Author Archives: PANYNJ PORTfolio

World Trade Center Liberty Park: “America’s Response Monument” Finds a Home

Posted on September 21, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett A larger-than-life sculpture of a Green Beret mounted on an Afghan mountain horse has finally found a permanent home at the World Trade Center Liberty Park, nearly five years after its 2011 debut during the … Continue reading →

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Flashback: Early Air Traffic Controllers

Posted on September 15, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett A flashback to Newark Airport’s history: operations at the first Airway Traffic Control Station in 1936 on a bleak and drizzly January afternoon.  At the time, Newark Airport was becoming the busiest commercial airport in the nation.  … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes at LaGuardia Airport: The Making of Sully

Posted on September 13, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett Smashing the weekend box office as the 2016 fall movie season kicks off, Sully is the true-life story of the rescue drama and the National Transportation Safety Board investigation that followed Capt. Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger’s … Continue reading →

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