On This Day in Aviation History: October 1st
Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.
Help Wanted: Space Travelers
Don't give up on the job market just yet, because NASA is hiring astronauts.
No More Air Force Flight Suits Unless You Fly, TSA Tests Unmanned ID Scanners: Final Call
The Air Force wants to spend less money on flight suits, the TSA tests machines to check your ID, a virtual reality treatment for fear of flying, Southwest a Jet Airways pilot suspended after attempting to land without clearanc...
Virgin America Set to Become Airbus A320neo Launch Customer
Virgin America announced early Monday that it will become the launch customer for the new Airbus A320neo in 2016, also marking Airbus's 10,000th order.
On This Day in Aviation History: October 15th
Today marks a number of aeronautical milestones: The first balloon flight, the first French airmail flight, the first nonstop flight across the South Atlantic, the first transatlantic flight by an airship, birthdays celebrated ...