Linda Freire, 65, of Cold Spring Harbor, looks at home strolling through the Pan Am Museum at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City. In a space on the third floor, Freire shows a visitor models of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Portrait of the "Clipper Victor", a Pan American World Airways 747 jet ...

Flying on an airline nowadays is more like a chore than a luxury. But it wasn't always like this. Believe it or not, air travel felt like a special occasion for most of the 20th century. Step aside, ...