On This Day in Aviation History: December 11th
The Luccheses rob $6 million from JFK Airport in the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. Also, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes in 1998, as well as Philippine Airlines Flight 434 in 1994. The prototype for the Concorde makes its debut and Kat...
Japan Airlines Has a New ‘Nature’ Jet
Japan Airlines has repainted one of its domestic-use Boeing 777-200s to promote the company's support of preservation-minded causes.
NORAD Scrambles F-16s Over Washington, D.C. After Commuter Jet Loses Contact with Air Traffic Control
Two fighter jets responded to Washington, D.C. on late Friday morning when a small passenger plane failed to make contact with air traffic control.
February 28th in Aviation History: Global Hawk Makes Its First Flight and SeaTac Tower is Damaged by an Earthquake
The air traffic control tower at SeaTac Airport is damaged by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, the RQ-4 Global Hawk makes its first test flight, Operation Desert Storm comes to an end, and more...
Total Turbulence Helps Guide Flights To Smoother Skies
Real-time turbulence reports are now crowdsourced directly from flights en route. However, it's the planes -- not the passengers -- doing the talking.