Today in 1910, air-to-ground radio transmission is born; 1913, the first loop-the-loop maneuver is performed; in 1939, the jet age begins with the first flight of the Heinkel 178; 2006, Comair 5191 crashes in Lexington, Kentucky.
US Airways Flight 1549 makes its "Miracle on the Hudson" water landing. A Lockheed U-2 is lost in the Sea of Japan, the crash of Linjeflyg Flight 618, Boeing Air Transport starts delivering airmail, and more...
Only a day after finding the plane's black box, the French aviation safety agency BEA on Tuesday announced the discovery and recovery of Air France Flight 447's cockpit voice recorder from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, near...