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A US Airways Fokker stored in the desert.

March 15th in Aviation History: Fokker Stops Building Planes After 84 Years

Fokker quits building planes, Pan Am launches Airbus A300 service, and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th

Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...
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Iceland Express to Start KEF-EWR on June 1, 2010

Beginning June 1, 2010, Iceland Express will fly from Keflavik, Iceland (KEF) to Newark New Jersey (EWR) four times a week using a leased 757-200 from Astraeus.
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On This Day in Aviation History: December 29th

The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Florida Everglades in 1972, as well as the crashes of a Tarom AN-24 in 1974 and Turkish Airlines Flight 278 in 1994. In 1921, two men fly a plane over NY for over 26 hours.
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Horizon Air Unveils ‘Comfortably Greener’ Q400 Livery

Horizon Air's newest Bombardier Q400, entering service this week, is sporting an eye-catching "Comfortably Greener" livery
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