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Pilot Betty Pettitt: Pioneer in the Sky (Part 2)
In October 1947, pilot Betty Pettitt moved to Indianapolis and joined a staff (for automobile maker Kaiser-Frazer) that included an unusual co-worker: a skywriter who handled the company’s airborne...
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Pilot Betty Pettitt Nicholas: Pioneer in the Sky (Part 3)
Betty left the state aeronautics commission when the term of boss and close friend Cap Cornish, director, was ended by a newly elected governor in 1952. But, as Betty Pettitt Nicholas after her 1953...
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Betty Pettitt Nicholas: ‘A House in the Adirondacks and an Airplane, Too!’
In June 1982, Betty Pettitt Nicholas was awarded the Nicholas Trophy by the Indianapolis Aero Club as the previous year’s “most deserving woman pilot of the year.” It was the second time she was chosen...
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Pilot Betty Pettitt Nicholas: Pioneer in the Sky (Conclusion)
In August 1995, the WASP community suffered a loss with the death of Marianne Verges, a non-member who admired their accomplishments and helped preserve their legacy by authoring the book, On Silver...
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Four Unprepared Teens Rescued At Mount Colden
A new UH-1-A “Huey” helicopter, based in Saranac Lake, was put into action Tuesday, April 23, to help DEC Forest Rangers rescue a group of teens unprepared for conditions near the summit of Mount...
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Aviation History: North Country Airmarks
We take navigation for granted today, what with Siri, GPS, radio communications, radar, and services like Google Maps. But imagine you were a pilot in upstate New York back in the 1920s, when aviation...
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Aviation History: Air Marking The North Country (Conclusion)
Shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, it was realized that airmarks could be used by enemy planes, so the order was given to remove 2,500 airmarks that stood within 150 miles of the...
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Pilots Welcome For Speculator Pilots Weekend June 3-5
Pilots of seaplanes, land planes and amphibious aircraft are invited to fly-in to Speculator Pilots Weekend June 3 to 5. Complimentary transportation will be available to pilots throughout the weekend...
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Buzz Over Adirondack High Peaks Helicopter Tours
Chip Moeser hiked fifteen miles from Lake Placid in early July to spend the night at Duck Hole deep in the High Peaks Wilderness. He was looking for quiet, but in the late afternoon, a helicopter...
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DEC’s Drone Program Includes A Fleet Of 22 UAVs
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that the agency has deployed a fleet of 22 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, across the state. An announcement...
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