UK Orders 14 New Chinook Helicopters from Boeing in $1.6 Billion Deal
British Defense Secretary Liam Foxon Monday announced that the Royal Air Force has agreed to buy more than a dozen new Chinook helicopters worth $1.64 billion for its mission in Afghanistan.
Discount Airlines Betting Big in Las Vegas
Several low cost carriers are banking on an economic turnaround in Las Vegas, home of the highest unemployment rate in the nation.
On This Day in Aviation History: September 23rd
The country's first air mail delivery takes place in New York, Qantas experiences the worst accident in their history, NASA announces it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter, and more...
What They Don’t Teach You in Ground School, Part II: Mistresses, Wives and the Mile High Club
(Editor’s note: part one of this series can be read here.) The flustered aircraft salesman walks past the front desk of the FBO pulling at his tie, a permanent blush to his cheeks; for some reason, he can’t look me in t...
Photos: First Boeing 787 Delivery Takes Off Into History
Boeing wrapped up three days of events celebrating the first delivery of their new 787 Dreamliner Tuesday morning when Airplane 8, officially delivered to launch customer All Nippon Airways the day before, departed Paine Field ...