FLOAT: Inside the World of Competitive Rubberband-Powered Aircraft
A documentary about handmade “Indoor freeflight rubber-powered duration aircraft” is about to take off.
Kit Plane Crash Kills Pilot in Oregon
A pilot was killed when his small plane crashed in northwest Oregon early Friday afternoon, federal and state officials said.
Photos: On the Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis
Take a tour inside the cockpit of Space Shuttle Atlantis as the avionics are powered on one final time before being decommissioned and put on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Virgin Atlantic Airbus Jet Makes Emergency Landing in London After Fire Scare
A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 made an emergency landing at London's Gatwick Airport on Monday and evacuated all 299 passengers and 13 crew onto the runway via emergency slides. Four people were injured during the evacuation.
August 5th in Aviation History: First American DC-10 Flight, Reagan Fires FAA Controllers
On this day in 1964, the Vietnam War's first U.S. air operations take place. Terrorists attack Athens Airport in 1973. In 1981, Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.