On This Day in Aviation History: March 6th
Hooters Air begins operations, the crash of Air Algerie Flight 6239, a transcontinental speed record set by an SR-71, Japan flies the world’s heaviest passenger, a Sikorsky Sea King sets a distance record and more!
Russian Rocket Carrying Navigation Satellites Gets Lost, Arrives At Ground
Early Tuesday, a Russian Proton-M rocket with a payload of three satellites malfunctioned almost immediately after launch, crashing down back into the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three satellites were d...
British Airways and Iberia Have the Urge to Merge
A 13-year love affair between two of Europe's largest flag carriers was finally consumated today, as British Airways and Iberia signed a formal deal to combine their businesses.
New York City Transit Honors Tuskegee Airmen by Renaming Bus Depot
Metropolitan Transit Authority officials, along with local politicians, NYC Transit employees, surviving Tuskegee Airmen and their families gathered on Friday at the 100th Street Bus Depot in the East Harlem neighborhood of Man...
Air France Concorde Crashes in Paris: July 25 in Aviation History
An Air France Concorde crashes in Paris, French aviator Louis Blériot crosses the English Channel, and more...