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 ...

DFW airport is getting a major facelift. They just kicked off a major $9 billion transformation and expansion project. It’s the largest capital investment in DFW airport since it opened in 1974, and ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered how aircraft manufacturers deliver new smaller aircraft over long distances? What about ferrying them to the mainland for heavy maintenance checks? Generally speaking, aircraft ...

Iceman Val Kilmer, who we all know and love from the Top Gun movies, has passed away at age 65. The last film he ever made actually was ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in 2022, a final goodbye between Tom ‘Iceman ...

Everyone knows that Texas is big – 268,596 square miles according to the Texas Almanac – bigger than all of the New England and the Mid-Atlantic states put together. So, it is little wonder that, when ...

On the afternoon of 6 October 1973, the Yom Kippur War began with a massive Egyptian air attack on Israeli military installations. Among the targets was Israeli Air Force (IAF) Base Ofira, near Sharm ...

Six General Electric J35 turbojets and Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) rockets powered the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Boeing designed the B-47 as a long-range strategic bomber capable of flying at high ...

On January 1, 1950, Continental Airlines was little more than a glorified local airline. The backbone of the fleet was made up of 12 dependable Douglas DC-3s, while five twin-engine, pressurized ...

Despite months of political pressure, dramatic headlines, and legislative maneuvering, it appears that Space Shuttle Discovery is not leaving the Smithsonian. For now. As of early 2026, the most flown ...

When the subject of the Northrop F-5 comes up in conversation, the words ‘aggressor’ or ‘adversary’ inevitably come to mind. And, yeah, many a wing-nut will also feel the need to mention the ‘MiG-28’.

Ozark Air Lines almost didn’t make it off the drawing board. Back in the 1940s, the company – formed by four Missouri businessmen who were operating a small intrastate air service within the confines ...