On This Day in Aviation History: October 1st
Concorde breaks the sound barrier, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 becomes the first fatal DC-9 crash, NASA is born, and the F-86 and XP-59 take their first flights.
Virgin America Set to Become Airbus A320neo Launch Customer
Virgin America announced early Monday that it will become the launch customer for the new Airbus A320neo in 2016, also marking Airbus's 10,000th order.
Delta Dedicates Aircraft to Mets’ David Wright
As usual, the formidable sight of white Canon lenses were aimed at the Mets' 3rd baseman David Wright, but today they were not in the media pit at Shea Stadium. Instead, they were gathered at LaGuardia's rather unsuspecting Mar...
On This Day in Aviation History: September 12th
A man crashes a small aircraft into the White House; Space Shuttle Endeavor departs on historic mission STS-47; The US and France launch a record setting air operation in World War I; and more...
Delta Announces Service Between New York and Reykjavik, Iceland
Delta Air Lines on Friday announced new nonstop service between New York and Reykjavik, Iceland, beginning June 1, 2011.