A mayoral tantrum, the drudgery of prohibition and the Great Depression teamed up to build New York City’s first major airport, which opened on October 15, 1939.
South African search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday morning located two planes on a mountain in the country's northeast after they went missing during severe weather on Sunday.
Boeing flies the 737 for the first time, the first British-built Concorde flies, the Tupolev Tu-114 sets a world speed record for props, a Japanese plane flies to London, and more...