Drowsy Air Canada Pilot Dives Plane to Avoid Hitting Venus: Yup, the Planet
It's not often that the pilots of earth-based vehicles are forced to make risky, evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with other worlds, but that's exactly what an Air Canada pilot did last year, a government investigation has ...
Mexicana to Suspend All Operations At Midnight Friday
Ailing Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico's largest air carrier, will suspend all operations at midnight this Friday due to lack of funds.
Mission Briefing: Doolittle Raiders 70th Anniversary Flight Prepares for Departure
The World War II B-25 bomber known as Grumpy will soon make a historic flight commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.
Today in Aviation History: February 18th
Aircraft industrialist Jack Northrop dies, the Space Shuttle Enterprise takes its first flight, four die in a terror attack on an El Al 707, the DC-1 is flown by TWA, Hawthorne Nevada 708 crashes, and more...
Mount Everest Tour Plane Crashes in Nepal, Killing All 19 On Board
A Buddha Air Beechcraft 1900D carrying 19 people crashed on approach to Kathmandu Sunday morning.