On This Day in Aviation History: February 3rd
The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Also, a US Marines jet slices down a cable car in Italy, Lufthansa launches the first regular transatlantic...
Touch N’ Go: Airbus to Develop New Beluga, KLM Turns Jet Into Apartments, Qantas & China Eastern Joint Venture
Touch N’ Go is updated throughout the day with our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more.) AvStories: ✈ Qantas and China Eastern propose joint venture. [Australian Aviation] ✈ KLM turns jet in...
Man Crossing The Atlantic Suspended By Helium Balloons, Track It Here
Does flying from the United States to Europe in just a few hours bore you? Do you like going wherever it is the wind blows? Great news! On Thursday morning, Jonathan Trappe took off from Caribou, Maine suspended by 370 helium-f...
The Evolution of Engine Starting: From Hand-Propping to Button Pushing
For many of us, our first understanding on how to start an airplane was when Bugs Bunny started the engines of the “World’s Largest Airplane” in Hare Lift (FF to 2:04). With a simple push of a button, all of the radial en...
Fire Breaks Out in Ohio GE Jet Engine Factory
A factory responsible for building and testing several types of GE jet engines was evacuated due to a fire Monday afternoon.