I visited an airplane model factory in Southern China where airplane die cast models were made. The staff walked me through ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found no evidence of foul play and blamed the crash on errors by the pilot, who failed to retract the plane’s spoilers, or air brakes, at the critical ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1959, the first example of Model 22, the initial production version of the Convair 880, completed its maiden flight, marking a notable moment in aviation history. The Convair 880, ...

Although AA had not operated the Convair 880, they had extensively studied the airliner. However, due to its limited capacity, the Convair 880 would not have been profitable on AA's transcontinental ...