Last Flight of the SR-71 Blackbird: October 9 in Aviation History
The SR-71 Blackbird makes its final flight, Clement Ader flies the world's first powered airplane, and more...
Final Call: Spirit Airlines Hit With $50K Twitter Fine, EU’s Banned Airlines List Gets Longer
The US DOT fines Spirit for deceptive tweets, drug smugglers are hiding product in the checked bags of regular folk, the DirecTV blimp and JetBlue go at it, and more...
The Logbook
Our daily digest of what's been going on around the industry. A boy and his grandfather end up in a destination slightly different than they expected, Airbus' A330F makes its maiden flight, LOT Poland unveils a wild 80th Annive...
Bombardier CSeries Scores 15-Plane Order from Turkey’s AtlasJet
Bombardier has received a letter of intent from AtlasJet to purchase 10 CS300 aircraft, with options to receive five more of the jets, the companies announced today. The deal is valued at up to $1.18 billion for all 15 aircraft...
Boeing Wins U.S. Army Contract to Upgrade Chinook Helicopters
The Boeing Company on Thursday announced that the U.S. Army awarded it a $23.7 million contract for modifications of many Chinook helicopters.