Today in Aviation History: March 5th
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overruns at Burbank, launches of Landsat 3 and Explorer 2, crashes of BOAC 911, Palair Macedonian 301, Lake Central, first flight of the Spitfire and lots more.
Is This the Best Airline Commercial Ever?
Most airlines gave up on the use of T&A to sell flights around the same time bell bottoms went out of style. Moscow-based startup Avianova isn't having any of that noise.
Southwest Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Fuselage Hole Causes Decompression
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Sacramento made an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz., when a hole reportedly appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure.
Boeing Begins 787 Dreamliner Flight Testing
The 787 Dreamliner will take to the sky today for the first time in weeks, as Boeing begins flight testing their modifications to the battery system. The flight, Boeing 272, is scheduled to take off from Paine Field in Everett,...
Spirit Strippermobile Brings Airline’s Notoriously Risque Marketing to the Offline World
Spirit Airlines, still high from the attention earned by throwing a "Big Weiner Sale" on its website earlier this week, has stepped it up a giant notch by driving a glass truck filled with pole dancers and painted with sexually...