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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 ...
American Pilots Sentenced to Community Service After Conviction for Negligence in 2006 Brazil Crash
The pilots of a business jet which clipped an airliner over Brazil in 2006, killing 156 people, were sentenced Tuesday by a Brazilian judge to four years and four months of community service to be served in the United States.
On This Day in Aviation History: November 1st
Space Shuttle Columbia completes two important missions, SAS bans smoking on many flights, X-15 sets a speed record, United Flight 629 is bombed and more.
Why the Pentagon’s New Fighter Jet Will Now Cost More Than $1 Trillion
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is slated to replace nearly all of the other tactical jets in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. But getting there is going to be slow and expensive, as a new government report details.
Planespotting the 2009 United Nations General Assembly: A Primer, with Photos of Nearly Every VIP Visitor
Every September, planespotters gather along the breezy banks of New York's Jamaica Bay to witness one of the hobby's greatest spectacles.