On This Day in Aviation History: January 25th
Happy birthday to the precursor of American Airlines! Avianca Flight 52 crashes on Long Island, NASA's Opportunity rover lands on Mars, the Saab-Fairchild 340 makes its first flight and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: August 18th
On this date in 1871, Alphonse Pénaud achieves the first flight of an inherently stable airplane; in 1911, first flight of the F.E.2 biplane in England; in 1930, the first westbound crossing of the Atlantic; in 1932, the first...
WestJet Unveils New Destinations and Routes for Winter 2010-2011 Schedule
WestJet on Wednesday unveiled its winter schedule for 2010-2011 that includes three new destinations, 10 new routes and expanded service on more than 30 others.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 8th
Chicago's Midway Airport suffers crashes of Southwest Flight 1248 in 2005 and United Flight 553 in 1972. In 1987, a Peruvian football club crashes into the Pacific ocean with only the pilot surviving, an Olympic Airways DC-6 cr...
January 14th in Aviation History: FDR Becomes First President To Fly
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt boards a plane for Morocco, a fire on the deck of carrier USS Enterprise kills 27 sailors, and more...