On This Day in Aviation History: January 29th
Boeing announces the 7E7 program, President Wilson appoints Orville Wright to an aeronautics advisory committee, flights resume between China and Taiwan and more...
The Evolution of Engine Starting: From Hand-Propping to Button Pushing
For many of us, our first understanding on how to start an airplane was when Bugs Bunny started the engines of the “World’s Largest Airplane” in Hare Lift (FF to 2:04). With a simple push of a button, all of the radial en...
Scot Wearing a Hooters Sweatshirt Sums Up the Ashpocalypse from Edinburgh Airport
A gentleman wearing a Hooters sweatshirt lays down the situation in three words.
When I’m Looking Up, He’s Looking Down
It goes without saying that anyone who loves aviation instinctively looks up to the sky when they hear a plane passing over. It doesn’t matter what kind of plane, any time I hear that whine of prop or the roar of a jet, I alw...
February 21st in Aviation History: Libyan Airliner Shot Down, Photos of 757 Gushing Fuel
Photos of a Thomas Cook 757 gushing fuel are captured by a planespotter, Libyan Airlines Flight 114 is shot down by Israelis, ANA’s first international flight, Santa Barbara Flight 518 crashes in Venezuela, and more...