Welcome to the wide world of aviation enthusiasm and planespotting! This guide will introduce you the fundamentals of planespotting and help make watching planes a more interesting and enjoyable experience.
The Airbus A380 is unveiled, the F-4 Phantom is yanked from front-line service, Bell makes its 25,000th Helo, United Flight 266 crashes, as well as Capital Airlines Flight 20.
Pan Am receives the first Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Ham the Chimp visits space, an Alaska Airlines MD-80 crashes off the coast of California, and more...