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Alaska 261 Plunges into Pacific Ocean: January 31st in Aviation History
Pan Am receives the first Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Ham the Chimp visits space, an Alaska Airlines MD-80 crashes off the coast of California, and more...
Aeroflot Orders Eight New Boeing 777s
Aeroflot has ordered six new Boeing 777-300ER and two new 777-200ER jets, the companies announced today.
First Flight of the BAC One-Eleven: August 20 in Aviation History
First successful skydive from a plane, first scheduled airship service, launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, first flight test of the GE-36 propfan engine and more...
Flying Blind
We’ve just landed, picked up the car, and after a short drive, we turn toward a huge looming sign that says “DC Jets, Home of the 717.” Yes, we are here to do a bit of flight simulator training in the 717.
NATO Helicopter Crashes in Southern Afghanistan, Killing 11
Seven American service members and four Afghans were killed Thursday when a coalition helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, military officials said, in what was one of the deadliest incidents for coalition troops so far t...