AirTran's third and final logojet is unveiled...this time for the Indianapolis Colts! In days of planes being painted in "economic white", how refreshing it is to see some actual color on aircraft!
Wall Street doesn't want American to add capacity, the Air Force wants a $55 billion bomber, China doesn't want Lufthansa A380s in Shanghai, and more...
Alaska Airlines launches USSR service, a United DC-6 crashes in Pennsylvania, Pan Am begins round-the-world flights, Amelia Earhardt takes off on the world's first transatlantic flight by a woman, and more...