VA – Only one Boeing XB-15 bomber prototype was built, yet it gave the giant aircraft manufacturer design ideas that shaped the famous B-17 and Model 314 Clipper airplanes. The Boeing XB-15 (Model 294), originally known by the nomenclature XBLR-1, or Experimental Bomber, Long Range, ...
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ME – The only commercial airline headquartered in Maine has stopped flying — and Elite Airways executives aren’t talking about plans for the company, including whether it will resume service between the Northeast and Florida. Until recently, Elite offered low-cost flights to and from Portland International Jetport with stops at White ...
MD – Washington Executive Airport, also known as Hyde Field, never really recovered from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The final day for aircraft owners and businesses to clear out was November 30, under a bankruptcy court ruling. The exodus followed two decades ...
PA – In recognizing that the holiday season is one of the busiest traveling-wise, Hawaiian Islands was curious about which terminals induced the most tears of frustration. So, they analyzed over 1,500 reviews on Google for hundreds of airports worldwide and found the percentage of ...
ME – An astonishing investment planned by a startup company at the former Loring Air Force Base could come with promises from large airlines to buy its cleaner fuel even before the technology has been tested at scale. To say DG Fuels’ plans are ambitious ...
Penn Valley Airport (SEG) in the east-central Pennsylvania town of Selinsgrove on the west bank of the Susquehanna River is home to 36 aircraft. Still, as is the case at so many smaller airports across the country, demand for hangar space has skyrocketed in recent ...
The Claremont Municipal Airport (CNH) in Claremont, New Hampshire, last month cut the ribbon on its brand new 18,000 SF terminal building to congratulations from state Senator Ruth Ward, U.S. Representative Annie Kuster, and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. Several other state lawmakers ...
The Winchester Regional Airport (OKV) near Winchester, Virginia, is on a building spree thanks to a public-private partnership and will soon open the first set of six hangars to house mid-size aircraft. This represents the first stage of an 11-unit hangar facility which, in turn, ...
NY – New York City-based Modern Aviation has completed the transactions to acquire the two remaining Sheltair Aviation FBOs in New York, at Republic Airport (FRG) in Farmingdale and at Francis S. Gabreski Airport (FOK) in Westhampton Beach, as the final parts of a larger ...
DE – Ocean Aviation Flight Academy, based at Ocean City Municipal Airport (OXB) in Berlin, Maryland, has opened a second flight training facility at Delaware Coastal Airport (GED) in Georgetown. Ocean submitted the winning proposal to Sussex County to base a flight training program in ...