A look at the TSA’s new guidelines for protection against monkey bombs, AirTran and Southwest exchange ads in a commercial war, instructional video of how NOT to land an Ilyushin and more!
Boeing has completed the first power-up and engine testing of a General Electric GEnx powered 787 Dreamliner.
The big Airbus makes a bouncy, swervy landing on a short runway at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has issued a warning to Conan O’Brien after the Tonight Show host made a joke at the expense of the so-called “Brick City.”
A rescue helicopter went down at a mountainous campground in Nevada last week. None of the four on board were seriously hurt.
Awesome cockpit action from a British Airways Concorde flying from London Heathrow to JFK. Takeoff, supersonic acceleration and climb, descent and landing are shown in these three clips. Unbelievable how complex the cockpit was compared to modern aircraft.
Most airlines gave up on the use of T&A to sell flights around the same time bell bottoms went out of style. Moscow-based startup Avianova isn’t having any of that noise.
Beechcraft Bonanza + unexpected IFR conditions + crummy handheld GPS + high terrain = Better stop at Walmart for new undies on the way home.
A Korean Air 777-300ER suffered a tail strike while landing at Tokyo Narita Airport in high winds.
Today in 1784, first balloon flight in England; 1912, first recovery from an uncontrolled spin; 1919, inaugural commercial flights between Paris and London; 1932, Amelia Earhart completes first transcontinental flight by a woman.
