If a person about to board an airplane in Omaha were asked where he was flying to and he responded, “Omaha,” he may receive a few…
The story of commercial air travel, in a heavier-than-air, winged aircraft, began on January 1, 1914, when the world’s first scheduled passenger service took to the…
Most Long Islanders automatically think of LaGuardia, JFK International, and Long Island MacArthur airports when it comes to fulfilling their airline travel needs. But Farmingdale-located Republic…
Liberty Aviation Museum’s 1928 Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-B flew its first flight on December 1, 1928. It was sold to Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT, the logo that…
Dear Metropolitan Airport News readers,The Port Authority of NY/NJ has operational responsibility for facilities spanning a 1,500 square mile area within the New York metropolitan area.…
The Cradle of Aviation Museum honored Hempstead Long Island resident, William M. Wheeler. This Tuskegee Airman was a 2nd Lieutenant, Combat Fighter Pilot and apart of…
June 28th marks the 81st anniversary of the first regular trans-Atlantic passenger service via Pan Am’s Boeing 314 ‘Dixie Clipper’. The aircraft left Port Washington, New…
Both Pan American World Airways and it’s famous Terminal 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport are not around any longer. But what is typical for…
On June 6th scores of cities, towns and villages in France and in Holland celebrate their liberation, and the victory of allied troops during the Normandy…
On September 18, 1932 pilot, James Banning took off from Dycer Airport, Los Angeles in an orange and black Alexander Eaglerock biplane along with his mechanic…