Photo Gallery: Virgin Galactic Enterprise Rocket Plane Completes First Manned Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane made its first un-powered flight over the California desert early Sunday, an important milestone before powered testing of the commercial tourist spacecraft begins next year.
AirTran’s Second NFL Logojet: Baltimore Ravens
Our good friends at Airliners Gallery have come across AirTran's next special scheme, one of their Boeing 717-200s for the Baltimore Ravens. This is number two in a series of what will be three NFL logojets.
On This Day in Aviation History: September 7th
Three military milestones: 101 years ago today, the US Army established its first air field. In 1942, Consolidated's C-32 Dominator made its maiden flight. In 1997, the F-22 Raptor took off for the first time.
United-Continental Unveils First Boeing 747 in New Post-Merger Paint Scheme
United Continental Holdings today officially unveiled their first Boeing 747-400 painted in the newly-merged airline's updated livery.
The Ugliest Planes of All Time
I passionately submit that it does, absolutely, matter what the airplane looks like. Do we not care what our bridges and skyscrapers look like, functionality aside?