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Rant- After The Accident: Deceptive Headlines, Pushing Agendas
In the days and weeks after an aircraft incident, the media has to try harder and harder to get those precious clicks after much smaller events happen. Recently, the industry has seen three incidents of varying severity that ha...
March 28th in Aviation History: Aerial Steam Carriage Earns First Patent for a Propeller-Driven Aircraft
William Samuel Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage is granted a patent in 1843, Air France flies its last Caravelle service, Air Afrique is founded, first plane taken down by sabotage, and more...
Airbus Considering Longer-Range A330: Report
Airbus could increase the range of its A330-300 jet by 400 nm within a few years in an effort to better compete with Boeing and fill a gap in its own product line.
LaGuardia Airport Flights Diverted Due to Misplaced Construction Crane
A report has emerged that a large crane being used to build a new trash transfer station in College Point got a bit too close for comfort to LaGuardia Airport runway 31 arrivals earlier this month.
September 13th in Aviation History: Airbus Beluga makes her maiden flight
Air traffic resumes for the first time following the 9/11 attacks, a Spantax Airlines DC-10 crashes in Spain, the first fixed-wing aircraft flies in Europe and more...