Today in Aviation History: March 23rd
The Wright Brothers file a patent for their motorized flying machine, a FedEx MD-11 crashes in Tokyo, an Aeroflot A310 crashes when he lets his children take over the controls, and more...
Condor to Begin Frankfurt to Ft. Lauderdale on May 14, 2010
Condor will be starting flights between Frankfurt, Germany and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beginning May 14, 2010 with Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
Investigators Successfully Recover All Data from Air France Flight 447 Recorders
In the biggest breakthrough yet toward discovering the cause of the crash, French investigators have successfully downloaded the entire record of data from the recently retrieved flight data and voice recorders of Air France Fl...
Investigators Find Black Box From Air France Flight 447
French investigators on Sunday announced they have found and recovered the black box of Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 during a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
Swissair Liquidates, Hijacker Crashes Xiamen Airlines Plane: October 2 in Aviation History
Swissair grounds its fleet, a Xiamen Airlines flight is hijacked in China, President Reagan re-starts the B-1B bomber program, and more...