On 6 March 1990, pilot Colonel Ed Yielding and reconnaissance systems officer (RSO) Colonel Joseph Vida departed Palmdale in California flying U. S. Air Force SR-71 (serial number 61-17972). This was ...

The United States, Germany, and France have experimented with tail-sitter aircraft. Designed to have vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities, these aircraft did not make it past the ...

Boeing and McDonnell Douglas agreed to a merger in December, 1996. At the time, Phil Condit, then CEO of Boeing, called the acquisition a “historic moment in aviation and aerospace”. The past 28 years ...

The new Volonaut Airbike promises to be an exciting new option for personal air mobility. Designed by Polish inventor and entrepreneur Tomasz Patan, the Volonaut looks like something from “Star Wars.” ...

We remember Western Airlines, one of America’s iconic air carriers that offered innovative in-flight service. It is Tuesday, 7 May 1957, and you are a passenger aboard Western Airlines Flight 70, a ...

An Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II had a close-call with cars on an Oklahoma highway this week. The crew – a civilian contractor and Air Force active duty member – pulled off an emergency landing without ...

From the Hempstead Plains to the Moon, explore the story of flight at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. The Cradle of Aviation Museum, located on Museum Row in Garden City near the Coliseum, Nassau ...

In an era before computers and before jets, Eastern Air Lines operated daily flights over an enormous network of routes – concentrated primarily east of the Mississippi River – bringing reliable ...

UPS retires MD-11 freighters following the November crash, leaving FedEx and Western Global as the world’s only remaining operators. In a move that signals a major shift for global cargo aviation, ...

Is Embraer’s Next-Gen Turboprop program canceled? Not exactly. Back in August 2022, we ran an article about Embraer’s ambitious plan to reinvent the turboprop. The Brazilian manufacturer was talking ...

For Avelo Airlines COO Greg Baden, leading one of America’s newest airlines isn’t just a job–it’s a heartfelt passion for leadership, aviation, and making air travel accessible to all. While Avelo ...

On 23 August 1983, a quite attractive little jet took to the air in Mojave, California. The small, twin-engine jet was called the Skyfox. It was finished in a white and gray paint scheme with black ...