Video: Libyan Air Force Fighter Pilots Defect to Malta with Dassault Mirage F1 Jets
Two Libyan Air Force colonels flew their Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jets to Malta and defected rather than obeying orders to bomb protesters in Libya.
Valentine’s Day Flowers Travel the Globe on American Airlines
It will soon be that special time of year again when cargo containers laden with mass amounts of flowers are transported around the world on many cargo and commercial carriers. NYCAviation visited with American Airlines to snif...
The Post-Deregulation Skies: Don’t Call it a Comeback
The recent trend of airline consolidation has taken away the large variety of airlines we've grown accustomed to seeing over the years. We take a look back at some airlines that were "second acts" of carriers that failed during...
Landing a Perfect Ten
“I’m the passenger in 9C," said the stranger on the flight deck. "I want to know who will be flying because my friends and I are going to judge the landing in Chicago on a scale from one to ten."
End of The Plain Plane? Contemplating The Future of Airliner Design
The basic design of the jet airliner has remained unchanged for the last 50 years. New technology and the quest for fuel efficiency may lead to new design innovations.