In 1944, the United Nations decreed that December 7 would be known as, International Civil Aviation Day. Visit http://www.icao.int/Pages/default.aspx for more info! Coincidentally, today is also “Pearl Harbor Day,” that Date which will live in infamy. Let us remember the fallen on that day that changed the world. Here are a few links for you: http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/07/21-photos-pearl-harbor-day-will-live-infamy/ […]
Direct Link: http://vimeo.com/capnaux/thanksgiving Your Head’s in the Clouds. Where’s Your Heart? An NYCAviation.com Exclusive Article Direct link to this NYCA article: http://www.nycaviation.com/2014/11/heads-clouds-wheres-heart-giving-thanks-aviation-community/#.VHX6ModzU20 Giving Thanks to the Aviation Community “Every single one of you has a fascinating story to tell.” The kevlar flight deck door shuts our world off from yours. In our “sterile cockpit,” we push buttons and […]
In many ways, I am the same pilot, but my aeronautical decision making and stick and rudder skills have increased exponentially.Cameron Livingstone, Alaska Bush Pilot Folks, I’m excited to bring you a special interview, with a young man I met this Spring when he was about to set out on an adventure of a lifetime! I couldn’t help […]
Ladies & Gents, From the FRIGHT Deck . . . Folks, we gotta lotta material to cover. We’re so busy this week, I’m going to have to simply direct you to last year’s Aviation Darwin Awards post for some good, if morbid, Halloween guffaws: DIRECT LINK: http://capnaux.com/the-darwin-awards-aviation-style/ Here’s hoping you all have a fun, safe, and wickedly awesome Happy […]
By Mark Lawrence Producer of NYCAviation.com Sitting on the south side of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport use to be a small General Aviation runway. Just over 5,000’ long and only 100’ wide, it would handle the plethora of small aircraft and biz jets that would frequent the airport, but it could not handle the […]
DID YOU KNOW . . . Tuesday, August 19 is National Aviation Day? Be sure to do something Aviation-y today!! Some cool, esoteric Aviation factoids: Today is Orville Wright’s birthday. On December 17, 1903, Orville piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above the sands of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered […]