Annual air show will roar with full-throttle favorites
By GREGORY ZELLER // The annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is bringing back an all-time favorite for its 2023 flyby. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are set to…
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Stellar USAF gift fires musical mathematician’s lasers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A musical mathematician is studying theories about the ways light behaves – an effort marked by highest-level calculations, immense scientific potential and frickin’ lasers. Minus the…
Galactic gala honors past, present of LI air and space
By GREGORY ZELLER // After four trips to space, a front-row seat for the breathless Apollo 13 rescue and some relatively ho-hum years as a U.S. Air Force airman and…
CPI Aero winging it with new $48M Boeing contract
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh $48 million deal will keep a longtime Long Island defense contractor flying Boeing’s friendly skies for the foreseeable future. Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures on Thursday…
Debtless docs debut at tuition-free LI med school
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future doctors ceremoniously started their medical educations at schools around the world July 26, but the “white coat ceremony” at one Long Island institute held a…
Future female pilots wing it at 2019 Air Show preview
By GREGORY ZELLER // With female pilots set to soar high in this year’s Bethpage Air Show, nearly two dozen high school girls flew out in front of the Memorial…
CPI Aero catches Lightning, again, with new F-35 deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // The world’s most advanced warplane will get a lift from a longtime Long Island defense contractor. Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures Inc. has been awarded a $15.8 million…