If the Atlantic could be considered a vast aquatic race track, then the US and the UK were the countries that competed to cross it. Both…
There are several New York area airports, including those on Long Island, in Westchester County, and New Jersey, but few people can name New York City’s…
When Boeing designed the 747, the world’s first wide-body, twin-aisle airliner powered by high bypass ratio turbofans, in the 1960s, it deliberately placed the cockpit on…
Roosevelt Field and the Cradle of Aviation Museum present Roosevelt Field Aviators: Exhibit and NFT Collection on display at the Roosevelt Field shopping center in Garden…
As the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey continues a multibillion-dollar redevelopment and modernization of each of its three principal metropolitan airports to meet…
Trailblazing pilot Willa Brown will be posthumously inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio on September 24, 2022. Born in Glasgow, Kentucky…
In 2005, while recording her oral history, Lillian Yonally recalled the thrilling sensation of lifting up from a runway and into the air. “When you take…
Having planted its Connecticut roots in 1962 when Joseph M. Fugere founded Pilgrim Airlines for the purpose of linking Groton with JFK, it first took to…
On December 5, another piece of Pan Am’s history was added to the airline’s permanent exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City, NY. “The…
After more than 64 years in business, the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the world as Pan Am), ceased operations…