Browsing: New York Aviation History

Ripe, Florida soil, implanted with the right seed at the right time, tended by the optimum gardeners, and fertilized with…

Some airlines reflect their country, state, geographical region, and even airport of origin in their names. One reflected its city…

If there were an aviation equivalent to a Catch-22 situation, then Long Island MacArthur, a secondary or reliever airport to…

Many local service carriers, flying to small communities, improved their image with jet aircraft and harnessed deregulation’s freedom to maintain…

In 2000, Joshua Lang joined the U.S. Army and was a Longbow Apache helicopter mechanic in the 6th Cavalry. He…

It was the first and, at the time, the largest. It coined terms such as “widebody,” “twin aisle,” “upper deck,”…

The First Ozark Many airlines, especially during the early years of aviation, planted seeds in parts of the country that…

At the newly renovated Mineola Station, along the main line of the Long Island Railroad, stands a work of public…

Airlines, through their structure, serve different market segments. Some carry all passengers or all cargo. Some operate regional turboprops or…

Although Grumman never designed a bonafide “airliner,” it built three amphibious aircraft that found limited passenger-carrying applications. Founded by Leroy…