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NRP's Michel Martin talks to author Carole Hopson, who's written a book about Bessie Coleman, who in 1921 became the first Black woman to get a pilot's license. The book is called: "A Pair of Wings."

The New York State Appellate Division ruled against the Town of East Hampton in a dispute over whether its airport skirted federal requirements.

A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge will allow the Town of East Hampton to cover its legal fees with revenue from its airport.

A single-engine plane trying to reach Waterbury Airport in Plymouth crashed Tuesday into a Boy Scout camp in Terryville, landing in woods about a quarter of a mile from campers, according to the Connecticut Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The search for two of the victims of Saturday’s plane crash off Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett was suspended yesterday due to bad weather and rough…

Bradley International Airport is giving stressed travelers the chance to hug a therapy dog during the holiday season.Officials at the Windsor Locks…

A federal judge has ruled against the Tweed New Haven Airport Authority in its lawsuit against the state.The suit was an attempt to overturn a state law…

A Long Island aviation firm is now part of the recovery efforts in Florida after Hurricane Irma.Sheltair Aviation’s chief operations officer, Warren…

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., wants the FAA to increase airport ramp inspections after a spike in small plane crashes over Long Island.Ramp…

The Wright brothers live in our minds as American icons . . . and what do we really know about them?Long Island author Lawrence Goldstone has written a…