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Highlights the efforts of the Friends of Hammondsport to build a Glenn H. Curtiss Memorial Park along the shore of Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, New York. Accomplishments of airplane designer Glenn Hammond Curtiss; Award won by Curtiss for the plane June Bug; Cost of the land that the Friends of Hammondsport plans to transform into a memorial park.

Provides information about buoys, focusing on Buoy Number 3 in the Hudson River.

Focuses on the attacks on Manhattan, New York City that were made by Confederate saboteurs during the Civil War in 1864. Number of people living in Manhattan; Number of Confederates who were assigned to burn the city; Components of the chemical mixture used by the arsonists; Hotels that were affected by fires set by the saboteurs; Amount of reward money offered by the Hotel Keepers' Association for the apprehension of the arsonists.

Presents New York City as the living museum of the Golden Age of the Skyscraper. American style of architecture according to Judith Dupre, cultural historian and author of Skyscraper; Characteristics and features of skyscrapers, according to John Tauranac, architectural historian; Different skyscrapers in New York and the story behind its creation; Characteristics and features of the different skyscrapers in New York. INSET: The skyscrapers of New York..

Focuses on the popularity of television news helicopters in New York City, New York. Features of the news helicopters; Reference to the competition which exist between television station to cover large news stories; Details on the competition as regards technology among the stations; Identification of television news stations with news helicopters.

World War II footage has that familiar black-and-white scene: a heavily damaged war bird lands out of control on the stern of a straight-deck carrier and crashes into a steel cable net, which prevents it from ramming into aircraft waiting to take off. Volunteer firefighter Matthew Gelfand was watching one such documentary in 1993 when a lightbulb went on above his head. He had heard about an accident in which a car struck a train, then another vehicle whizzed past the crossing and hit a firefighter. The result is GRAB, for ground retractable automobile barrier. Essentially, it is a tennis net made from Kevlar strips, with two metal stanchions on either side. Remote sensors or a manual push button shoots the net up from a two-inch-wide recess in the ground in as little as three seconds. As the vehicle hits the net, the energy is absorbed by pistons in the stanchions and the net--not unlike the barriers on the WWII aircraft carriers, whose nets had cables that folded down onto the deck and were connected to energy-absorbing stanchions. Gelfand, who received $650,000 from the state of New York to develop GRAB through his new company, Universal Safety Response, envisions the system installed not only on railroad crossings but also at tunnels, bridges and security gates on government buildings.

The article offers a personal narrative about the author's experiences in New York City as he tries to share astronomical observation tips with pedestrians. He recounts the various individuals who look through his telescope at the Moon and the questions they ask him about what they see of it. He describes his experience and the reactions of the passersby.

Features the Hudson Corridor, the famous flight path for private pilots in New York City. Illustration of the Hudson Corridor; Closure of the corridor to uncontrolled flights after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Impact of the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration to close the corridor on air pilots.

Reports on plans to moor the helicopter carrier USS Guadalcanal to the pier of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York city. Lawrence Sowinski's research on the ship; Conversions in the ship.

The article presents an interview with Sergeant Roy Steen of the Niagara County, New York Sheriff's Department. Steen has been patrolling Niagara Falls for about two years. The department is using four boats for rescues in the gorge and always on standby during fishing tournament and an evening festival or fireworks.

Focuses on the developments in the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Description of the airport during the 1930s; Changes in the terminal after the World War II; Restoration of the exterior of the building through a project funded by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Interviews Jeff Boxman, owner of Good Humor in Long Island, New York. Business acumen; Maintenance and repair of a boat; Family life.

Interviews Mal Bunting, captain of the Maid of the Mist VII ship in Niagara Falls, New York. Career highlights; Worst day of Bunting; Duration of the tour.

Focuses on the homage paid by the watch store Tourneau TimeMachine in New York City to aviation. Watch displays in its museum; Types and features of watches displayed.

Features Tom Silliman of Electronics Research Inc., the man responsible for changing the burned-out flashing red aviation light in New York City's Empire State Building, designed to ward-off low-flying aircraft. Importance of aviation lights in preventing aircraft accidents; Process of Silliman in changing the red light; Amount of time required to change the light bulbs; Other buildings under Silliman's care.

Reports on the restoration of the Republic Aviation factory airport as the American Airpower Museum in May 2000 in Long Island, New York. New York state government grant for the restoration; Involvement of Avirex Chief Executive Officer Jeff Clyman in the restoration; Aviation industry executives who were present at the opening.

Focuses on the play `Charlie Victor Romeo,' showing at the Collective: Unconscious theater in New York City, New York, from December 1999 to March 2000. Comments from Patrick Daniels, producer-director of the show; Background information on the United States aircraft accidents featured in the play; Significance of the play.

Focuses on the Floyd Bennett Field in Long Island, New York. Description of the airport; History of the field.

Reports on the traffic jam caused by the assembly of a mockup British Airways Concorde used as a three-dimensional billboard by Hansen's a pub in midtown New York City, New York.

Reports on the plan of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission of designating the Trans World Airlines Inc. (TWA) terminal at New York's Kennedy airport as an official landmark. Architectural design of the TWA terminal; Design of the terminal by architect Eero Saarinen; Plan of TWA Inc. of modifying the interior of the terminal; Opposing views of terminal authorities; Preservation of the terminal.