A Drunk Pilot, A Drunk Passenger, A Roll of Duct Tape And Two Disrupted Flights
Two more wasted men—one of them an airline pilot—made headlines on Friday when each disrupted separate flights to New York.
March 9th in Aviation History: Space Shuttle Discovery Completes Final Mission
Space Shuttle Discovery completes its 39th and final mission, TWA Flight 553 crashes in Ohio, the US bombs Tokyo, and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th
A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...
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...
On This Day in Aviation History: September 27th
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. From a dive at high altitude, the aircraft ...