Cranky Dorkfest’ offers an opportunity to embrace the awkwardness of meeting strangers you know only by their online handles.

“Big bird is taking off!” Suddenly the half-dozen aviation enthusiasts who have congregated at the TWA Hotel rooftop bar point their cameras and iPhones at the tarmac below us, where a double-decker ...

It’s 9am on Monday morning and I’m overlooking the runways at JFK Airport ’s Terminal 5 with a small group of plane spotters: Self-proclaimed aviation geeks (“avgeeks,” for short) obsessed with all ...