US Navy Orders Six Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The Boeing Company on Tuesday announced that it received a $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for initial production the 737 airliner-based P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
The 1,000mph Business Jet Might Actually Happen
The Aerion AS2, known as the "Concorde of Business Jets," has been bolstered by an order of 20 aircraft from FlexJet which was announced at NBAA in Las Vegas recently.
British Airways Posts Slight Improvements During First Quarter, Despite Strike Action and Ash Crisis
British Airways on Friday reported an operating loss of some £72 million ($112.4 million), a slight improvement from the same period last year, despite strike action and the unprecedented volcanic ash crisis that canceled flig...
Cessna Carrying Three Crash-Lands on Virginia Farm, No One Injured
A small plane carrying three Dutch men crash-landed in a farm field in Virginia on Saturday, federal and state authorities said on Sunday.
New Underwear Bomb Plot Thwarted by CIA, But More Bombs and Terrorists Unaccounted For
The CIA has broken up a new Al Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner using explosive underwear, the Associated Press reported Monday afternoon. An upgraded underwear bomb with an improved detonation system was seized by agents in Y...