AirTran Flight Aborts Takeoff at LGA

An AirTran flight aborted takeoff at LaGuardia Airport this evening after the crew received an indication of an engine fire.
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2007 Floyd Bennett Field Fly-In

For a short time this past weekend, the sights and sounds of yesteryear returned to Floyd Bennett Field as fabric covered biplanes adorned the flight line, and the sound of radial engines filled the air at the annual Floyd Benn...
by John Musolino

 
 

Last Known Photo of Crashed Yemenia Airbus A310 7O-ADJ

An NYCA forum member visiting London caught perhaps the last photo of the tragic Yemenia A310, registration 7O-ADJ, as it approached Heathrow on Monday, June 28th.
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The Logbook: United Passenger Smothers Baby Inflight

In today’s daily digest, a woman on a United flight accidentally smothered her child while breastfeeding. Also, the 787 completes static testing, Continental and ANA both show off new special schemes, Baltia registers that ne...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Tiny Airports Take Off With Stimulus

The Federal Aviation Administration has now allocated all of its $1.1 billion in stimulus money for airport improvements. But the complex set of rules laid out in the recovery act has led to some counterintuitive results: The b...
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica