March 28th in Aviation History: Aerial Steam Carriage Earns First Patent for a Propeller-Driven Aircraft
William Samuel Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage is granted a patent in 1843, Air France flies its last Caravelle service, Air Afrique is founded, first plane taken down by sabotage, and more...
Air France Flight 447 Voice Recorder Retrieved from Atlantic Ocean Floor
Only a day after finding the plane's black box, the French aviation safety agency BEA on Tuesday announced the discovery and recovery of Air France Flight 447's cockpit voice recorder from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, near...
United Airlines Requests Authority for Flights Between Los Angeles and Shanghai
United Airlines has filed an application with the US DOT for authority to launch daily LAX-PVG service.
Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for Orbital Test Flight in 2014
The Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 is scheduled to launch the first unmanned Orion crew cabin into a high altitude Earth orbit in 2014 atop a Delta 4 heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Delta Dedicates Aircraft to Mets’ David Wright
As usual, the formidable sight of white Canon lenses were aimed at the Mets' 3rd baseman David Wright, but today they were not in the media pit at Shea Stadium. Instead, they were gathered at LaGuardia's rather unsuspecting Mar...