The crash of a Sabena 707 kills the entire U.S. Figure Skating Team in Brussels, United Airlines temporarily grounds its 757 fleet, six B-17s begin a goodwill tour of South America, and more...
The air traffic control tower at SeaTac Airport is damaged by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, the RQ-4 Global Hawk makes its first test flight, Operation Desert Storm comes to an end, and more...
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...