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...
Final Call: How a Simple Mistake Ruined a $240 Million Air Force Jet, American to Layoff 13,000 Employees
How a civilian contractor ruined an expensive USAF JSTARS surveillance plane, American wants to dump its pensions and lay off 13,000 workers, a new report says air safety has improved 93 percent, and more...
Hubble Space Telescope is Launched, Longest Flight by a UAV: April 24th in Aviation History
Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope on Space Shuttle Discovery, a Global Hawk UAV flies from California to Australia nonstop, heli-logging pioneers Columbia Helicopters is founded, LOT Polish Airlines launches service to New Y...
United Airlines Fined Nearly $600K Over Flawed Drug Test Procedures
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed to assess a civil penalty of more than half a million dollars against United Airlines for allegedly violating FAA and DOT regulations for random drug and alcohol testi...
Drunk Passenger Uses 11-Year-Old Girl as Urinal While Another Man Pukes on Grossest JetBlue Flight Ever
About 150 JetBlue passengers experienced perhaps the most disgusting flight ever when a drunk 18-year-old urinated on a young girl and then another man vomited on himself.