Today in Aviation History: February 20th
A British Airways 747 loses an engine after taking off from LAX but continues to London anyway, TWA retires its last 747, Piedmont dumps their last DC-3 in 1962, and more...
‘The Daily Show’ Explains Why Congress Worked Together To End FAA Furloughs
Typically, it takes months for Congress to come to any sort of meaningful bipartisan decision. Last week, however, Congress managed to fix the FAA furloughs in a matter of days. Why? ‘The Daily Show’ takes a look. T...
Pan Am Orders 25 Boeing 747s, Apollo 13 Suffers ‘A Problem’: April 13th in Aviation History
"Houston, we have a problem." Also, Republic Airways says it will dump the Midwest brand in favor of Frontier, Apollo an AeroUnion Airbus A300 crashes in Mexico, the Bremen makes the first westbound transatlantic crossing, and ...
January 21st in Aviation History: First Concorde Passenger Flight, Cargolux Lands on Van and 40 More Events!
The Concorde begins scheduled service for both British Airways and Air France, crashes of Galaxy Airlines 203, Pan Am 1104 and an Iranian 727. NASA's Spirit rover ceases communication from Mars, and more...
Boeing Prepares For First 787-9 Flight
Are you ready for another first flight? Wasting no time after the successful first flight of the Bombardier CSeries, the Boeing 787-9 is scheduled to take to the skies for the first time tomorrow at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern. A...