PSA Airlines, the carrier involved in the mid-air accident over Washington, ironically preserves the name of another airline ...

In contrast, firefighting planes like the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Boeing 737 are able to dump up to 170,000 pounds of firefighting liquid in a matter of seconds. It’s for this reason that ...

Painted in distinctive black schemes with a Playboy Bunny adorning the tail, mimicking an aircraft of the prominent ...

There was a time when these could be seen on some Boeing planes – a set of two or four smaller windows positioned to the side ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...

Alaska also increased its workforce following its acquisition of Virgin America. While the airline initially retained the ...

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Taking its name from “Altairus,” the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, it adopted a blue eagle logo to adorn the ...

Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum In March 1968, Air California (OC) expanded its fleet by adding two Douglas DC-9-10s while they were waiting for ... In May 1981, AirCal received its first ...

With the 747 being joined by twin-aisle trijets such as the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ... also has a sixth unit on order), which have an average age of 3.9 years old.

Only one incident led to passenger fatalities – the 1979 Flight 901 disaster which saw a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crash into Mount Erebus on Ross ... Photo EVA Air Its average fleet age is just 8.9 ...