Today in Aviation History: March 5th
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overruns at Burbank, launches of Landsat 3 and Explorer 2, crashes of BOAC 911, Palair Macedonian 301, Lake Central, first flight of the Spitfire and lots more.
September 10th in Aviation History: 1,000th Boeing 747 rolls off the assembly line
Hijacking at LGA and an aircraft collision over Europe in 1976; Flights from Hungary to West Germany began in 1989. In 1993, the 1,000th 747 was completed.
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: January 28th in Aviation History
The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, the crash of a TAME 727 in Colombia, a DC-3 chartered by the INS goes down in 1948 and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: January 11th
Shuttle Endeavour blasts off on its 10th mission, Bell Helicopter wins the Osprey contract, Amelia Earhart flies from Hawaii to California, and a DC-9 crashes in Colombia.
The Logbook: Photos of New Runway, AA Crash, and Pistons Plane!
Charlotte opens up a new runway, and brought in a DC-3 as its first flight! There are also new photos of the American Airlines 737 crash in Jamaica and the Detroit Pistons' new MD-80. Turkish Airlines buys twenty A320 family pl...