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 ...

Morris Air was ‘the’ low-cost breakout airline of the 1990s. In an era that featured way more startup airlines than successes, Morris Air was one of the few on track to become a competitive force in ...

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 ...

The bright yellow jets may get yet another chance. Spirit Airlines is in advanced talks for a bailout. Here’s what we know. After weeks of uncertainty, Spirit Airlines may finally have a path forward.

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 de Havilland Canada DHC-7, which was later named “Dash 7,” was the seventh and then-largest capacity aircraft to emerge from the Toronto and Downsivew, Ontario, manufacturer. It also served as the ...

Mohawk Airlines certainly boasts a tumultuous past littered with crashes, fatalities, and even a hijacking. However, on the positive side, it was also known as the first U.S. airline to hire an ...

Early long-range jet airliners included types produced by rivals Boeing and Douglas, which produced the 707 and DC-8, respectively In the United States, Boeing and Douglas quickly became dominant ...

National Airlines got its start in 1934 when Ted Baker and his associate, Don Franklin, successfully bid for AM (Air Mail) Route 31 between St. Petersburg and Daytona Beach, Florida, via Tampa, ...

Capital placed an initial order for three Viscounts in May 1954, then quickly exercised options to buy 57 more, all of which were to be delivered over a period of two years. This was a massive ...

Throughout aviation history, many aircraft have featured a push-pull engine configuration. Propeller-driven planes often rely on forward-mounted engines to pull them through the air. Some have engines ...

Operation Absolute Resolve details the aviation-driven mission that brought over 150 aircraft together to support the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas. In the early hours of Saturday, ...