Modern aviation is born as the Wright Brothers make the first powered flight. Other first flights on this date include the Douglas DC-3, the B-47 Stratojet and the Boeing 737-300, and more...
Two small planes crashed in a wooded area of Orange County, New York on Monday afternoon, state police said. Both pilots—one on each plane—were killed.
For the third time in two years, unseen footage of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster has been uncovered, this time from a teenager using a Super 8 movie camera.