Why You Are Delayed: How Air Traffic Control Delay Programs Work
Flight delays happen for many reasons. Airlines can impose delays on themselves, or when weather hits, delays are put into place by air traffic control.
The Logbook: United Passenger Smothers Baby Inflight
In today’s daily digest, a woman on a United flight accidentally smothered her child while breastfeeding. Also, the 787 completes static testing, Continental and ANA both show off new special schemes, Baltia registers that ne...
On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th
Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...
Alaska Wreckage Belongs to Air Force C-124 Globemaster Missing Since 1952
The aircraft wreckage found on a glacier near Anchorage is believed to be a plane that went missing in 1952 with 52 people on board.
Fred Noonan: More Than Just Amelia Earhart’s Navigator
Fred Noonan may be best known as Amelia Earhart’s navigator, but his contributions to aviation stretch far beyond that fateful flight.