Midwest Expands to San Francisco and Raleigh/Durham
Midwest Airlines has announced new routes to Raleigh/Durham, NC and San Francisco, CA. Service to Raleigh/Durham beginning next April.
Video: Boeing 747-8 Extreme Braking Test
How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard ...
Fatal Facts: Analyzing the Truth Behind Airline Crash Safety Statistics
We always hear how safe air travel is, referenced with various brief stats and phrases, but where do they come from? Here's the air travel safety breakdown.
American Airlines 767 Falls On Nose During Maintenance
American Airlines' youngest 767-300ER has been seriously damaged in a maintenance accident at the carrier's Fort Worth, Tex. repair facility.
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...