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Virgin America Orders 60 Airbus A320s, Announces Plans for Sharklets

Virgin America announced an order for 40 Airbus A320s with options for 20 more, while also sharing their plans to add sharklets to their fleet.
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An American Airlines 757 (N703TW) passes the greatest skyline in the world on short final for LGA

American JFK-SEA Flight Diverted Due to Suspicious Device On Board

An American Airlines flight out of New York's JFK International Airport diverted to Chicago's O'Hare because of a suspicious device found on board.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 8th

The Airbus A300 becomes the first widebody jet to operate with a two-man flight crew, the crashes of Turkish Airlines Flight 634, Air Midwest Flight 5481, British Midland Flight 92 and a Moscow Airways AN-32, a Russian cosmonau...
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The High Risk Job of a Military Charter Loadmaster

People jumped onto the internet Tuesday and saw the shockingly intense video of Monday’s National Airlines 747 crash that took place just after takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Though it is so very early in the in...
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: January 31st

“Ham the Chimp” heads into sub-orbit in 1961, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes in 2000, the near-collision of two widebody JAL jets in 2001, the launch of Apollo 14 and more...
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