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On October 26th, 1881, the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" took place in Tombstone, Arizona, as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confronted Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang were killed; Earp's brothers and Holliday were wounded.
A cockpit view of a United Parcel Service 767-300 aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Bob Riha, Jr - RTX2I3FN in late July.
The fall at Juneau Airport, where I'm a controller, generally sees pretty gross days, rain and lots of wind. One day we had... Even if you've missed some key details in your flight planning, ATC can help keep you out of trouble.
When the Quebec government and Ottawa stepped in to shore up a struggling Bombardier with cash for its prized CSeries aircraft, danger was lurking, according to William Mitchell, professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Sure enough, not too long afterwards, Boeing filed a complaint with the U.S. government alleging that Canada's airplane manufacturer was encroaching on its home turf by selling CSeries aircraft on the cheap thanks to government subsidies.
On September 25, 1957, nine black students who'd been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. In 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.
In the most recent quarter, Boeing reported profits well-ahead of analysts' expectations and increased its earnings projections for the full year. A large part of the profit was generated by record-high production rates on the 737 aircraft, and about a $530 million cash injection from 787 orders.
A Lockheed Martin employee checks out a T50-A trainer jet at the aerospace firm's Greenville manufacturing site. Provided/Thinh D. Nguyen/Lockheed Martin Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is moving production of its F-16 fighter jet from Texas to its Greenville site .
The plane, flying JFK-SJU under the flight number DL 431, landed just before noon on Wednesday. In less than an hour, it had refueled, taken on 173 passengers, and then was back on its way to JFK.
The Lakeland, FL-based FAA-certificated ab initio and accelerated flight school has authority to issue foreign student visas for training. With a focus on training the next generation of domestic and foreign professional pilots, IAA has a growing fleet of Cessna and Piper single and multiengine aircraft, its own modern 12,000 square foot maintenance facility with dedicated maintenance professionals, and over 12,000 square feet of office, onsite dormitory housing for students and training space.
Historical allies AOPA and the National Air Transportation Association are now pitted against each other in an unusual battle over... While flying back to my home airport, KAVQ, I heard this exchange from two pilots entering the non-towered airport airspace ...... If you're always flying the magenta line and arriving via pre-loaded RNAV approaches, maybe you're not working hard enough.
The U.S. Air Force is investigating multiple instances of scrapes on aircraft caused during mid-air refueling performed by So far, the damage caused by the fuel probe that connects the tanker with other aircraft has been minor, according to a service statement and program documents. But it's worrying enough that the Air Force issued a top-level "Category One" deficiency report on May 1 after it discovered the damage during post-test flight analysis of video and data.
On Friday an appeals court panel said that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue. One of the judges called it "the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat."
North Texas has a new airline, but this one won't be competing with the likes of American and Southwest for its share of the traveling masses. Instead, Hillwood Airways, based out of Fort Worth Alliance Airport, is looking to entice corporate travelers and other high-fliers.
A crew of volunteer cold-case investigators in the Pacific Northwest, led by a former FBI agent, has uncovered what they believe to be "potential evidence" in the 46-year-old mystery of D.B. Cooper. Thomas Colbert, a TV and film executive who helped put together the team with his partner and wife Dawna, confirmed to Fox News that his group had uncovered what "appears to be a decades-old parachute strap."
Forecast International notes that recent reports of significant layoffs by Boeing have proven to be of little concern to Wall Street investors, who shrugged those actions off as an efficiency move. Not only that, Boeing stock rose dramatically to a new high last week, and during a two-day period jumped 28 points, sending the Dow Jones Average to a new all-time high.
President Donald Trump reiterated his emphasis on rebuilding the military in a Friday visit to Boeing in South Carolina, a day after he made the same promises in a White House news conference. "We are looking seriously at a big order," he said.
About 10 to 15 people were injured by turbulence on a United Airlines flight between Panama City and Houston on Tuesday, the Houston Fire Department said. It said in a statement three people among 10-15 injured were taken to a hospital and it did not have word on their condition.
While Airbus and Boeing will again hog the spotlight at the Paris Air Show with their battle for ever-larger slices of the lucrative pie in the sky, a lot of the really interesting stuff will be going on elsewhere at the upcoming biennial aviation and defense industry gathering. Lockheed Martin's F-35 jet will crane necks with high-speed aerial displays, drones will again be a hot topic and a would-be flying car will aim to show that it is closer to getting off the ground as a consumer ride.
I bring tidings from the frontier of airplane Wi-Fi. I experienced faster internet with my own two thumbs aboard a 757! I did a series of speed tests and received between 17 and 27 megabytes per second while also flying through the sky .
Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed , including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported. In Illinois, investigators found evidence that cyber intruders tried to delete or alter voter data.