Big Flocking Deal: Air Force Two Hits Birds While Landing in California
An Air Force plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden suffered a bird strike while landing in southern California late this week.
Alaska 261 Plunges into Pacific Ocean: January 31st in Aviation History
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...
Hawaiian Airlines to Use JetBlue’s New York Terminal Through New Codeshare Partnership
Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Airways announced an extensive agreement today which includes codesharing, marketing, reciprocal loyalty rewards and co-location at JFK.
United Flight 232: Surviving the Unthinkable
On July 19, 1989 an engine explosion left United 232 with no hydraulics and no controls, leading to a crash landing where many of the passengers survived. Now 25 years later we look back at this extraordinary accident and exami...
The Media’s Airplane Problem
When it comes to airplanes and pilots, mainstream journalism, like Hollywood, usually gets it wrong. Movies we can forgive. The press, however, we hold to a much higher standard.