Emilio Carranza was heading home to Mexico to complete a goodwill tour when his plane crashed in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

While Corrigan maintained that he became disoriented in the clouds and that his compass was defective, authorities did not believe his claim that his arrival in Ireland was an accident. So, one ...

She was a superstar, the most famous woman in the world. She was a pilot, “it” girl, author, adventurer, fashion designer, ...

The Aviator and the Showman,' Laurie Gwen Shapiro's vibrant account of Amelia Earhart's union with a publicity-seeking ...

Romance came in the curvaceous form of Mae West, with some crediting Madden for bankrolling her early Hollywood career. By the end of the Roaring Twenties, the lad from Somerset Street was a ...

The company, owned by General Motors, discovered that a terribly toxic and volatile chemical called tetraethyl lead changed the way gasoline burned in the extreme temperatures and pressures created by ...

Four individuals with ties to Long Island, including aviation pioneers and aerospace company founders, are inducted into the ...

Born in 1897 in Atchison, Kan. — a small town with limited opportunities, especially for women — Amelia Earhart decided ...

A state judge on Monday granted embattled developer Charles Cohen more time to sell buildings from his Midtown office ...

The Ladies Auxiliary of Hilton Fire Department was organized on April 21, 1925, and according to the original mission ...

The new Port Columbus airport opened to great fanfare in July 1929 as a key hub on an air-rail transcontinental travel route between NYC and L.A.

She was one of the most relevant supermodels of all time, but went on to live a quiet life before passing away ...