Consolidated Aircraft News

An operations official with the The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour says the Reno - Tahoe Airport Authority has forced them to cease flying their WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang from the Reno - Stead Airport due to insurance concerns.

In the 1990 movie "Memphis Belle," a crew of young American airmen take to the skies over England, France and Germany during a crucial part of World War II.

The morning of Jan. 30, 1944, a Sunday, the 718th Squadron of the U.S Army Air Forces' 449th Bomb Group took off from its base in Grottaglie, a small village on the heel of Italy's boot, on a mission to bomb an airfield in Udine, site of a Nazi base near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea.

The 10th Annual Bethpage Airshow at Jones Beach was sentimental, not just for the milestone of a decade, and not even because Memorial Day is the kick off to summer, but because it also marked the reopening of Jones Beach State Park after the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.

In commemoration of Memorial Day and itsdeep regard for the American veteran, the Jimmy Doolittle Museum will present Flying History Days at its new Nut Tree Airport location on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday beginning at 9 a.m. until approximately 4 p.m. In addition to launching the Museum's Center for Patriotism campaign at the Nut Tree, Flying ... (more)

I have never considered myself an adventurous person. I favor turn signals, never go anywhere without a map and a cell phone, and I've made it all the way to 23 without taking candy from a stranger.

I have never considered myself an adventurous person. I favor turn signals, never go anywhere without a map and a cell phone, and I've made it all the way to 23 without taking candy from a stranger.