What's involved in a waterborne search for a missing plane? The Coast Guard and its hardworking members have been and continue to be semper paratus, or “always ready.”
Laker Airways goes out of business, crashes of British European Airlines and Birgenair flights, FedEx closes a hub for the first time, the Airline Deregulation Act is introduced and more...
Female aviator Amy Johnson breaks a speed record, Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes with the Marshall University football team, the 747-8 program is launched, and more...