Delta Air Lines / Facebook Pilot Hid Note in Cockpit as COVID Grounded Fleet Last Year, Recorded the 'Very Chilling' Sight in the Desert A Delta Air Lines pilot's note from the dawn of the pandemic has resurfaced as America comes back to normal. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 14, 2021
Rebecca Chin via @ABC / Twitter Caught on Camera: When 'Unruly' Man Breaks Into Cockpit, Delta Plane Forced to Land Chaos in the sky had a peaceful ending even though an unruly passenger forced a Delta flight to be diverted. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 6, 2021
ABC News / YouTube screen shot Buttigieg Confronted on Mask Mandate on Planes, Admits It's About 'Respect' 'As we get back and as we're so thankful to get back to the skies ... let's make sure we are doing it in a way that we can all be proud of.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 31, 2021
Mike McBey / Flickr DHS Secretary: Air Travel Mask Mandate May Last Until September Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the federal mask mandate on flights and in airports will be in place through at least mid-September. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal May 29, 2021
Anna Shvets / Pexels TSA Official: Airport Mask Violations Are Handled 'Same Way' as Carrying a Gun Through Security 'We've talked very broadly about the number of firearms and prohibited items, we approach it the same way.' By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal May 27, 2021
Isriya Paireepairit / Flickr Airlines May Begin Weighing Passengers at the Gate 'The impact on the US airline industry is going to be significant and unpleasant,' one industry publication said. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal May 19, 2021
austin_slack / Flickr Exposed: Whitmer Claimed Her FL Trip Was Personal, But Her Nonprofit Was the One Paying For It Now, the Democrat's 'charter' flight has become the subject of an investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 19, 2021
Michigan National Guard / Flickr FAA Investigating Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Flight to Florida for Possible Federal Violation 'Gretchen Whitmer’s blatant display of hypocrisy is an insult to every single Michigander impacted by her lockdown orders.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal May 18, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Maxine Waters Accused of Abusing 'Numerous Government Resources Inappropriately' by Air Marshal National Council 'We still don't have any justification as to why government resources were utilized to fly Miss Waters out to Minnesota.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal May 14, 2021
KDVR-TV screen shot Mom: Family Booted Off of Flight Over Fears 3-Year-Old Might Take Off Mask 'She said, "You have to get off the plane. The captain doesn’t feel comfortable with your family on it,"' a mother told a Denver TV station. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 9, 2021
@LiciBev / Twitter Plane Crashes Into Mississippi House, Killing Four One website suggested that bad weather may have been a cause of the crash, though an investigation is still underway. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal May 5, 2021
Rathaphon Nanthapreecha / Pexels Glitchy Software Turning Expensive Electric Cars Into Useless 'Bricks' 'It is possible to jump the 12-volt battery, just as you would jumpstart an internal combustion car. But it’s not nearly as straightforward.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 20, 2021
@PeterMartin_PCM / Twitter Satellite Images Show Staggering Size of China's New Aircraft Carrier, Can Rival American Capital Ships New satellite imagery shows that the next generation of Chinese aircraft carrier has almost arrived, and the US is not prepared. By Andrew Thornebrooke, The Western Journal April 19, 2021
PBS NewsHour / YouTube screen shot Biden Boasts We'll Soon Have an Airplane That Can Hit 21,000 MPH 'I tell the kids ... they’re going to see more change in the next 10 years than we’ve seen in the last 50 years.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 12, 2021
@Breaking911 / Twitter screen shot Video Shows Family Told to Leave Flight Because 2-Year-Old Daughter Wasn't Wearing Mask While Eating The video put a spotlight on Spirit Airlines, which kicked another family off a flight because their autistic child wasn't wearing a mask. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal April 6, 2021
@NBCLA / Twitter screen shot Plane Diverted After Man Tries to Open Door in Middle of Flight Spirit Airlines had to divert a flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles aftter a man tried to open an exit door in mid-air. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal April 3, 2021
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz/ Flickr White House Releases Statement on Biden's Air Force One Fall, Blames 'Windy' Conditions While Biden is the oldest person to assume the presidency, he is not the first to fall on the steps leading to Air Force One. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal March 19, 2021
@JonCampbellGAN / Twitter screen shot 'Cuomo's Got to Go': Plane Flying Over NY Capitol Sends Clear Message to Gov 'The time for men in power abusing, harassing and grooming women - and all people subordinate to them - is over.' By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal March 18, 2021
KTHV-TV / Video screen shot Spirit Airlines Boots Family from Flight Because Autistic 4-Year-Old Can't Wear a Mask 'So we're out all of our flights, a thousand bucks and we have a son who's just so distraught now,' the boy's mother said after the incident. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal March 16, 2021
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Federal Officials Will Bus and Fly Migrants to US Homes Sponsoring the Migrants The Biden administration is focused on putting out this activist-lighted fire as fast as possible, cost be damned. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal February 26, 2021
Matt Boucher / Unsplash Boeing Jet Forced to Make Emergency Landing for Third Time in Less Than a Week 'Safety remains our highest priority - for our employees and our customers,' an airline spokesperson said following the incident. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal February 23, 2021