FAA: Runway Incursions Down 50 Percent from 2009
The DOT and FAA announced on Friday that the number of serious runway incursions at the nation’s airports has dropped by 50 percent from 2009.
Iran Tests New Shahab-3 Missiles Capable of Reaching Israel, US Bases
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps test-fired fourteen missiles on Tuesday on its second day of exercises, officials said.
US Airways Scraps MetroJet, Cathay Pacific is Founded, First All-Instruments Flight: September 24 in Aviation History
US Airways announces the end of MetroJet, Cathay Pacific Airlines is formed, Jimmy Doolittle makes the first all-instrument flight, more...
The Reality Behind the “Hawaii Near Collision”
Recently, a passenger's account of a near collision between his flight and another near Hawaii has received a lot of attention. However, all was not as he made it seem. We separate the facts from the fiction and explain why thi...
August 5th in Aviation History: First American DC-10 Flight, Reagan Fires FAA Controllers
On this day in 1964, the Vietnam War's first U.S. air operations take place. Terrorists attack Athens Airport in 1973. In 1981, Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.