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...
Romney Calls on New Libyan Government to Extradite Pan Am Flight 103 Bomber
U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday called upon Libya's Interim Transitional National Council to arrest and extradite the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
Delivery Flight Adventure: Onboard RwandAir’s First New 737 from Seattle to East Africa
Given the horrors of its not-so-distant past, Rwanda seems like an unlikely country to be buying brand new airliners. But the now stable nation is betting big on aviation for its economic development. NYCAviation had the rare o...
South Korean Troops Try to Shoot Down Airliner After Mistaking it for North Korean Jet
South Korean troops mistakenly opened fire at an Asiana Airlines passenger plane early Friday morning after misidentifying it as a North Korean military plane, the Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday.
Ford Demonstrates How To Pack An Engine Block In Your Carry On
From snow globes to cranberry sauce, the TSA has rules prohibiting all sorts of items, but it seems they left engine blocks off the list.