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...
Is Qantas Really the Safest Airline?
Qantas history is scarred by at least seven fatal incidents prior to 1951, and the carrier has been perfect ever since. Its record is an outstanding one.
January 13th in Aviation History: Air Florida 90 Crashes and First Single Rotor Helicopter Flight
The Air Florida Flight 90 disaster takes 78 lives in Washington DC, and an Uzbekistan Yak-42 crashes in Tashkent. In happier news, Igor Sikorsky makes the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight, Shuttle Endeavour launc...
Hawaiian’s First Airbus A330 Emerges From the Paint Shop
French Frogs Airslides has captured Hawaiian Airlines' first Airbus A330-200 at Toulouse.
Southwest Airlines to Aquire AirTran Airways for Approximately $1.4 Billion
Southwest Airlines on early Monday morning announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with AirTran Airways to acquire the airline for nearly $1.4 billion.