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A Cessna 172 Just Flew 18 Hours Nonstop from California to Hawaii

Dave Hartland

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1955: America Welcomes the Viscount, the World’s First Turboprop Airliner

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New Video Highlights The Last Flights of Antonov An-225 Mriya

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SR-71 Footage From Edwards AFB Makes Debut

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A Dream on a Cocktail Napkin: The Birth of Southwest Airlines

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Man Lands His Model Rocket Just Like SpaceX

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FAA unveils next-generation control tower

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7 Things to Know about the FAA’s Next-Gen Control Tower

TWA Boeing 727-31 N853TW is pictured in this Boeing Aircraft Company photo from the Jon Proctor Collection.

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Nationwide, Worldwide: TWA in the 1960s

An artist's drawing of the proposed Cleveland Jetport

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Cleveland Jetport: The Story of an Unbuilt Island Airport

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Fly The Finest: How TWA Became a Synonym for the Best in Air Travel

A FedEx McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on short final at Memphis (MEM)

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The End of an Era: No scheduled DC-10 Service In The US

The Chinese spy balloon drifts over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on 04 February 2023.

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Up, Up, and Away: A Brief History of Balloon Espionage

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Hero in Our Midst: The Air Force Academy Janitor Who Received The Medal of Honor

Joe Axline looking out the door of Project Freedom's DC-9-41

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Meet The Man Who Turned an Airliner Into His Home

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Skyraider In Combat: Getting Shot At and Shooting Back

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The Aviation World Pays Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

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My Fighter Career: Skyraider Weapons Employment

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Fan’s Reaction To A Final F-14 Flyover Is Fantastic

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How The YC-15 Led To The C-17’s Success

My Fighter Career: Getting Ready For My Skyraider Deployment

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The Airline That Featured a Greyhound Peeing on a 727

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She Broke the Color Barrier When She Became the First African-American Flight Attendant

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Northwest Orient Airlines: Proud Pioneers Faced With Many Challenges

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Tower Air: A Jumbo Mess Of An Airline

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Rare Air: Wait- America West Flew the 747?

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Lake Central: The Intriguing Story of the Airline with a Heart

David H. Stringer

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Airlines We Miss: Vanguard Airlines

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Midwest Express: The Rise and Fall of the Best Care in the Air

John McCoy

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Ancient Airlines: The Top Banana In The West

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A Look Back To The Turbojet Era at Los Angeles’ LAX Airport

Alexander Sakovich

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7 Things to Know about the FAA’s Next-Gen Control Tower

The air traffic control tower (ATCT) of the future is coming to an airport near you, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced last week. The FAA says it has selected…

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Nationwide, Worldwide: TWA in the 1960s

Trans World Airlines (TWA) entered the 1960s as one of America’s Big Four domestic airlines in terms of revenue passengers carried and revenue passenger miles flown (the other three were…

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Air Force One Gets a New Paint Design

President Biden has selected a new paint design for the 747s that will fly as the “Next Air Force One,” VC-25B, which are currently being worked on by Boeing for delivery in 2027…

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Reno Air Races to End After Nearly 60 Years

In a sad but not surprising announcement today, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) has confirmed that this will be the final year for the National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead…

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This Famous Flying Fish 737 Will Soon Disappear From The Skies

How You Can Help Save Alaska’s Salmon-Thirty-Salmon After 18 years, the Alaska Airlines “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” livery will disappear, company officials said Monday. The…

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New Terminal Debuts at Kansas City International

2023 has been really good for Kansas City so far. First, a Super Bowl win. And on Tuesday, the city unveiled a brand new airport. When Southwest Airlines Flight 904 lifted off from Kansas City…

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Cleveland Jetport: The Story of an Unbuilt Island Airport

Nearly a half century ago, plans were in motion to construct one of the world’s largest airports on a manmade island in the middle of Lake Erie. The massive new island airport, which…

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Pilot Error Blamed for F-35 Crash on USS Carl Vinson Last Year

The U.S. Navy has ruled a fighter pilot’s mistake caused the crash of a $115 million F-35C stealth jet on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson last year, which injured several sailors…

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Billions Down The Drain In Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet Cancellation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has pulled the plug on its SpaceJet regional jet program. The decision came after years of development, multiple delays, and the impact of the COVID-19…

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Fly The Finest: How TWA Became a Synonym for the Best in Air Travel

TWA’s name change ushered in an era of transatlantic glamour On May 17, 1950, Transcontinental & Western Air underwent a corporate name change. Keeping the initials TWA, the company…

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