Henan Airlines Jet Skids Off Runway in Northeast China, 42 Killed
Forty-two people were killed and 49 injured when a passenger plane overshot the runway at an airport in northeast China on Tuesday evening, state media reported.
Witnesses Say Lightning Blew Plane Out of the Sky Over Mississippi, Killing Pilot
A small plane exploded in midair when it was struck by lighting over eastern Mississippi Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot.
Urban Legend Debunked: A330 Cockpit Video Shows Airbuses Do Not Fly Themselves
Here's a neat video from the cockpit of an A330-200 performing a nonprecision VOR approach to JFK's runway 22L on a windy day.
Spirit Strippermobile Brings Airline’s Notoriously Risque Marketing to the Offline World
Spirit Airlines, still high from the attention earned by throwing a "Big Weiner Sale" on its website earlier this week, has stepped it up a giant notch by driving a glass truck filled with pole dancers and painted with sexually...
On This Day in Aviation History: August 18th
On this date in 1871, Alphonse Pénaud achieves the first flight of an inherently stable airplane; in 1911, first flight of the F.E.2 biplane in England; in 1930, the first westbound crossing of the Atlantic; in 1932, the first...