German Balloonists Mark Freedom Flight Over Death Strip
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Twenty-five years after his daring  escape out of East Germany in a makeshift hot air balloon, a  mechanic who humiliated the Communist state says he would risk  his own life again to live in freedom.
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Three people celebrating a 40th birthday with a joyflight had a miraculous escape after their pilot was forced to crash-land his plane on a quiet Australian road, despite losing the aircraft's wings on the way down.
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Two U.S. pilots detained in Brazil for more than two months following a midair collision that killed 154 people arrived home in Long Island on Saturday to a rousing welcome from friends and family.
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An East German flag from a street vendor for tourist items flies over the replica of the former U.S. Army Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 -- Mark Rebholz had flown across the North Atlantic in an open-cockpit biplane with Steve Fossett. So when the more famous adventure pilot was reported missing in a stunt plane over the dry mountain terrain southeast of Reno on Sept. 3, Rebholz felt as much amused interest as...
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A Lufthansa airplane flying from Turkey to Germany safely made an emergency landing Sunday in Budapest after an anonymous bomb threat was received, police said.
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Tributes are being paid and flags are at half-mast after 14 UK troops were killed in a plane crash in Afghanistan.
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Ceremonies to mark the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will be held in the German capital on Tuesday.
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A balloon became entangled in a radio tower on the final day of the city's trademark balloon festival Sunday, forcing the pilot and two young passengers to shimmy most of the way down the nearly 700-foot-tall structure.
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Two British-based pilots set off into a blue Texas sky on Tuesday on their second attempt to fly around the world via the North and South poles in a helicopter, one of the last great unaccomplished feats of aviation.
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A ground-breaking ceremony has heralded the official start of construction work on Berlin's long-delayed international airport as the city scrambles to bring its air links up to the standard of other European capitals.
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - With French and American flags, vintage military vehicles and heartfelt memories, Paris on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of its liberation from the occupying Nazis the day the
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German officials say they have uncovered a terrorist plot to blow up a passenger plane in Germany.
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A new German law that allows the government to have hijacked airliners shot down as a last resort may be unconstitutional, the country's president said.
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A German travel agent has come up with the ultimate in no-frills flying - a charter flight for passengers who want to fly naked
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The world of football will honour the vicitims of the Munich air disaster on Wednesday, 50 years after it killed 23 people.
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German police have arrested 110 people at a march to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler&#39;s deputy, Rudolf Hess. Some 74 of those detained belonged to a Neo-Nazi movement and were held for displaying banned Nazi symbols and carrying weapons, police said.