Conrad "Connie" Kalitta ... kept in racing through Kalitta Motorsports's continuing NHRA endeavors. It was drag racing that saw him climb into the cockpit of his own personal Cessna 310, a plane ...

Contrary to some social media posts over the past week, Kalitta Airthe global cargo operation—that NHRA multi-team owner Connie Kalitta has operated out of Ypsilanti, Mich., since 1967—does ...