Inside the US Coast Guard’s SAR Response to a Plane Crash
What's involved in a waterborne search for a missing plane? The Coast Guard and its hardworking members have been and continue to be semper paratus, or “always ready.”
Is This The Most Dangerous Takeoff Ever Captured On Video?
These old Russian planes were built to plow through just about anything within reason, but these pilots throw reason into the mud.
Swiss Plane Completes First Solar-Powered Overnight Flight
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, a Swiss solar-powered plane, completed the first non-stop flight on solar energy after flying 26 hours and 9 minutes. It was the longest flight at the highest altitude in aviation history, Solar Impuls...
Flying to the Movies with Air Hollywood
Inside of a warehouse north of Los Angeles, CA, lies a vast collection of aviation pieces large and small. Here, at a film studio known as Air Hollywood, they bring the aviation scenes in the movies to life. NYCAviation recentl...
America West Begins Flying, Boeing Merges With McDonnell Douglas: August 1 in Aviation History
Happy birthday NORAD, America West Airlines and ALM-Antillean Airlines. Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merge, Gary Powers dies, and more...