Air Austral Orders Two Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners
French airline Air Austral on Wednesday announced it has ordered two Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners in a deal valued at $501 million.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk: An Insight Into The Facts and History
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is one of the most successful general aviation airplanes worldwide, used extensively for flight training and recreational flying.
Conviasa Orders 20 New Embraer 190 Jets, Hints at US Flights
Venezuelan national airline Conviasa has placed an order for six new Embraer 190 aircraft with an option to buy as many as 14 additional jets.
NASA Announces New Space Launch System Rocket Program
NASA on Wednesday announced that it has already selected a design to develop a new Space Launch System (SLS) to transport astronauts to farther areas in space.
Boeing 707 Prototype Makes First Test Flight, First USSR-US Service Takes Off: July 15 in Aviation History
1916: A timber merchant named William E. Boeing and a US Navy engineer named George Conrad Westervelt form a new aircraft company called the Pacific Aero Products Company. A year later it would be renamed Boeing Airplane Compan...