On July 1, British Airways introduced Boeing 787 service into Philadelphia International Airport with Flight 69V, the 2nd of two daily nonstops from London Heathrow.
Pan Am flies from San Francisco to Hawaii with a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat, Harriet Quimby crosses the English Channel, Apollo 16 launches for the Moon, Canada forms its first air force, and more...
Southwest Airlines is to boost frequencies on its existing flights from Kansas City to Baltimore and Nashville with an additional daily rotation on each route.
A tornado tore through Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport in central Florida, flipping over planes and injuring revelers attending the annual Sun n' Fun Fly-in and Expo, according to published reports.