January 18th in Aviation History: A380 Unveiled, United Flt 266 Crashes Into Pacific Ocean
The Airbus A380 is unveiled, the F-4 Phantom is yanked from front-line service, Bell makes its 25,000th Helo, United Flight 266 crashes, as well as Capital Airlines Flight 20.
Turkish Paramilitary Helicopter Crash Near Iraq Border Kills Four
A paramilitary helicopter crashed in southeastern Turkey late Sunday afternoon, killing four service members and injuring eight others.
Updated: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Test Flight
Continuing coverage of the breakup and crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in California'a Mojave Desert.
ANA Ambassador Trip Report: San Jose to Hong Kong, via Tokyo
On June 1st, ANA restarted their Boeing 787 service between San Jose, California, and Tokyo, Japan. I previously reviewed the ANA 787 as a part of the ANA Ambassador program, but now it’s time to tell more of the s...
Pan Am Orders 25 Boeing 747s, Apollo 13 Suffers ‘A Problem’: April 13th in Aviation History
"Houston, we have a problem." Also, Republic Airways says it will dump the Midwest brand in favor of Frontier, Apollo an AeroUnion Airbus A300 crashes in Mexico, the Bremen makes the first westbound transatlantic crossing, and ...