Today marks a number of aeronautical milestones: The first balloon flight, the first French airmail flight, the first nonstop flight across the South Atlantic, the first transatlantic flight by an airship, birthdays celebrated ...
Weeks after Cargolux left Boeing officials red-faced with a last-minute decision nixing delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter, the Luxembourg-based freight hauler flew the plane home on Wednesday with no fanfare whatsoever.