The Tenerife disaster takes place, the Eurofighter Typhoon makes its first flight, Concorde flights to Miami begin, and more…
Tragic crashes of TWA Flight 800 and TAM Flight 3054, Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn, Apollo 11 launch, and more…
On this day in 1964, the Vietnam War’s first U.S. air operations take place. Terrorists attack Athens Airport in 1973. In 1981, Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.
Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Scotland, New York Airways begins helicopter flights from Manhattan’s Pan Am Building and more…
First flight of SpaceShipOne, Apollo 15 returns to Earth from the Moon, Operation Desert Shield begins, and more…
The Airbus A380 makes its maiden test flight, Pioneer 10 contacts earth for the last time, some tragic crashes involving Thai Airways, Aviateca, American Airlines and Aeroflot and more!
US Air Mail begins, the first V-2 rockets hit London, Surveyor 5 launches, USAir Flight 427 crashes near Pittsburgh, first Russia relief mission to the US and more…
Happy birthday to the precursor of American Airlines! Avianca Flight 52 crashes on Long Island, NASA’s Opportunity rover lands on Mars, the Saab-Fairchild 340 makes its first flight and more…
The country’s first air mail delivery takes place in New York, Qantas experiences the worst accident in their history, NASA announces it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter, and more…
The US Air Force takes delivery of the first Boeing 747 version of Air Force One. NASA launches Ranger 3 to the Moon, Glenn Curtiss flies the first seaplane and more…
