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In January 1954, Arthur Godfrey buzzed the Teterboro control tower with his Douglas DC-3, resulting in a six-month suspension of his license. [24] Godfrey claimed that windy conditions forced him to turn immediately after takeoff when, in fact, he was angry with the tower due to him not getting clearance on the runway that he requested.
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid-1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, at times for as many as nine separate broadcasts for CBS.
1928 Newark Airport opened. 1929 William Conrad (New Jersey) at Newark Airport was America's first air traffic controller. 1930 Fokker build's the world's largest passenger plane, a Fokker F.32 at Teterboro Airport. 1930 Eddie August Schneider of Jersey City, New Jersey established the transcontinental airspeed record for people under 18 years ...
Air travel these days feels more like a necessary chore than a luxury, and that becomes clearer with each flight. The seats are cramped, legroom is scarce, the drink cart makes a single appearance ...
Leesburg Executive Airport was built in 1963 to replace an earlier grass field on the eastern edge of the town, which was owned and used by radio personality Arthur Godfrey for his private DC-3 aircraft. Godfrey sold the field and shared a portion of the funds with the Town of Leesburg, which used the proceeds to help fund a new airport 3 miles ...
Teterboro Airport in Bergen County is the busiest private airport in the nation by far, with nearly 182,000 private aircraft passing through in a year. Airplane noise continues to wreak havoc on ...
In response to the airport's practice of gassing geese, APLNJ is taking action and planning a protest for Saturday, June 1 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. at 111 Industrial Ave and Route 46 East in ...
In 1967, a six-month pilot service was initiated to provide non-stop bus service between the West Side Airlines Terminal and Teterboro Airport in an attempt to reduce congestion at Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark airports by luring smaller planes to Teterboro and making it more attractive to passengers using private aircraft. The bus service was ...