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WATCH: Air France 787 Dreamliner Captured as You’ve Never Seen It Before
This Air France 787 takes center stage in a breathtakingly beautiful aviation film that highlights the beauty of modern widebody flight.Few things lend themselves to beautiful cinematography quite like aviation.Metal, light, motion, and altitude all come together when filming...
Miami International Airport Unveils $1 Billion Concourse D Expansion Led by American Airlines
American Airlines and Miami-Dade County officials have revealed plans for a sweeping $1 billion expansion of Concourse D at Miami International Airport (MIA).The plans for the project, which will update one of the airport’s older gate areas and strengthen...
USAir Flight 499: Snow, Tailwind, and a Runway That Ran Out
Forty years after USAir Flight 499 overran a snowy runway in Erie, Pennsylvania, we examine how tailwind, speed, and snow combined to narrow the margins.On the morning of 21 February 1986, USAir Flight 499 was approaching Erie International Airport...
Tweed New Haven Airport: A Century of Growth, Setbacks, and Modern Expansion
Tweed New Haven Airport has weathered controversy, airline departures, and decades of uncertainty. Today, HVN is experiencing a dramatic resurgence driven by low-cost carriers and major expansion plans.The seed for New Haven’s own airport was planted almost literally in...
Movie Star Aircraft: The Top Gun P-51 Mustang in Top Gun: Maverick
The Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.In this storyThe Top Gun P-51 is a movie star all its own.Back Before...
The Supermarine Spitfire: Engineers kept improving Britain’s best fighter
Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireHighlights of our Supermarine Spitfire story:Nothing Says Battle of Britain like the Supermarine SpitfireThose Wonderful Wings...
The Bearcat: The Last and the Best of Grumman’s Propeller Driven Cats
Developed to Operate from Escort Carrier Decks, the F8F Bearcat Barely Missed the Action in World War IIOn 23 June 1943, a meeting took...