Transaero Applies to Launch Service from Moscow to New York and Miami
Moscow-based Transaero has applied to the US DOT for permission to launch service between Moscow-Domodeovo and New York-JFK International Airport, as well as Miami International Airport.
Photos: ANA Shows Off Tsunami Recovery Paint Scheme Aircraft in New York
ANA has added "Forward together as one, Japan" titles to several aircraft in their fleet in support of the nation's tsunami recovery efforts. One of them visited JFK in New York on Monday.
On This Day in Aviation History: February 7th
Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts conduct the first untethered spacewalk, The Beatles arrive at JFK for their first US tour, a Cessna completes a 65-day flight and much more.
Rise of the Independence at Space Center Houston
As hundreds of onlookers watched, the 171,860 pound (86 ton) space shuttle Independence replica gently rose off its mobile transporter and onto the the NASA905 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
On This Day in Aviation History: December 8th
Chicago's Midway Airport suffers crashes of Southwest Flight 1248 in 2005 and United Flight 553 in 1972. In 1987, a Peruvian football club crashes into the Pacific ocean with only the pilot surviving, an Olympic Airways DC-6 cr...