Photos: ANA 787 Arrives in Seattle
August 3rd in Aviation History: America’s Air Traffic Controllers Strike
Today we look back at the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Strike and mourn the worst accident ever involving a Boeing 707.
TV News Station Airs Prank Crew Names that NTSB Confirmed
A San Francisco news station shared false prank names of Asiana 214 crewmembers that had been confirmed by the NTSB.
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...
Boeing 707 Prototype Makes First Test Flight, First USSR-US Service Takes Off: July 15 in Aviation History
1916: A timber merchant named William E. Boeing and a US Navy engineer named George Conrad Westervelt form a new aircraft company called the Pacific Aero Products Company. A year later it would be renamed Boeing Airplane Compan...
Live Video: Felix Baumgartner Skydives From the Edge of Space
Weather permitting, at around 1:30 PM ET (11:30 AM MDT) Tuesday, Felix Baumgartner will step out of a balloon 120,000 feet above New Mexico.