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Boeing Prepares For First 787-9 Flight
Are you ready for another first flight? Wasting no time after the successful first flight of the Bombardier CSeries, the Boeing 787-9 is scheduled to take to the skies for the first time tomorrow at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern. A...
Apollo 11 Moon Launch, JFK Jr. Plane Crash: July 16th in Aviation History
Apollo 11 launches for the Moon, John F. Kennedy Jr. dies in a plane crash, first ever aircraft hijacking, TWA is formed, and more...
Gulf of Mexico Plane Crash May Have Been Caused by Pressurization Problems, Early Evidence Indicates
While it will take months or years to find a definitive cause of the crash of the Cessna 421 that went down in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, initial evidence may indicate that the pilot lost consciousness due to pressurizatio...
Solar Impulse 2 Unveiled, Round-The-World Flight Planned
On the heals of the successful Across America journey last summer, Solar Impulse has unveiled the all-new solar powered aircraft that will take them around the world in 2015.
British Airways Receives First Boeing 747-8 Freighter Through Atlas Air
Boeing on Thursday delivered the first 747-8 Freighter to Atlas Air, which will operate the new hauler—and four more—on behalf of British Airways World Cargo through a five year wet lease agreement.