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...
Final Call: How a Simple Mistake Ruined a $240 Million Air Force Jet, American to Layoff 13,000 Employees
How a civilian contractor ruined an expensive USAF JSTARS surveillance plane, American wants to dump its pensions and lay off 13,000 workers, a new report says air safety has improved 93 percent, and more...
On This Day in Aviation History: February 2nd
First flight of the F-16, JAL begins its first international route, PEOPLExpress folds, a Cebu Pacific flight crashes in the Philippines and more...
![As the Boeing [NYSE: BA] 787 Dreamliner touched down at Tashkent International Airport as part of the Dream Tour, the airplane received a rousing welcome with a traditional dance by a troupe of Uzbek performers.](https://www.nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/787-tashkent-260x152.jpg)
Photo In Need of Caption: Boeing 787 Arrives in Uzbekistan
Boeing's 787 Dream Tour was greeted by men with large horns as it landed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, this past week.
TAME Commences Fort Lauderdale Service
Ecuadorian national carrier TAME recently commenced its new passenger service to southern Florida when flight 562 landed at daybreak at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.