A former American Airlines flight attendant has been indicted on federal terrorism charges after mailing threats to his old employer's corporate headquarters.
A Bell 47 helicopter lands on Mont Blanc, B-26 Invaders make first bombing runs over Korea, a Fairey Gyrodyne sets a new helicopter speed record, Fokker C-2 makes the first nonstop flight from mainland US to Hawaii, and more...
Air France today became the first European airline to operate the double-decker Airbus A380 in commercial service, completing its inaugural flight from Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
China resumes flights to and from the US in 1981, Hubert Latham sets a new altitude record, speed records in American coast-to-coast and Australia-New Zealand, the first flight over the English Channel takes place in a balloon ...