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January 19th in Aviation History: Jet Airways Becomes Largest Indian Airline and More

Jet Airways buys Air Sahara to become India's largest domestic airline, Howard Hughes sets a new transcontinental speed record, Jules Vedrine lands his plane on top of a Paris department store, and more...
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Updated: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight

Continuing coverage of the breakup and crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in California'a Mojave Desert.
by NYCAviation Staff
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DEVELOPING: Confirmed Wreckage from MH370 Found

Malaysia's Prime Minister has announced that an aircraft part found last week on Reunion Island was from the missing Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER, 9M-MRO.
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Photo Gallery: A Plane Geek’s Memorable First Trip to Oshkosh

I have for years dreamed of making the pilgrimage and attending my first AirVenture, as the show is officially called. For various reasons I’ve never been able to make it; most of the excuses having something to do with the ...
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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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