The Lav: Pay-per-Pee on Ryanair, Weekend at Bernie’s 3 At the Airport and More No-Good Aviation News
This week's roundup of weird aviation news includes Ryanair and Spirit fighting for the most unfair fare, a pair of women who attempted to smuggle a corpse onto a flight, and more.
American Airlines and JetBlue Launch Flight Partnership
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways today launch their partnership to offer customers connections and more travel options to and from New York and Boston.
World’s Busiest Airport Shut Down Over Scary Toothbrush
A device that turned out to be a toothbrush caused a partial shutdown of Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport this past Friday.
NASA Tests Chicken Fat-Based Jet Fuel Using DC-8 Airborne Laboratory
NASA has announced that a group of scientists from its Langley Research Center traveled cross-country this month for an experiment with eco-friendly jet fuel made out of chicken fat.
On This Day in Aviation History: September 27th
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. From a dive at high altitude, the aircraft ...