Sir Richard Branson (R) and designer Burt Rutan stand behind SpaceShip2 just after its successful landing in Mojave, Ca. (Photo courtesy of Virgin Galactic)
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.
United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in Oregon in 1978, Airborne Transport DC-3 disappears enroute to Miami in 1948 and Israeli commandos launch a surprise attack on Beirut Airport in 1968.
What do you do when your 200-ton Soviet-era Antonov An-124 cargo jet gets stuck in the mud and the nearest tug is on the other side of the Urals? GUN IT.
Emirates will soon begin the world's first short-haul service using an Airbus A380, flying it across the Arabian peninsula between their hub in Dubai and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.