Aero and aviation sport - The Durango Herald

Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shifts

BOSTON – With peak holiday travel starting just after the government shutdown’s flight restrictions, hope for a moment of peace at an airport can feel like a wing and a prayer. But quiet and...

DATE: Nov 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Religion

Takeoff of China’s flying taxis hits turbulence

HONG KONG – An unmanned, oval-shaped craft from flying taxi maker EHang hovers, whirring noisily like a mini-helicopter over a riverside innovation zone on the outskirts of the southern Chin...

DATE: Nov 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Travel

China’s C919 jet faces turbulent skies as US-China trade tensions add to delays

HONG KONG – China’s ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of ...

DATE: Nov 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Travel

Durango High School student takes flight in new aviation course

DHS class prepares high schoolers for FAA written test

DATE: Oct 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man shares his love for restoring classic airplanes

Rob Flanner spends months restoring planes in hangar at airport

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pilot recounts story behind 2017 emergency landing near Kennebec Cafe, west of Durango

Rob Flannery came down on County Road 124 before pulling into a parking lot

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman on track to take flight as a commercial pilot

Eliana Rothwell became captivated by aviation watching air tankers battle wildfires

DATE: Jun 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Glider incident delays two flights at Durango-La Plata County Airport

Light craft tipped on landing; pilot uninjured

DATE: Oct 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

A Cortez tale: A Rendezvous with the Redneck Cowboy

Rally brings a high-flying tribe and their stories and rituals to Cortez

DATE: Aug 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Balloons fill blue sky on Day 2 of Cortez Rendezvous rally

Flights provide bird’s eye view of Cortez and new stories to tell

DATE: Aug 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aviation celebration coming to Durango-La Plata County Airport

Show to feature dozens of aircraft, fast cars and parachute team

DATE: Sep 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango sculptor builds model of early 20th century aircraft

In Seward, Nebraska, a life-size replica of a 1913 Curtiss Model D Pusher airplane was recently displayed at the Nebraska National Guard Museum. Eight-hundred miles away in Durang...

DATE: Jul 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News