The late 1960s were one of the most crucial eras of aviation—enter the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 ...
The third annual Hanover Aviation Show drew an impressive 100,000 visitors to Langenhagen Airport, West Germany, to see the products of 170 manufacturers from eight countries, including the United ...
In the late 1960s, Dassault Aviation set out to rival Boeing and Douglas with a cutting-edge short-haul airliner — the Mercure 100. But what began as France’s great aviation hope ended as one of the ...
The world’s first turbofan jetliner, Boeing’s 707-120B, is shown on initial flight before FAA certification tests in Seattle. Four P&WA JT3D front fans and aerodynamic changes give this jet a max ...
On 19 August 1960, 65 years ago this week, a court in Moscow handed a US pilot, Francis Gary Powers, a 10-year sentence after he was apprehended by Soviet security forces. The BBC reported on what ...
If you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to step into a time machine and find yourself smack in the middle of the ...
The oldest FDNY retiree who died at 103 Friday bravely raced toward the wreckage of the infamous 1960 mid-air plane collision over the Big Apple as part of a lifetime of service – but remained humble ...