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Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
Cessna 172 pilot explains why the Skyhawk is so popular and why is the ultimate training aircraft
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Cold War Era
The day Boeing test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston Barrel Rolled the prototype of the Boeing 707
Civil Aviation / Helicopters / Military Aviation
Phrog in Europe! Heliswiss is the European launch customer for Vertol 107, the commercial model of the military variant, CH-46 Sea Knight
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Military Aviation
Boeing delivers final 747 Airplane bringing to a close more than a half century of production
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
Airline pilot explains why future passenger jets could be Windowless
Civil Aviation / Military Aviation
‘Flying the Boeing 737 Next Gen is like going back in time 3 decades.’ Former USAF C-17 pilot and now airline pilot explains why despite being constantly updated the Boeing 737 remains a 1960s jet
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Cold War Era
The story of the four British Airways Concorde Supersonic Airliners that flew in formation on Christmas Eve
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
End of an era: Final Boeing 747 Airplane Leaves the company’s Everett Factory
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
When a FedEx Flight Engineer tried to hijack a company DC-10 cargo aircraft, its aircrew went inverted to keep him off his feet. The story of FedEx Flight 705.
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Space
NASA bids farewell to SOFIA: the unique Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a reflecting telescope made its last flight
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
When a British Airways Captain got sucked out of a BAC One-Eleven a flight attendant grabbed his legs and avoided him going out completely
Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Mathias Rust, the German teenager who humiliated the Soviet War Machine by landing his Cessna 172 in Moscow’s Red Square
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Antonov Restores Operations of its remaining five AN-124 Cargo Aircraft from Leipzig, Germany, where the Company Relocated after the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
Former Boeing 727 Pilot tells the Story of when a Passenger confused a Thunderstorm Cloud for a Nuclear Mushroom Cloud, started a Ruckus aboard the Airliner and asked him to Land
Civil Aviation
‘It was not a true luxury experience:’ Air Traffic Controller describes what it was really like flying on the Concorde Supersonic Airliner
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
