Feb. 14, 1940: Workers at La Guardia Airport fought the elements to hold down a plane as a large storm brought seven inches of snow and winds gusting at 60 miles per hour to New York, hammering the eastern part of the country. Bus services were suspended and a swath of the West Side Highway closed, but the city seemed to prevail in “what appeared to be a winning effort to keep essential services functioning.” Photo: The New York Times
9/11 Plane Part Found in Alley Near World Trade Center
How do you miss a 5 foot hunk of PLANE for 11 and a half years in NEW YORK CITY?
Time for the inflight service on board an Aer Lingus Douglas DC-3, ca.1950
(Source: guygg, via northernaviator)
Steam rises from the heated pad below a GEnx engine, following a nighttime ice test at GE Aviation in Winnipeg, Canada. Temperatures were around -20 degrees F.
(via flyingblonde)
Effects of Elevation, Temperature and Moisture on Take-off Run and Rate of Climb
from: Aeroplane, Flight Training Manual, 4th Edition; Transport Canada; 1994; Gage Educational Publishing Co.
American Airlines - Operations Org Chart circa 1935
‘American Airlines, Inc., the largest airline system in the United States, operating a network of routes with an aggregate mileage of better than 6400 miles.’
from: Your Wings; 1942; Assen Jordanoff; Funk & Wagnalls.
