US Navy Orders Six Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The Boeing Company on Tuesday announced that it received a $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for initial production the 737 airliner-based P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
Party Balloon Knocks Greek Air Traffic Radar Offline
A Greek air traffic control radar was knocked offline when a child's helium-filled balloon floated into power lines and cut power.
Video: Watch DC-10 Fire Tanker Nose Dive Over a Mountain
Fire trucks are cool. Airliners are cool, too. Combine the two, using an aircraft type that we don’t get to see much of these days, and you have the DC-10 Fire Tanker. Three of them are in existence (910, 911 and 912), an...
Space Shuttle Discovery Final Launch Scheduled for February 24th
Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission, an 11-day trip to the International Space Station, is now scheduled to launch Thursday afternoon.
October 22nd in Aviation History
Bellview Airlines flight 210 crashes in Lagos, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers union is decertified, a BAC-111 prototype crashes and more...