RC Airplane Terror Plotter Sentenced to 17 Years
Rezwan Ferdaus, the man who plotted to fly bomb-laden radio-controlled planes into landmarks, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.
The Logbook: A Series of Tubes
In today’s daily digest, computer failure, fire and volcanoes indicate the 4th sign of the aviation apocalypse! Condor 753 diverts due to fire, a Congo MD-80 is caught by volcanic rock after their personal runway extension pr...
October 6th in Aviation History
Crashes of Cubana Flight 455 in Barbados and United airlines Flight 409 in Wyoming, as well as an aircraft endurance record set in 1992 and the first passenger flight over an hour.
On This Day in Aviation History: November 15th
A day of eight crashes kill a total of 363 people, the first transpolar round-the-world flight takes off, the first flight of the Heinkel He 219 Uhu, and more...
Delta Air Lines Buys a Refinery, Becoming its Own Oilman
Delta Air Lines on Monday announced it had reached an agreement to buy a disused oil refinery near Philadelphia, a move which many industry pundits promise to puzzle over for years to come. Monroe Energy, a wholly-owned subsidi...