Back in 1966, John E. Gregalot received an award from the Federal Aviation Agency for helping improve the reliability of an airline flight instrument. ...more

January 19, 2009

Yet another e-mail has surfaced from someone claiming to be an assassin hired to kill the e-mail recipient. However, the writer is willing to forgo the hit if the e-mail recipient agrees to pay him off. ...more

January 8, 2009

Fewer passengers flew from Tampa International Airport in October than the year before, but the decline was not as steep as in August and September - thanks in part to the Tampa Bay Rays' extended season. ...more

November 15, 2008

TAMPA - Fewer passengers flew from Tampa International Airport in October than the year before, but the decline was not as steep as in August and September — thanks in part to the Tampa Bay Rays' extended season. "It definitely shows that we did get a surge in passengers as a result of the Tampa Bay Rays going all the way to the World Series," airport director Louis Miller said. ...more

November 14, 2008

Working Vacation Always Ends Up Being Work I need to apologize to you and my editor for not submitting my column last week as I had planned, but the best made plans of man oft go awry, and my plans certainly did not happen as I had thought they would. ...more

July 17, 2008

Northwest Airlines Flight 661 from Newark, N.J., to Detroit on Sept. 27 arrived at 12:20 a.m. the next day - four hours late. But Northwest's 'flight status notification' service offered on its Web site painted a different picture: It sent one notice showing the flight arriving 12 minutes early, at 8:05 p.m. ...more

October 21, 2007