NATO Helicopter Crashes in Southern Afghanistan, Killing 11
Seven American service members and four Afghans were killed Thursday when a coalition helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, military officials said, in what was one of the deadliest incidents for coalition troops so far t...
Douglas DC-8 Becomes First Supersonic Airliner: August 21 in Aviation History
A DC-8 dives into the record books, the first use of electric beacons for nighttime flights, a Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crashes, and more...
PHOTOS: Aviation Nation 2011 Airshow at Nellis Air Force Base
Among the spectacular performances: The USAF Thunderbirds, the Patriots Jet Team, the Present Day Air-to-Air Demonstration F-15s and F-16s, the A-10 West Coast Demonstration Team and flybys by a B-1, a B-2 and a B-25.
Fire on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Forces Emergency Landing
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight test was evacuated on Tuesday after landing in Texas due to smoke detected in the cockpit, the FAA said.
Automation Myths: Do Planes Really Fly Themselves?
Flying is mysterious, and information is hard to come by. If the “experts” say automatic planes are possible, then why not?