Civil Aviation

The word aviation comes from the Latin avis, referring to birds. This is one of the reasons why airplanes are...

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has a rather delightful program called PUPs, or Pets Unstressing Passengers. There were around 93...

Concorde was an aircraft that had come after fourteen years of collaboration between France and Britain. It was sleek, agile...

On May 17th, 1987, a special type of Falcon 50 (dubbed Suzanna) attacked a naval frigate USS Stark patrolled the...

When the former Air France chairman, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, said, “Concorde will never really stop flying because she will live on...

One of the most iconic pictures in all of space science and aviation is the photograph of Antonov An-225, one...

Over the years, many aircraft disappearances have baffled the world of avation. The most obvious, and perhaps the most harrowing...

The highest ever recorded bird strike (i.e., a collision of a bird and an aircraft) occurred over the West African...

The word “Lukla” in the Sherpa language refers to an “abode of sheep”. Locals say that in the past, the...