Airlines that operated the Douglas DC-1 include: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) ...

But at $450,000, the Model 049 was also the most expensive ... through which Hughes ordered 40 aircraft. Lastly, Hughes and TWA had Lockheed keep the project under wraps so that TWA’s main ...

His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But, as a civilian, racial prejudice kept ...

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was one of the last great long-range airliners developed by Boeing before the jet age. The ...

Beech Aircraft gained notoriety through the elegant lines of the Model 17 Staggerwing ... with Beech test pilot Ding Rankin and TWA senior pilot James N. Peyton at the controls.

Last week John Garcia Jr. was bounced from a Los Angeles-San Antonio Spirit Airlines flight for wearing a hooded sweatshirt imprinted with an obscenity on the front and the back of the garment. The 43 ...

In May 1960, the Convair 880 entered into service with Delta Air Lines (DL) under the slightly updated designation of 880-22m ...

In the days following the collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, DC, and the crash of a ...

In 1996, Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 was carrying 230 people when it exploded minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. The plane’s wreckage fell into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island.