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Military History
Charles W. Sasser |
Invasion Abandoned As the Cuban T-33 jet strafed the insurgents on the beach, a U.S. carrier plane closed to shoot it down. "Don't fire! Don't fire!" cried the carrier's air controller. "Rules of engagement have been changed."   |
BusinessWeek
February 29, 2008
Geri Smith |
When Will Cuba Be Open for Business? It's unclear whether a new U.S. President would lift the 45-year trade embargo, but public opinion favors improved relations between the countries. |
Aviation History
January 2007 |
Letter From the swashbuckling days of the post-World War I barnstormers to long-distance flying feats such as Charles Lindbergh's iconic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the appeal of flight was on a dizzying climb. |
Inc.
October 2003
Anton Piech |
Small Biz Barges into Cuba Get this: Fidel Castro hates dissent, yet he appears to like American entrepreneurs. |
Salon.com
July 26, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do seat cushions actually save lives? And why don't U.S. airlines fly to Africa? |
Wired
June 22, 2009
Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Cuba's Potential Tech Boom In sheer human potential, Cuba is an economic and technological miracle waiting to happen. |
Salon.com
February 6, 2002
Damien Cave |
Tourism apartheid in Cuba Many of the island nation's most beautiful areas are off limits to its citizens. Will Fidel's tourist policy be his undoing? |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Frederik Balfour |
Cuba: Visit To An Island Frozen In Time One reporter finds scant evidence that Cuba is poised for change after Castro. |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. |
IDB America
July 2001
Daniel Drosdoff |
Latin America's airlines face strong headwinds High taxes, outdated regulations and foreign competition are forcing a shakeout among the region's commercial air carriers... |
InternetNews
April 14, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
U.S. Promotes Telecom Expansion Into Cuba New policies aiming to spur Cuban-American communications could be a boon for U.S. telecom providers. |
Salon.com
November 22, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot The science of weighing airplanes. And, how many things can go wrong with a jet before it's not allowed to fly? |
Salon.com
December 19, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Were United's pilots to blame for the airline's failure? And: How worried should we be about the specter of shoulder-launched missiles taking down a domestic jet? |
Reason
February 2002
Sam MacDonald |
Cuban Confusion How well has the decades-old U.S. embargo of Cuba worked? The official story is that the 39-year-old time-out imposed on our island neighbor to the south of Florida has successfully isolated Fidel Castro and friends from the rest of the world. Cuban officials are all too happy to agree... |
Salon.com
March 8, 2002
P. Smith |
How safe is your airplane? After the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, some pilots requested that all Airbus A300 planes be grounded. But they're still aloft... |
Popular Mechanics
December 10, 2008
Michael Milstein |
Is a Controversial Technology to Blame for the F-18 Crash? The F/A-18D Hornet that slammed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego Monday came from the first family of fighter jets with full fly-by-wire technology. |
Home Theater
April 3, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Semi-Liberated Cubans Buy Electronic Goods The new government in Cuba will allow the purchase of electronic goods such as TVs, DVDs and computers, but prices are aimed at the wealthy population. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
General Dynamics Bucks a Trend -- In Style! General Dynamics is paying approximately $2.25 billion for Swiss-based Jet Aviation in an all-cash transaction. |
Wired
December 2004
Douglas Starr |
The Cuban Biotech Revolution Embargo or no, Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse. (They're still working on the capitalism thing.) |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
6 Stock Ideas for a Free Cuba Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund is a wild and crazy closed-end fund that may be ready for another run, due to loosening restrictions of Cuba's private sector. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What happens when you drop dry ice into an airplane toilet? And are regional pilots just rejects from the big airlines? |
Teacher Magazine
August 2000
Jennifer Pricola |
Rolando's Return While the rest of the world debated the fate of Elian Gonzalez in late June, students at St. Paul's Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, wondered whether a less famous native Cuban would be allowed back on the island---their Spanish teacher, Rolando Castellanos. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot What are the 10 worst airline crashes of all time? |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Chan Sue Ling |
As Asian Air Travel Soars, Pilots are Scarce As Asian air travel soars, the demand for pilots will likely outstrip supply. Some airlines are offering perks to recruits, including free training. |
Salon.com
December 10, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot United isn't the first great airline to fall on hard times. Does anyone still remember Eastern? Or the glory days of Pan Am? |
Inc.
May 2007
Sarah Goldstein |
Perestroika Continues Will Cuba, post-Fidel, be ready for U.S. trade? |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
Salon.com
October 10, 2001
David Lipschultz |
Havana online In Cuba, black market Internet access makes it easier for prostitutes to get connected than doctors... |
Salon.com
June 28, 2000
Max J. Castro |
After Hurricane Elian Miami is a city asunder, divided by race, but the Cuban exiles' stranglehold on local and national power has unmistakably eased. |
Reason
May 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Connecticut vs. Cuba The Cuban government took a surprising step forward regarding taxis, loosening the strict rules, even going so far as to let taxis set their own rates, while Connecticut taxi drivers aren't as lucky. |
Salon.com
June 21, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Airplanes don't get no respect The glamour of the jet age is gone, and that's a shame. It's time to bring back the wonder. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Barbara S. Peterson |
End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS. |
National Defense
July 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force: To Save Fuel, We Must Change How We Fly The Pentagon in recent years has launched umpteen projects to promote the use of renewable energy and lower consumption of fossil fuels. |
Salon.com
July 12, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Up, locked, and loaded Should guns be allowed in the cockpit? Possibly, says Salon's aviation expert, but not at the expense of other solutions to air terror. |
Salon.com
May 30, 2002
P. Smith |
Crash culture Who is to blame when a 22-year-old 747 falls from the sky? |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
Salon.com
January 25, 2001
Carina Chocano |
The people's Cuba Thierry Le Goues' new collection of photos, "Popular," reveals Castro's lush and decaying secret... |
Prepared Foods
April 8, 2007
J. Hugh McEvoy (Chef J) |
Cuban Cuisine: On Trend and Coming Fast! - April 2007 The media attention accompanying Cuba's eventual change in government will dovetail nicely with a red-hot interest in Hispanic foods. |
Salon.com
August 23, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot How hard is it fly an airliner? And why can't I keep my tray table down during takeoff? |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2006
Christopher Palmeri |
Snarl In The Sky Private jet traffic is creating commercial flight delays, safety concerns, and calls for small planes to pay more into the system. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2005
James McManus |
High Flying Holiday: Adventure Travel in the Clouds A growing niche of adventure travelers bypass traffic frustrations and enjoy unparalleled access to Florida's spectacular vacation offerings. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Jeff Wise |
Flying Off The Drawing Board New technology is poised to transform aviation, finally making Personal Air Vehicles possible. |
Inc.
April 1, 2003
Norm Brodsky |
Viva La Revolucion! Cuba may have a new revolution -- an entrepreneurial one. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
Airlines: Got Fuel? Airlines are now putting the minimum amount of fuel in planes necessary to reach their destination, but are they underestimating the amount they need? |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Stephen Yafa |
Unfriendly skies Passengers who try to fly on United are ending up as casualties of a labor war between the airline's management and its "employee owners." |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
Salon.com
September 12, 2001
Phaedra Hise |
Flying with phantoms A pilot waves goodbye to the World Trade Center... |
National Defense
September 2015
Graham Kilmer |
Cuba Ties Seen as Advantageous to U.S. Security Increased cooperation between the United States and Cuba should be a boost for U.S. national security, according to a recent report. |
Reason
June 2002
Matt Welch |
Foul Ball How a communist dictatorship and a U.S. embargo has silenced a revered Cuban baseball historian... |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
An Airline Stock Rebounds Will AMR, American Eagle's parent company, continue rising, or will it succumb to bankruptcy? |
