MIT-Designed, Fish-Shaped Airliners Could Burn 70% Less Fuel
A team of MIT researchers has unveiled their aircraft designs for NASA's N+3 initiative, an engineering study intended to help define the next three generations of commercial aviation while reducing fuel usage by 70% and NOx em...
On This Day in Aviation History: February 2nd
First flight of the F-16, JAL begins its first international route, PEOPLExpress folds, a Cebu Pacific flight crashes in the Philippines and more...
The Media’s Airplane Problem
When it comes to airplanes and pilots, mainstream journalism, like Hollywood, usually gets it wrong. Movies we can forgive. The press, however, we hold to a much higher standard.
TAM Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Paris [UPDATED]
A TAM Airlines Airbus A330-200 made an emergency landing in Paris Tuesday afternoon.
FAA Proposes $1.9 Million Fine Against Colgan Air Over Improper Cabin Crew Fire Training
Colgan Air has been assessed $1,892,000 in penalties by the Federal Aviation Administration for operating flights staffed by flight attendants who were not properly trained in the operation of the planes' cabin fire extinguishe...