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...
Big Flocking Deal: Air Force Two Hits Birds While Landing in California
An Air Force plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden suffered a bird strike while landing in southern California late this week.
Boeing, Air China Announce Order For Four Boeing 777-300ERs
Boeing and Air China on Monday announced an order for four 777-300ERs for $1.1 billion at current list prices.
Boeing Delivers First South Carolina-Built 787 to Air India
Boeing on Friday delivered the first 787-8 Dreamliner built at its new Charleston, South Carolina assembly plant.
Today in Aviation History: October 30th
On this day in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on what would be its final successful mission; in 1976 a Pan Am 747SP sets a speed record for a trans-polar round-the-world flight; in 1908, Henry Farman completes Europ...