Browsing: New York Aviation History

Located at Schenectady County Airport in New York State’s Capital-Saratoga region, the Empire State Aerosciences Museum capitalizes on the state’s…

Ideas for carriers may come from many sources, but the one for World Airways was a logical one: Benjamin Pepper,…

It would be memorable enough that the building was dedicated in May 1935 as the nation’s first air passenger terminal.…

Physical or digital archives are historical ‘memoirs’ of sorts. They are factual narratives that chronicle or document a specific time…

Deregulation, which enabled new-generation airlines to challenge the incumbent ones, resulted in two fundamental types: The low-fare, single-class, limited-amenity ones…

The Pan Am Museum Foundation, in collaboration with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential…

As the 1960 decade dawned, jets appropriate for short ranges did not yet exist.  But there was always a “first”…

For a carrier whose identity was reflected by its “brightest star” name, it burned out after only a decade and…

On February 1, 2025, the world lost a true American hero. Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of the…

If aviation had an equivalent to Mecca, it would most likely be Dayton, Ohio, and its Aviation Trail enables the…