President Obama Honors Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
President Barack Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday to honor the 30 U.S. troops who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday.
March 8th in Aviation History: Charles De Gaulle Airport Opens for Service, First Woman Receives Pilot License
Cebu Pacific begins operations, Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport opens for flights, Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license, and more...
Developing: Smisek Out Amidst United Airlines Management Shakeup
After the close of the markets on Tuesday, United Airlines announced a major shakeup in its executive ranks. The airline's CEO Jeff Smisek is out, along with a pair of vice presidents.
March 16th in Aviation History: Boeing 767 Sets Twin-Engine Distance Record
A Boeing 767 flies from Lisbon to Seattle, Gemini 8 launches from Florida, a Flying Tiger Super Connie goes missing over the Pacific, 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 ...