Jan. 9, 1969: Concorde Takes to the Skies; Turbulence Ahead
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The world's first supersonic jetliner is sleek, sexy, fast ... and ridiculously expensive. Only Gallic stubbornness and generous subsidies keep it flying for over three decades.
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The first Airbus A380 super jumbo passenger jet is towed inside a hangar in Blagnac, near Toulouse, southwestern France, Saturday, Jan.
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Adventurer Steve Fossett becomes the first solo pilot to fly an airplane nonstop completely around the world. Compiled by Tony Long.
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An Airbus A380 super-jumbo takes off from southern France on its first test flight with passengers.
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The first commercial flight from the United States to Vietnam since the war nearly 30 years ago has taken off from San Francisco. The new service to Ho Chi Minh City, run by United Airlines, will fly daily.
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The ceremony began at 8:40 a.m. ET, six minutes before the time when the first jet struck the north tower.
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The world's biggest jumbo jet lifted off safely on Thursday from Singapore on its long-delayed first commercial flight, as part of Singapore Airlines' daily service to Sydney.
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A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam on Friday, the first since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago.
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_ For the first time since 1975, a US passenger jet is flying from the US directly to Vietnam. The United Air Lines flight with 347 aboard took off from San Francisco today and is scheduled
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An official French report has blamed a metal strip that fell off another commercial airliner for the crash of a supersonic Concorde that killed 113 people near Paris four years ago.
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Sixty years ago a salesman and pilot coined the term "flying saucers" and a worldwide subculture was born. Highlights of the unfolding rumors and reported sightings contribute to the belief that aliens are hanging out somewhere in reach.
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The A380 super-jumbo passenger jet, due to be officially unveiled next week, was wheeled out of its hangar in southwestern France for the first time.
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Much of Jet City will be asleep Tuesday when, nine time zones away, at the Jean-Luc Lagardere final assembly site near the airport in Toulouse, France, a new era will dawn in commercial aviation.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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A titanium strip that fell off a Continental Airlines jumbo jet on to a Paris runway was the main cause of the deadly crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000, judicial experts said.
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A sleek NASA X-43A aircraft set a world speed record Tuesday, flying at more than 6,600 mph in a test flight that eventually could revolutionize air travel and space exploration.
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Richard Branson conquered the world. Now he wants to fly you to space. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine.