The third of eleven children, General Irene Trowell-Harris, was born in Aiken, South Carolina; she has fond memories of childhood, attending church, and celebrating Christmas with…
During an annual Black Pilots of America General Membership meeting, I had the privilege of interviewing one of New York’s living legends, Les Morris. I intended…
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat…
Just when you think you are finished with snowstorm interruptions at the airport, who would have guessed that a volcanic eruption in Iceland would impact airport…
When a boarding announcement was recently made in the gate area at Los Angeles International Airport for a flight to JFK, most of the passengers rose…
The growth came from an unlikely location. The North Terminal, originally constructed in 1953, had been host to many airlines that flew piston aircraft along with…
In 2023, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) celebrated its 75th anniversary. What better time than now to reflect upon past events, including snowstorms, which impacted…
Airline Origins and Service Inauguration Chicago-based Midway Airlines, which plied the skies for a dozen years, was the first deregulation-spawned start-up to enter service, paving the…
Fighting airport congestion, joining long security queues, and being packed into cattle cars with wings, today’s airline passengers must sometimes wonder how the privileged few fly:…
The short, stubby control tower indicated that this was a controlled airfield and that it provided takeoff and landing clearances. The long, white Passenger Terminal failed…