On This Day in Aviation History: December 23rd
The deaths of two aviation greats; Andrei Tupolev in 1972 and Anthony Fokker in 1939. The B-1 Lancer makes its first flight in 1974, the first dogfight with a UAV in 2002 and the crashes of Azerbaijan Flight 217 in 2005 and Ali...
The Little Airport That Could: La Guardia’s Tri-Jet Heavies
The story of how widebody tri-jets showed up at LGA, and how they drifted away, as told and wonderfully illustrated by planespotters.
Militants Fire Rockets at Basra Airport in Iraq
Several militants on Wednesday morning fired a series of rockets at Iraqi and American forces who are stationed at Basrah International Airport in southeastern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Emirates To Begin Serving Central America With World’s Longest Flight
Emirates will take the record of the world's longest flight when it begins daily service to Panama's capital in February 2016.
Former British Airways Employee Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Ticket Fraud Scheme
A former employee of British Airways was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for re-selling reduced price tickets he had purchased at inflated rates.