Valentine’s Day Flowers Travel the Globe on American Airlines
It will soon be that special time of year again when cargo containers laden with mass amounts of flowers are transported around the world on many cargo and commercial carriers. NYCAviation visited with American Airlines to snif...
January 13th in Aviation History: Air Florida 90 Crashes and First Single Rotor Helicopter Flight
The Air Florida Flight 90 disaster takes 78 lives in Washington DC, and an Uzbekistan Yak-42 crashes in Tashkent. In happier news, Igor Sikorsky makes the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight, Shuttle Endeavour launc...
Fugitive Libyan Intelligence Chief Arrested for War Crimes at Airport in Mauritania
The intelligence chief of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was arrested at an airport in Mauritania on late Friday evening. He is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity during last year's uprising.
TSA Fires ‘Get Your Freak On’ Screener, America’s Secret UAV Base in Ethiopia: Final Call
Jack the Cat has been found! But he's sick! Also, TSA has fired the screener who left an inappropriate note in a woman's suitcase, another Air France strike, and more...
Cessna Carrying Three Crash-Lands on Virginia Farm, No One Injured
A small plane carrying three Dutch men crash-landed in a farm field in Virginia on Saturday, federal and state authorities said on Sunday.