Editorials

A Newcomer’s Perspective on SpotLAX2023

Mark Lawrence shares his experiences as a first time attendee at SpotLAX2023.

Editorials

The Flying Classroom: Culture Change and City Transformation

Mark Lawrence recently sat down with Opa-Locka FL City Manager Darvin Williams and Captain Barrington Irving to discuss The Flying Classroom.

Editorials

Save The Dates: SpotLAX Returns Next September

SpotLAX returns next September! Save the date for our annual plane spotting weekend held at Los Angeles International Airport.

Editorials

Get To The Chopper! My First Time Spotting From A Helicopter.

Mark Lawrence checked an item off his bucket list while at #SpotLAX2023, when he took a helicopter plane spotting flight over LAX.

Events

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About #SpotLAX2023

Now in its 10th year, SpotLAX returns for 2023! Here is everything you need to know about the event. From a schedule of events to spotting locations and transportation info, it’s all here.


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Douglas DC-8 Becomes First Supersonic Airliner: August 21 in Aviation History

A DC-8 dives into the record books, the first use of electric beacons for nighttime flights, a Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crashes, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff

 
 
Artist's rendering of an American Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

American 787 Renderings Revealed

We're still a few years away from seeing American Airlines 787s in the flesh, but NYCAviation has obtained several new renderings of what they may look like once they are finally delivered.
by Phil Derner Jr.

 

 

August 6th in Aviation History: B-29 Superfortress Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

The US drops first atomic bomb on Japan, Ted Williams returns to the Red Sox from Korea, Braniff Flight 250 crashes in Nebraska, and more.
by NYCAviation Staff

 
 

On This Day in Aviation History: September 11th

Four airliners are hijacked and intentionally crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania in 2001, killing 2,993; A Continental EMB120 crashes at IAH in 1991; Eastern flight 212 crashes in CLT...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Piloticians

Members of government love to speak up when it comes the airline industry, and Senator Charles Schumer has perhaps spoken the loudest.
by Phil Derner Jr.