On This Day in Aviation History: July 22

India's first fighter pilot is killed, and the US forces dispatch Uday and Qusay Hussein.
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Sully’s Final Departure: Miracle on the Hudson Hero Flies Into Retirement (w/ Photos)

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a national hero for his successful water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River, completed his final airline flight today, entering retirement following a 40 year career as a...
by Mark Lawrence

 
 

Air Canada Jazz to Purchase 15 Bombardier Q400 Turboprops

Air Canada Jazz has announced their intention to purchase 15 new Bombardier Dash-8-400 turboprop aircraft, with options for 15 more. Deliveries are set to begin in 2011.
by Mark Lawrence

 

 

Cockpit Fire Forces United 757 to Make Emergency Landing

A small fire broke out in the cockpit of a United Airlines flight to Los Angeles about 30 minutes after taking of from New York JFK Sunday evening, forcing the Boeing 757 to make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles.
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NASA to Send Three Aircraft to Study Hurricanes

NASA will launch hurricane study program this summer using 1960s-era jets along with a modern UAV.
by BNO News