Comair Jet Crashes Off of Wrong Runway: August 27th in Aviation History
Today in 1910, air-to-ground radio transmission is born; 1913, the first loop-the-loop maneuver is performed; in 1939, the jet age begins with the first flight of the Heinkel 178; 2006, Comair 5191 crashes in Lexington, Kentucky.
Arik Air Inaugurates Service to JFK November 29
Arik Air will begin flying A340-500s to JFK from Lagos, Nigeria three times a week beginning November 29th.
For National Dog Day, FLL Highlights Canine Capabilities
August 26th was National Dog Day. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport hosted a demonstration highlighting their K9 teams training and abilities.
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...
WE GAAN: The Horror and Absurdity of History’s Worst Plane Crash
Like most other aviation calamities, the 583 people killed in 1977 when a KLM 747 struck a Pan Am 747 at Tenerife resulted not from a single error or failure, but from a chain of improbable errors and failures, together with a ...