Be part of a world record-breaking attempt this weekend at Chandler Municipal Airport.

ROMULUS, Mich. — Family members of those who died in a plane crash near Detroit Metropolitan Airport 25 years ago held a memorial Thursday night at the crash site.

High above Washington D.C., Preston Smith pilots his plane. Air traffic control says in his ears, “As soon as it says climb, you may climb.”

Craig Smith and Rick Krolak spent Friday morning just like any other. A call to mom on the cell phone. Bagels and coffee. And lots of smiles.

Brothers Pat and Kevin Tillman, who in the midst of professional sports careers chose to serve their country by enlisting in the Army, have been named recipients of the 11th annual Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Laurence Gesell isn't sure what compelled him to be a pilot. "I think everybody wants to fly," he said. "We have dreams about flying, flapping our arms. I think everybody does."

A 20-year partnership between Mesa Unified School District and Boeing received recognition Wednesday as one of the top educational alliances in the nation.

June 17, 2004

Five local businesses were honored Tuesday for their contributions to the community in the 15th annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in Tempe.

Three World War II era planes buzzed over Gilbert early Tuesday in a formation honoring fallen veterans. To George Williams of Gilbert, it was something of an in-air reunion.

 Numerous friends and family members of fallen Arizona Department of Public Safety officer Robert Martin, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop nearly 15 years ago, continued a yearly tradition of cleaning up a section of state Route 87 close to a memorial honoring him.

Higley High School students and staff honored veterans Monday with a ceremony that included a World War II Navy plane flyover, a symbolic lesson of the folding of the American flag, and keynote speaker Congressman Jeff Flake.

On Aug. 8, 1944, German forces hit an American B-17 bomber with rounds of heavy artillery in the skies over France, tearing the plane in half and killing the crew of nine airmen.

Monsignor Eugene Maguire was called “a 24-7 priest” who would say Mass anywhere and would “meet people anyplace, anytime.”

Monsignor Eugene Maguire was called “a 24-7 priest” who would say Mass anywhere and would “meet people anyplace, anytime.”

Monsignor Eugene Maguire was called “a 24-7 priest” who would say Mass anywhere and would “meet people anyplace, anytime.”

The secret to outstanding customer service comes from the heart and the soul, not the brain, and it must involve everyone in the organization, said Herb Kelleher, executive chairman and co-founder of Southwest Airlines.

Arizona State football players Thomas Weber and Omar Bolden have been named freshman All-Americans by Scout.com, the Web site announced.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport’s mobile website has been awarded first place in the Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) 2012 excellence in marketing and communications contest. Sky Harbor won in the website category, competing with airports from across the United States and Canada. Websites were judged on their design, ease of navigation and overall effectiveness.

On New Year’s Day, a crew of Apache Junction firefighters had been on duty for 22 hours and had already responded to 17 calls, including a slew of medical calls and a rollover car crash in which a child broke a leg. The crew was tired.

People will get the chance to take flight tours in a B-17 Flying Fortress and participate in other events to honor America's war veterans at the Chandler Municipal Airport this weekend.

NEW YORK - Nearly five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "United 93," about one of the doomed flights that day, will make its world premiere on opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival.