DARPA Space Robots Could Revive Dead Satellites
About 22,000 miles above the Earth, $300 million worth of retired satellites are simply taking up space in geosynchronous orbit. The DARPA Phoenix program might bring them back to life.
Six Cities to Lose AirTran Service as Southwest Integration Accelerates
Southwest Airlines announced on Friday that it will erase Allentown, Lexington, Harrisburg, Sarasota, Huntsville and White Plains from AirTran's route map this August, while the carrier's remaining 22 cities transition to South...
Air Lease Corporation Orders 75 Boeing 737 MAX Airliners
Air Lease Corporation on Monday became the first leasing company to order the Boeing 737 MAX.
Parents of ‘Chick-Lit’ Author Killed in Ohio Plane Crash
The parents of a young author who made headlines in 2007 were killed when their Cirrus SR-22 crashed in central Ohio Sunday morning.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 3rd
NASA loses contact with the Mars Polar Lander, a Northwest DC-9 and 727 collide in Detroit in 1990, Pioneer sends back high-res photos of Jupiter, the Mk5 Sea Vampire becomes the first jet to land on an aircraft carrier, and mo...