Ghosts of Octobers Past
Columnist/Pilot Justin Schlechter shares a story of flight crew really earning their paychecks, as the the autumn nights over Alaska bring some challenges in their 747 at the end of a long Pacific hop.
Colgan Air Responds to NTSB Report on Flight 3407
Colgan Air responded to the National Transportation Safety Board's findings on last year crash of Flight 3407 in Buffalo, NY. The report had placed blame squarely on the pilots, who did not respond properly to the stick-shaker ...
Four Die When Small Plane Crashes in Quebec, Canada
Four people were killed and two injured when a DHC-2 Beaver aircraft crashed in a remote area of northern Quebec on Friday morning.
FAA Approves Southwest Airlines Deal to Buy AirTran Airways
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it had accepted Southwest Airlines' transition plan to acquire AirTran Airways.
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...