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Hindenburg: When Dirigibles Roamed North Country Skies
Many famous ships can be linked in one way or another to Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain in northern Clinton County. There was the Philadelphia under Benedict Arnold’s command in the Battle of Valcour,...
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Adirondack Family Activities: Adirondack Balloon Festival
Sometimes my husband and I take turns doing something special with the children. We each need our own one-on-one time with our son and daughter. Each child also gets that special time with a parent...
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Cabin Life: A Bear And The Bizarro World
If you’ve never heard of Bizarro World, then you didn’t read Superman comics as a kid. Well I didn’t either, but I learned about it in an episode of Seinfeld. I am in my own personal Bizarro World...
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Ex-DEC Official Disagrees With Essex Chain Plan
A former top official in the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) says the department’s proposal for managing the Essex Chain of Lakes will jeopardize the region’s natural resources.In...
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Old Forge Radio Controlled Model Airplane Fly-In
On Saturday, July 27th, from 9am to 4pm, the Mountain R/C Modelers of Old Forge will hold its 12th Annual Fly-In and Fun-Fly at the airfield on North Street in Old Forge.The highlight of this...
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When ‘Primitive’ Is More Protective Than ‘Wilderness’
Wilderness is the most restrictive and most protective of the Adirondack Park Agency’s seven classifications for Forest Preserve lands, so perhaps it’s no surprise that environmental groups pushed for...
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Unanswered Questions About Essex Chain Proposal
The Adirondack Park Agency began deliberations Wednesday on the classification of 21,200 acres of former Finch, Pruyn lands, with staff members explaining why the agency’s staff settled on a Primitive...
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A Floatplane Adventure:Buster Bird And Raquette Lake History
“Thunk-Ping” “Thunk-Ping” echoed through the woods as the head of the sledge came down upon the maul. Rhythmically the forged steel struck the maul, driving the blade into the round section of the old...
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Search And Rescue Stories: Ranger Orville Betters
A striking old black and white photograph of a Forest Ranger posted on the NYSDEC Twitter feed recently caught my attention and captivated my imagination. The tweet read “Ranger w/pack basket putting...
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Recent Plane Crash Recalls 1989 Search For Aircraft
On Saturday July 19th, several people around the Lake Placid Airport witnessed the final moments of a small plane as it attempted a landing. The single-engine Mooney may have stalled, spiraling 200...
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Mysterious Aircraft Wreckage At Spruce Lake
I have spent the last several years researching and searching for historic plane crash sites in the Adirondacks. It’s much harder to find them then people would think. Only in the last couple decades...
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On The Hunt For Adirondack Aircraft Wreckage
As I made my way up Seward Mountain with Scott Van Laer last October, trying to find the wreckage of a Piper Cherokee that slammed into the peak in 1970, I kept thinking that the search would go pretty...
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Cold War: When Locals Watched The Sky For Russians
In the 1950s northern New Yorkers had war on their minds. Thousands of average citizens put television, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, and Corvettes aside over concerns about World War III. Fresh on everyone’s...
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Low-flying Plane Expected Over Eastern Adirondacks
If you are in Essex and Clinton counties, you may notice an airplane flying a grid pattern at low altitude for a few weeks this December as scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey map buried...
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Commentary: Airports Are Key To The Adirondack Economy
It has often been said by various Park planners that the availability of convenient air travel from the Adirondack region is an important piece of the North Country’s economic puzzle. But what has...
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Ray Brook Couple Billed $60,000 For Flight To Hospital
Leigh Campbell got quite a shock in the predawn hours of April 3: his wife, Heather, 27 weeks pregnant, went into early labor. The couple, who live in Ray Brook, rushed to the Adirondack Medical...
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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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