Archive for January, 2010
 

 

The Logbook: TSA Luggage Powder Planting…Just Kidding!

A TSA agent plays a joke on an unsuspecting passenger that sends him to another government service...the unemployment line. An errant US Airways CRJ is caught by an EMAS, Emirates to bring A380 back to JFK, Sully's water-logged...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Flight Coverage of Haitian Earthquake Relief

Air transport is the best means by which to get much-needed aid into Haiti after their devastating earthquake. With scores of aircraft trying to get in, we provide continuous coverage of what's been heading their way, and the c...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Spy Photo: WestJet’s First Logo Jet Spotted at Boeing Field

Calgary-based Westjet is set to receive its first logo jet, a Boeing 737-800 wearing the titles “la garantie qui tient,” the French version of the airline's "Care-antee" marketing campaign.
by Mark Lawrence
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On This Day in Aviation History: January 1st

LOT Polish Airlines was born in 1929! Also, the crashes of Adam Air 574, Eastern 980, Air India 855 and Middle Eastern 438. Fiji Airways was formed in 1960, the first regular scheduled flight in 1914, first Heathrow flight in 1...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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The Logbook: Photos of New Runway, AA Crash, and Pistons Plane!

Charlotte opens up a new runway, and brought in a DC-3 as its first flight! There are also new photos of the American Airlines 737 crash in Jamaica and the Detroit Pistons' new MD-80. Turkish Airlines buys twenty A320 family pl...
by Phil Derner Jr.