WestJet Orders 45 Bombardier Q400 Turboprops for New Regional Airline
Canada's WestJet announced this week that they had signed a letter of intent to buy up to 45 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 turboprop aircraft to launch a new regional airline.
Russian Hockey Team Plane Crash Caused by Pilot Error: Investigators
Investigators revealed on Wednesday that pilot errors are likely to blame for a Russian Yak-42 airliner which crashed in western Russia in September, killing 44 people including the Lokomotiv hockey team.
Angry Birds Take Over Finnair Flight to Singapore
A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Singapore hosted the world's first-ever in-flight Angry Birds tournament on Tuesday.
On This Day in Aviation History: January 9th
Historic first flights of the Avro Lancaster and the first gyrocopter, as well as the crashes of Comair Flight 3272 and Golden West’s midair collision in 1975 and more...
The Evolution of Engine Starting: From Hand-Propping to Button Pushing
For many of us, our first understanding on how to start an airplane was when Bugs Bunny started the engines of the “World’s Largest Airplane” in Hare Lift (FF to 2:04). With a simple push of a button, all of the radial en...