Browsing: New York Aviation History
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…
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…