Boeing 707 Prototype Makes First Test Flight, First USSR-US Service Takes Off: July 15 in Aviation History
1916: A timber merchant named William E. Boeing and a US Navy engineer named George Conrad Westervelt form a new aircraft company called the Pacific Aero Products Company. A year later it would be renamed Boeing Airplane Compan...
Medical Chopper Crash Kills Three in Arkansas
A medical helicopter that was responding to wreck crashed early Tuesday near Clinton, Arkansas, killing three people on board, officials said.
Today in Aviation History: October 23rd
A number of firsts today: First heavier-than-air flight in Europe, first use of a plane in warfare, first transcontinental service between New York and Los Angeles, an American Airlines DC-3 collides with a B-34 bomber, and mor...
Chile Plane Crash Rescuers Find Eighth Body
Search-and-rescue workers have recovered an eighth body after a small plane crashed in southern Chile last week, officials said.
Iceland Volcano Eruption Not Expected to Significantly Disrupt Flights Monday
Eurocontrol, the agency charged with coordinating air traffic management across Europe, said on Monday that it does not expect a significant impact after a volcano erupted in Iceland.