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Thor at the airport. (Photo by Alaska Airlines)
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Alaska Airlines Flies Abused Dog To California For Life Saving Surgery

Posted January 4, 2013 by NYCAviation Staff

A German shepherd mix named Thor is smiling today—a big deal since it’s the first time he’s been able to open his mouth in at least 6 months.

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Water laps at a jetway outside LaGuardia's Central Terminal. (Photo via Fox5)
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NYCAviation’s Top 10 Most Popular Stories Of 2012

Posted December 30, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

From space shuttles to Sandy, a look back at our most popular stories of 2012.

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Wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. (Photo by AP)
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On This Day in Aviation History

Pan Am Flight 103 Is Bombed: December 21st In Aviation History

Posted December 21, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Scotland, New York Airways begins helicopter flights from Manhattan’s Pan Am Building and more…

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The Apollo 17 spacecraft, containing astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H. Schmitt, glided to a safe splashdown at 2:25 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 1972, 648 kilometers (350 nautical miles) southeast of American Samoa. The astronauts were flown by recovery helicopter to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga slightly less than an hour after the completion of NASA's sixth and last manned lunar landing in the Apollo program. (Photo by NASA)
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On This Day in Aviation History

World’s First Airport Opens, Apollo 17 Splashes Down: December 19 in Aviation History

Posted December 19, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

The world’s first airport opens near Paris, the last moon mission returns to earth, a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash is captured on video, and more…

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Apollo 17 awaits launch at Cape Canaveral. (Photo by NASA)
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On This Day in Aviation History

Pearl Harbor Attacked, Last Moon Mission Launched: December 7th In Aviation History

Posted December 7, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

“A day which will live in infamy,” air marshals shoot a passenger, a USAir employee deliberately crashes a plane, and more…

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A TWA Boeing 707-300 at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. (Photo by Michel Gilliand via wikimedia)
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On This Day in Aviation History

TWA’s Last Flight: December 1st

Posted December 1, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

TWA ceases operations, Northwest Orient Flight 6231 crashes in NY, the Civil Air Patrol is born, and more…

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AtlasJet MD-82 (TC-AKM)
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Eastern Air Lines DC-7 Crashes In New York Fog: November 30 in Aviation History

Posted November 30, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

Eastern Flight 512 crashes in New York, Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes in Turkey, Curtiss Aeroplane Company is born, and more…

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Vintage postcard featuring an American Airlines Douglas DC-7.
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On This Day in Aviation History

American Airlines Files For Bankruptcy, Kim Jong-Il Bombs A Korean Air Jet: November 29 in Aviation History

Posted November 29, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection, Korean Air Flight 858 is bombed by agents of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il and more…

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Katherine Lee, aka Deltalina.
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Airline News

Remixed Delta Safety Video Is Way Better Than The Real Thing

Posted November 23, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

In the spirit of the Bad Lip Reading series, someone has created a hilarious remix of Delta’s classic preflight safety video.

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The first Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner poses behind Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Ray Conner, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and Qatari Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al-Rumaihi. (Photo by Liem Bahneman/NYCAviation)
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Photos: Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delivery Event

Posted November 20, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

We take a look onboard Qatar’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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