PFTP: American Airlines

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Another historic example is Lockheed 049 Constellation N90831, which entered service with TWA shortly after World War II, as Star of Switzerland, serving the airline until March 1961.

North Korean Commerce Minister Killed in Helicopter Crash

North Korean commerce minister Kim Bong-cheol was killed on Tuesday when his helicopter crashed on a small island in North Pyongan province, according to a news report on Thursday. Four others were also killed.

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American Airlines Unveils its New Airbus A321 Transcontinental

Big changes are happening at American Airlines. We go behind the scenes to preview its first Airbus A321 Transcontinental (A321T) scheduled to begin revenue service in January 2014.

What It Is Like To Work For An Airline As An #Avgeek

What is it like going from being a lifelong #avgeek to actually making it your profession? Gordon Gebert takes us through his transition.

Touch N’ Go: Time-Lapse of Approaching Storms, Routehappy raises $3.3M

(Touch N’ Go is updated throughout the day with our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more.) AvStories: ✈ Stormscapes2: Jaw dropping time-lapse of oncoming storms. [Slate] ✈ FAA issues commercia...