January 17th in Aviation History: British Airways Flight 38 Crash Lands at Heathrow
A British Airways 777 lands short of the runway at Heathrow, a B-52 collision peppers nukes over Spain, Operation Desert Storm begins in Iraq, and more...
Indigo Partners Buys Frontier Airlines
Private investor group Indigo partners has finalized its purchase of Denver-based Frontier Airlines.
Plane Of Note: Southern Air Boeing 777 Freighter Performs Low Pass and Wing Wave on Delivery Takeoff
Departing from Paine Field in Washington on its delivery flight to LAX, the new plane performed a low-pass and a wing wave.
Dream Chaser Commercial Space Plane to Undergo First Flight Test Next Summer
It looks as though the efforts to get commercial space taxis off the ground is succeeding. Sierra Nevada Corporation's "Dream Chaser" space plane is slated to conduct its first test flight as early as next summer.
On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th
A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...