Concorde makes its final commercial flight, first flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 prototype, and more…
Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are killed in a plane crash, a huge air race from England to Australia takes off, and more…
A DC-8 dives into the record books, the first use of electric beacons for nighttime flights, a Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crashes, and more…
Happy birthday to Orville Wright! Also, first flight of the B-25 Mitchell, Russian space dogs Belka and Strelka orbit the earth, and more…
Senator Ted Stevens dies in a plane crash, US Airways files for bankruptcy, a new world speed record and more…
Wright Flyer makes its first public flight, a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter collide over the Hudson River, and more…
First flight of SpaceShipOne, Apollo 15 returns to Earth from the Moon, Operation Desert Shield begins, and more…
The US drops first atomic bomb on Japan, Ted Williams returns to the Red Sox from Korea, Braniff Flight 250 crashes in Nebraska, 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.
NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft is launched, MASH begins helicopter ops, a Bangkok Airways plane hits a control tower, and more…
