Touch N’ Go: Airbus Files Patent For Flying Doughnuts, Airlines Budget for Satellite Capacity
(Touch N’ Go is updated throughout the day with our favorite AvGeek news, pictures, videos, tweets & more.) AvStories: ✈ New planning tool helps airlines budget for satellite capacity. [RunwayGirl Network] ✈�...
On This Day in Aviation History: May 5th
Cinco de Mayo is a busy day in aviation: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, Eastern Flight 855 narrowly averts near Miami, two unrelated hijackings on the same day in 1972, the merger of Air France with KLM and m...
American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Las Vegas Due to Smoke in Cockpit
An American Airlines flight from Miami to San Francisco made an emergency at McCarran Las Vegas International Airport Friday afternoon after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit.
VIDEO: Indian Satellite Rocket Explodes After Launch
An Indian rocket meant to deliver a communications satellite to orbit exploded 47 seconds after lifting off from Sriharikota Space Center in the nation's Andhra Pradesh state.
Praying Passenger Spurs United Emergency Landing at Dulles
A United flight made an emergency landing in Washington on Thursday night when a passenger reportedly began praying in the aisle.