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Pacific NW Pilots Will Fly A Special Plane In D-Day And Berlin Airlift Commemorations

By Tom Banse May 27, 2019

The vintage DC-3 owned by Historic Flight Foundation was on display at Sea-Tac Airport in early May before commencing its long trip to Europe. CREDIT: TOM BANSE / NW NEWS NETWORK

Get ready to hear a lot of World War II memories over the next two weeks: The milestone 75th anniversary of D-Day is coming up on June 6. Pilots from the Pacific Northwest aboard a historic plane have arrived in the United Kingdom to take part in a reenactment of the invasion of Normandy.Read More

Seattle’s (Not Quite) Forgotten First Major League Baseball Team

By Max Bartlett April 18, 2018

The story of Seattle’s first Major League team, and how its single disastrous season led to the creation of the Mariners.Read More

Airlines Recruiting Like Crazy To Address Pilot Shortage

By Tom Banse March 7, 2018

In the midst of a pilot shortage, Alaska/Horizon Air deployed more than 30 staffers to the NW Aviation Trade Show in order to interview or answer questions from as many job seekers as possible. CREDIT: TOM BANSE

Last year, Horizon Air was forced to cut back the number of flights to many Northwest cities because it didn’t have enough pilots. The Alaska Air Group subsidiary has stabilized its ranks and is slowly rebuilding service. But an industry-wide pilot shortage continues.Read More

Pilots Union At Horizon Air Complains About $10,000 Bonus For New Hires

By Tom Banse January 27, 2017

A dispute between regional airline Horizon Air and its pilots union is headed to court. It stems from how the sister carrier of Alaska Airlines grapples with an industrywide shortage […]Read More