On May 23, 2012, World War II veterans from South Carolina arrived in Washington DC to visit the WWII Memorial. Only moments before, the area was fairly empty and quiet until the gate attendant invited travelers to help welcome the vets. (From the person who posted it) (www.youtube.com) More...
An Allied Air Cargo Plane overran the runway while attempting to take off from Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport Saturday night and slammed in to a bus and several cars, killing at least 10 people, according to local reports on the scene. (airnation.net) More...
Three-hundred and sixty-two passengers, media and VIP guests received the ride of a lifetime Friday as Lufthansa and Boeing celebrated the first scheduled 747-8 Intercontinental flight in Washington DC. (www.nycaviation.com) More...
New study says aviator's plane was on land, upright for several days after disappearance Dozens of previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from Amelia Earhart, according to a new study of the alleged post-loss signals from Earhart's plane. The transmissions started riding the air waves just hours after Earhart sent her last in-flight message. The study, presented on Friday at a three day conference by researchers of The International Group for Historic Aircraft… (www.msnbc.msn.com) More...
French investigators say the final report into the causes of the crash of Air France flight 447 will soon be published, three years after the jet went down in the mid-Atlantic killing all 228 people aboard. (www.newsday.com) More...
Alaska Airlines on Thursday unveiled its "Aztec Plane," a Bombardier Q400 turboprop painted in the colors of the San Diego State University Aztecs. (travel.usatoday.com) More...
Sit back,Relax and Listen to the Tunes of Glenn Miller or Tommy Dorsey. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner (www.youtube.com) More...
Intelsat S.A., one of the world’s leading providers of satellite services, announced on Friday that a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket successfully launched the company’s Intelsat 19 satellite from a mobile launch platform in the Pacific Ocean. (www.examiner.com) More...
Azul and Trip, both airlines operating in the brazilian domestic market, announced this week that they are set to marge, creating a new holding company called Azul Trip S.A. The two airlines will operate separately under the new holding company until regulatory approvals are obtained. At the time of the approvals, the holding company will consider consolidating the two brands but in reality Azul should be the chosen name. This announcement puts an end to TAM's plans to acquire Trip and create… (worldairlinenews.com) More...
A single-engine, home-built Prowler Jaguar crashed immediately after taking off around 11 a.m., FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. (abclocal.go.com) More...
A tail rudder from the fastest airplane in the world could be yours — for a cool $1 million. The seller didn't say if it was a spare part, or if it was once part of a functioning SR-71 Blackbird, which is an important distinction given the cost. (jalopnik.com) More...
Tomorrow morning starting 6AM to 7AM est. time ASTAR Air Cargo will fly its fleet of DC8 to the desert for the last time. You will be able to track them on Flight Aware under the call sign DHL. The jets served the company well as they travel around the world serveral time over. The jets have a abundant history on them carry allof kinds of things over the years such as all kind of animals, munintion/ aid for the military for serveral wars. We got to big hand and congratulation to the crews that… (www.alpa.org) More...
The airline says it will install Row 44's high-speed Internet and television system on its entire fleet of 20 Boeing 757s starting in the fourth quarter of 2012. (www.nycaviation.com) More...
Thai Airways International (TG) will press on with plans for an ultra low-cost carrier despite increasing concerns about growing capacity impacting the Thai aviation market. (atwonline.com) More...
A research study conducted by Hotelscheap.org found the Ten Must-Have Travel Apps, and FlightAware was ranked as the 3rd best Travel App. See the ranked list in a nicely wrapped Infographic here: http://new-york.hotelscheap.org/top-ten-travel-apps (new-york.hotelscheap.org) More...
Alaska Airlines announced today it will launch nonstop service between San Diego and Orlando, Fla., beginning Oct. 11, 2012. The carrier will fly between the two cities five times a week. (splash.alaskasworld.com) More...
Chinese airframer Comac will be the biggest threat to Boeing and Airbus and most likely to succeed in developing a program comparable to those offered by the duopoly, says Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Air New Zealand, the launch customer for Boeing’s larger 787-9 variant, says the aircraft appears to be on track for first delivery in the second quarter of 2014. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed "severe storm sentinels" above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about hurricane formation and intensity changes. (www.aircraftpilots.com) More...
Singapore Airline's (SIA) newest budget airline, Scoot, has named its first two aircraft following a successful Facebook campaign. With some 10,000 submissions, Mr Campbell said: "The response was fantastic, and yielded a huge variety of potential names." (news.asiaone.com) More...
Verne Troyer Multitalented actor Verne Troyer has laughed off reports he was trapped in an airplane toilet for 20 minutes because he could not reach the door handle. (www.starpulse.com) More...
Alaska Airlines on Thursday unveiled its new "Aztec Plane," a Bombardier Q400 turboprop painted in the colors of the San Diego State University Aztecs. The 76-seat aircraft, which will fly for Alaska Airlines regional affiliate Horizon Air, is the ninth to be painted for a university located in an Alaska Airlines market. (www.aircraftpilots.com) More...
Witnesses said a small plane exploded in midair when it was struck by lighting over eastern Mississippi Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot. (www.nycaviation.com) More...
The first commercial mission to the International Space Station ended Thursday with the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashing down after a flight the company's founder declared a "grand slam." The Dragon drifted beneath parachutes to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, about 560 miles off Baja California, on Thursday morning. It hit the water about a mile from its target. (www.cnn.com) More...
Canadian plane-crash investigators have been called in by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration — the two main U.S. air-safety agencies — after a fatal mid-air collision this week near Washington, D.C., that, bizarrely, involved pilots from the NTSB and the FAA themselves. (news.nationalpost.com) More...
Air India is set to refuse their first expected 787 Dreamliner due to their current negotiation dispute with Boeing. (australianaviation.com.au) More...
TAISR Group and Simigon will provide critical skills training, to deliver advanced training and simulation solutions to support the Joint Close Air Support (JCAS) and manned/unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) community. (www.bloomberg.com) More...
Houston City Council today voted overwhelmingly to expand Hobby Airport for international flights, rejecting our argument that dividing the City’s international air service is the wrong decision for Houston’s future. (www.click2houston.com) More...
Six UAV test sites are up for grabs -- and state governments are eager to get their hands on them. More than a dozen state governments across the country are scrambling to get into the drone business with the expectation that unmanned aviation will create new jobs in the near future. (www.salon.com) More...
A week before rescuers found the crashed Superjet’s flight data recorder on Thursday, Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency claimed that the most plausible cause of the crash was electronic sabotage by the US military. (www.nycaviation.com) More...
Lufthansa’s first Boeing 747-8 – the majestic successor to the 747-400 and last of the mighty 747 family – is ready to take to the skies. Australian Business Traveller toured the 747-8 in Frankfurt, during Lufthansa’s Passenger Experience Day, to bring you these real-world photos and hands-on impressions. (www.ausbt.com.au) More...
May 31, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A regional jet landed safely at O'Hare International Airport Thursday morning after reporting mechanical issues. (abclocal.go.com) More...
The Dragon Capsule made by SpaceX has departed the International Space Station, ISS, and is on its way back to earth filled with ISS waste cargo along with special sensors that will help engineers make sure the internal atmosphere is suitable for humans... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) More...
oeing (NYSE: BA) today marked the 20th delivery of its new 747-8. The airplane, a 747-8 Freighter, was delivered to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Atlas Air will operate it on behalf of Panalpina, the Swiss-based freight operator. This marks the first time in Panalpina's history that an airplane has been painted in the company's livery. (boeing.mediaroom.com) More...
SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger commercial spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to begin test flights beyond the atmosphere. Spaceship builder Scaled Composites received an experimental launch permit from the FAA on May 23. (news.discovery.com) More...
Even to many who have to compete with him, Bob Showalter is "Mr. FBO." A veteran of decades of service to the GA and BizAv communities, Bob and Showalter Aviation have been working the leading edge of the airport services industry by running Orlando Exec's premier FBO. (www.aero-news.net) More...
Delta 4289 from Minneapolis, bound for South Bend, IN experienced a flap failure forcing the plane to return to Minneapolis. Made for a higher than normal speed landing which no doubt the passengers found a bit exciting. (www.wsbt.com) More...
One of the Academy of Model Aeronautics and aeromodeling legends has passed away. Bill Northrop, 89, was a champion free flight and radio control competitor, columnist, publisher and model builder in an aeromodeling career that began in 1936, the same year AMA was founded, when he was 14 years old. (www.aero-news.net) More...
Boeing’s first South Carolina-built 787 Dreamliner, shown during its maiden flight at Charleston International Airport, flew to Texas Wednesday to be painted for customer Air India. The painted jet is scheduled to return to the Lowcountry early next month. (www.postandcourier.com) More...
Dozens of employees from Turkey's national flag-carrier Turkish Airlines went on strike Thursday, a day after parliament passed a controversial bill to ban strikes in the aviation sector. (my.news.yahoo.com) More...
Buyouts, transfers or pink slips oh my! I still don't understand how LUVs Latin America expansion has anything to do with UA's Auckland route :( bye bye 787 (www.chron.com) More...
