Germany’s Merkel Unexpectedly Banned from Iran Airspace Enroute to India
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's flight was delayed by several hours early Tuesday morning after the Iranian government decided at the last moment to deny permission for the aircraft to fly through its airspace, reports said.
VIDEO: Airbus A380 Makes Hard Crosswind Short Field Landing at Oshkosh
The big Airbus makes a bouncy, swervy landing on a short runway at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
New Chinese Airline Pilots Must Pass The Smell Test – Literally
Managers at Hainan Airlines are sniffing the armpits of pilot candidates to keep bad smells off of their airplanes.
Sputnik 1 Wins Space Race, Eastern Plane Crashes In Boston: October 4th in Aviation History
Siberian Airlines Flight 1812 is taken down by a Ukranian missile, El Al Flight 1862 crashes into an apartment complex in Amsterdam, BOAC begins the first transatlantic jet route, Eastern Airlines Flight 375 goes down in Boston...
Getting Chicks Into the Cockpit
Our culture has not caught up with its own ideology yet (i.e. letting women “have it all”), but I will firmly state that it’s headed in the right direction.