This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 8, 2001 SAS Flight 686, a MD-87, crashes into a Cessna business jet on takeoff from Milan, Italy. The MD-87 then swerves into a baggage handling building and catches fire. *Runway collision in poor visibility, inadequate taxiway signage.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 8, 1979 Swissair Flight 316 crashes on landing after overrunning the runway at Athens-Ellinikon International Airport.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 8, 2008 Yeti Airlines Flight 103 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes 60 nmi from Mt Everest, Nepal. *Controlled flight into mountainous terrain due to inclement weather.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 7, 1919 KLM is founded.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 7, 1998 First flight of the Boeing 777-200ER.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 7, 2008 Qantas Flight 72 an Airbus A330-300 makes an emergency landing in Exmouth, Australia following a rapid descent that leaves over 70 people injured *In-flight upset due to software error resulting in two pitch-downs.

Uptown or Downtown… I think I’ll sit right in the middle.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 6, 1955 United Airlines Flight 409, a Douglas DC-4, crashes into Medicine Bow Peak near Centennial, Wyoming. *Controlled flight into terrain.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 6, 1976 Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, a Douglas DC-8, is bombed by anti-Castro militants and crashes near Bridgetown, Barbados.

Time to head home….

Amazing how long a person will stand in one spot to get a photo of a whale….

A lonely freighter, waiting its turn to enter New York harbor.

Do I really want to get wet?

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 4, 1960 Eastern Air Lines Flt. 375, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport into Winthrop Bay, after multiple bird strikes. *Bird strike leading to engine damage and aerodynamic stall.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 4, 1992 El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 freighter, crashes into high-rise apartment buildings in Amsterdam after two of its engines detach from the wing.

This Day in Aviation History... Oct. 4, 1958 BOAC de Havilland Comet 4 makes the first commercial transatlantic crossing by a jet airliner, from London Heathrow Airport to New York International Airport, Anderson Field via Gander.

This Day in Aviation History. Oct. 3, 2006 Hakan Ekinci hijacks Turkish Airlines Flt. 1476, a 737-400, over Greece, demanding to be flown to Rome to speak to Pope Benedict XVI. Greek and Italian F-16s escort the plane to a landing in Brindisi, Italy, where Ekinci is arrested.

The sun, the sky, the clouds…

Delta Jets Collide At LaGuardia, Damaging Wing And Cockpit https://t.co/xa6iNFkuJg via @NewsNowUK

Two Delta planes collide on taxiway of New York's LaGuardia Airport https://t.co/cEk90HHp56 via @CBSNewYork