On This Day in Aviation History: January 4th
A day of firsts: The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first baseball team to buy a plane, Pan Am launches the first all-cargo transatlantic service, a pope flies on a plane for the first time, Sputnik 1, the first satellite, falls o...
Better than Bieber, Rosetta’s Comet Sings Strange, Seductive Song
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is singing a song to the tune of frogs, purring and ping pong balls, and it's beautiful.
Corsair Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A330-300
French tour carrier Corsair on Tuesday took delivery of its first Airbus A330-300 jet.
PREVIEW: JetBlue Introduces Mint
Prior to the launch of Mint service on June 15, JetBlue gave NYC Aviation a peek of the Mint cabin on its new Airbus A321 (N923JB – “It’s Mint To Be”). It represents a dramatic shift from the norm for the traditionally ...
Turkish Military Helicopter Crashes In Afghanistan, Killing 16
A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital of Kabul early Friday morning, killing twelve soldiers and four civilians on the ground, officials said on Saturday.