On This Day in Aviation History: December 11th
The Luccheses rob $6 million from JFK Airport in the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. Also, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes in 1998, as well as Philippine Airlines Flight 434 in 1994. The prototype for the Concorde makes its debut and Kat...
Touch N’ Go: Plane Crash in Wichita, Woman Behind the Voice at 200 Airports, Turnaround Timelapse
(Touch N’ Go is a collection of our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more from the day.) AvNews: ✈ Plane Crashes into Building at Wichita Midcontinent Airport [NYCAviation] ✈ Lufthansa eyes lon...
Helicopter Crash in French Alps Kills 6 Eurocopter Employees
A military helicopter performing a pre-delivery test flight crashed in the French Alps on Wednesday, killing six Eurocopter employees.
Alaska Airlines Celebrates Arrival of Copper River Salmon With SeaTac Cookoff
Alaska Airlines invited several Seattle chefs to SeaTac on Tuesday to cook up the first batch of Copper River Salmon.
Southwest Finds Cracks in Two More Planes
Southwest Airlines on Monday morning said it found subsurface cracks in two Boeing 737s, days after a similar plane was forced to make an emergency landing after it experienced an in-flight fuselage rupture.