Turns Out Hawker Beechcraft Won’t Be Sold to China
Bankrupt business jet builder Hawker Beechcraft said Thursday that negotiations to sell its operations to a Chinese firm have collapsed.
Judge Orders Former JetBlue Pilot To Stay Away From Planes
Former JetBlue Captain Clayton Osbon has been allowed to go home by reason of insanity, but is banned from going near planes.
Air France A380 Arrives at JFK on November 20th
Air France has finalized its first A380 schedule: Paris (CDG)-New York (JFK) service will begin November 23rd, with special inaugural flights on Nov. 20th and 21st.
Boeing Execs Visit Tornado-Ravaged Spirit AeroSystems to Thank Employees
Two months after a tornado shuttered a Kansas factory that builds many critical Boeing aircraft components, some of the airframer's top brass visited Spirit AeroSystems to pay thanks to the men and women who quickly got the fac...
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...