German Air Traffic Controllers Set to Strike Tuesday Morning
The German Trade Union of Air Traffic Control has called on its 5,500 members to participate in a six-hour strike on Tuesday morning, risking major disruption.
Around the World in 80 Jumpseats
While the ability to travel for free is a definite perk of being an airline pilot, the ability to ride in the jumpseat is more of a necessary evil. It is small and uncomfortable, but it can also be the difference between a pilo...
Heathrow Slammed By London Papers Over Snow Chaos
The Sunday newspapers laid into London Heathrow Airport for falling victim to snow over the weekend.
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...
Sputnik 1 Wins Space Race, Eastern Plane Crashes In Boston: October 4th in Aviation History
Siberian Airlines Flight 1812 is taken down by a Ukranian missile, El Al Flight 1862 crashes into an apartment complex in Amsterdam, BOAC begins the first transatlantic jet route, Eastern Airlines Flight 375 goes down in Boston...