ones…

The Pan Am Museum Foundation, in collaboration with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential…

As the 1960 decade dawned, jets appropriate for short ranges did not yet exist.  But there was always a “first”…

For a carrier whose identity was reflected by its “brightest star” name, it burned out after only a decade and…

On February 1, 2025, the world lost a true American hero. Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the…

If aviation had an equivalent to Mecca, it would most likely be Dayton, Ohio, and its Aviation Trail enables the…

Both birds and airplanes attain lift with wings. But one of the former species has none at all and is therefore…

Lower-demand, shorter-range routes inappropriate for larger-capacity aircraft dictated the types that could be operated during the first few decades of…