The Laté 631, with its ambitious design and tragic operational history, stands as a reminder of the boldness and perils of aviation
On March 12, 1936, the French Air Ministry&rsqu… Read More
Of all the many known aircraft wrecks in the Pacific, the B-17 “Swamp Ghost” on Papua New Guinea is probably the most famous.
This bomber was lost in early 1942 while returnin… Read More
The V-1 was the inaugural Vergeltungswaffen (V-weapon) used for London’s terror bombing.
The Luftwaffe developed it at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in 1939 during the e… Read More
In an unusual move, Air Belgium said Monday it will cease to exist as a passenger airline because of difficult market conditions and switch to become a contract carrier for airlines that ne… Read More
A British Airways pilot who once flew the Boeing 747 Jumbojet has lost an employment tribunal claim against the airline for discrimination, harassment and unlawful deduction of wages because… Read More
Nevill Vintcent was a big, blond Britisher born in 1902 in South Africa. He was a good boxer, too. He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force at 20 and, after a short stint in World War I… Read More
NASA has revealed its eighth astronaut crew for an upcoming mission with SpaceX. The Crew-8 team will consist of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (commander), Michael Barratt (pilot), and Je… Read More
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ASL Aviation Holdings, a Dublin-based contract air transport provider for Amazon and other companies, has let go 28 pilots after the online retailer scaled back the number of flights it ope… Read More
Airbus A320 (F-WWAI)
When Airbus designed the A300 during the late 1960s and early 1970s, it envisaged a broad family of airliners with which to compete against Boeing and Douglas (later Mc… Read More
Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager—his name alone is synonymous with speed and the audacious spirit of human flight.
Born on February 13, 1923, in the small town of Myra, We… Read More
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, one of the most iconic aeroplanes of the Second World War, established a formidable reputation for its robustness, reliability, and firepower. Among the 12,7… Read More
Two Boeing engineers made a paper airplane that flew almost the entire length of a football field.
They set a Guinness World Record after their paper airplane flew 289 feet 9 inches. … Read More
The Ryan Firebee Remote Control Vehicle, first developed in the 1950s, is an incredibly versatile unmanned drone mainly used as weapon targets or for surveillance. Widely regarded as a trail… Read More
Air Canada on Friday reported first-quarter results that included a 40% drop in cargo revenue to CA$238 million ($177 million), primarily driven by less throughput in the Pacific market… Read More
Atlas Air receives the final Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet aircraft.
The adventure of the Queen of the Sky came to an end when Boeing produced the final 747 jumbo airplanes, which were delivered t… Read More
French Air Force Mirage 2000D combat aircraft receive fuel from an A330 MRTT tanker during exercise Orion 23.The ORION 2023 exercise (an acronym for large-scale Operation for Resilient, Inte… Read More
Although conceived during the Second World War, the XCG-16 glider originated from a design philosophy from 1930 and became one of the most unusual and innovative glider ideas to be tested… Read More
It has been nearly a decade since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Despite multiple investigations, search efforts, and theories, there are more questions surrounding the t… Read More
Every time one of the pure-jet airliners from the past seven decades takes off, it carries with it the design knowledge and experience with it introduced by the de Havilland DH.106 Comet, th… Read More
Amazon is reducing the number of aircraft and flights supplied by Air Transport Services Group to fly packages within its air network in response to weaker e-commerce demand and a shift in… Read More
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Air New Zealand flies the world's fourth longest route, journeying over 8,800 miles between New York and Auckland.
I flew on the carrier to Auckland in business class… Read More
MIAMI — National Air Cargo, an unusual freight forwarding company that doubles as an airline, is opening business avenues for oversize cargo with the addition of its first nose-loadin… Read More
In the period between the wars, the concept of strategic bombing gained supporters who believed that this would be a way of achieving a quick victory in any future war and Germany thought th… Read More
CargoLogicAir, the U.K.-based all-cargo airline affiliated with Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group, appears to be officially going out of business, collateral damage from the invasion of Ukra… Read More
A few weeks ago, the Indian Air Force (IAF) retired the famous No. 51 Squadron in Srinagar, which flew MiG-21 Bisons. This is the same squadron that Group Captain (then Wing Commander) Abhin… Read More
DHL Express’ vision for a fleet of all-electric cargo jets took a big step toward reality Tuesday with Eviation Aircraft successfully completing the maiden flight of its zero-emission… Read More