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Boeing 767-300 Freighter and 777 Freighter wearing FedEx livery. (Image by Boeing)

FedEx Buys 19 New Boeing 767-300F Jets While Shrinking 777F Order

FedEx has added 19 767-300 Freighters to Boeing's order book, a $3.3 billion move to replace the some of the company's aging aircraft.
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On This Day in Aviation History
The MIT Daedalus makes a test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. (Photo by NASA)

US Bans Smoking on Short Flights, First Launch of Soyuz: April 23rd in Aviation History

Flight of Daedalus recreated with a pedal-powered aircraft, US bans smoking on flights under 2 hours, Soyuz 1 launches from Kazakhstan, North Sea Aerial Navigation Company launches service, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
The first FedEx aircraft to carry a package, a Dassault Falcon 20 (N8FE), on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. (Photo by Christopher Owens)

FedEx Begins Flying Packages, Woman Pilot Circumnavigates Globe: April 17th in Aviation History

FedEx begins operations, Apollo 13 returns safely to earth, Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to fly around the world solo, Howard Hughes sets a transcontinental speed record, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
This FedEx DC-10 (N306FE) was involved in an attempted hijacking in 1994. (Photo by JoePriesAviation.net)

Today in Aviation History: April 7th

Auburn Calloway attempts to take down a Federal Express DC-10, Story Musgrave and Don Peterson become the first astronauts to perform a space shuttle spacewalk, history's first midair collision takes place over France, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
First successful flight of the Wright Flyer in 1903, for which the Wright Brothers filed a patent on March 23, 1902.

Today in Aviation History: March 23rd

The Wright Brothers file a patent for their motorized flying machine, a FedEx MD-11 crashes in Tokyo, an Aeroflot A310 crashes when he lets his children take over the controls, and more...
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