Browsing: New York Aviation History

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,…

June 28th marks the 81st anniversary of the first regular trans-Atlantic passenger service via Pan Am’s Boeing 314 ‘Dixie Clipper’.…

Both Pan American World Airways and it’s famous Terminal 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport are not around any…

On June 6th scores of cities, towns and villages in France and in Holland celebrate their liberation, and the victory…

On September 18, 1932 pilot, James Banning took off from Dycer Airport, Los Angeles in an orange and black Alexander…

“I saw the alchemy of perspective reduce my world, and all my other life, to grains in a cup. I…

A familiar and sometimes iconic site at airports across the globe, the air traffic control tower, celebrated its 100th birthday…