North Korea Fires Long-Range Missile, Claims Successful Satellite Launch
The world doubted North Korea's claims on Wednesday that it successfully launched a weather satellite into orbit.
Plane Crash in Darfur Kills At Least 8, But Over 30 Survive
A Tarco Airlines passenger plane carrying up to 40 people crashed in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, officials said, killing at least eight people and possibly more.
On This Day in Aviation History: January 8th
The Airbus A300 becomes the first widebody jet to operate with a two-man flight crew, the crashes of Turkish Airlines Flight 634, Air Midwest Flight 5481, British Midland Flight 92 and a Moscow Airways AN-32, a Russian cosmonau...
The Tupolev Tu-95, 62 Years Old & Still Going Strong
This article originally appeared on AirlineReporter.com. If it is possible to have a favorite aircraft, mine would be the Tupolev Tu-95. The story of the Tu-95 goes back to 1944. During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviets wa...
First Flight of the BAC One-Eleven: August 20 in Aviation History
First successful skydive from a plane, first scheduled airship service, launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, first flight test of the GE-36 propfan engine and more...