Lost on the ice: The 1897 hydrogen balloon attempt to reach the North Pole
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Lufthansa axes CityLine fleet early over strikes, fuel costs
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Students develop faux but sexy robotic sage grouse to strut their stuff in an effort to move a Grand Teton National Park breeding-ground lek away from jets
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Air Canada CEO will retire this year after his English-only crash message was criticized
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At twenty airports in the United States, security screening is handled not by the Transportation Security Administration, but by private companies — and their checkpoints aren’t seeing long lines
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Going to Europe this summer? Prepare for a long queue.
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US government announces pilot program for eVTOLS and ultralight aerial vehicles even without FAA certification
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Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets
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United Airlines Flight 232 lost all hydraulics mid-air. This is the story of the “impossible landing".
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US Federal Aviation Administration reopens El Paso airport hours after saying it was grounding flights for ten days
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Airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
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The hidden engineering of runways
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Hooters | Bankrupt
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Judge laughs at TSA as Southwest fights $48 million fine for keeping passenger fees
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King Air autolands in Colorado
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Why this long-range bomber will likely be the first jet aircraft to reach 100 years of continuous flying
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Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident
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Club versus country rows often cause friction, but Soren Lerby found a way to satisfy both in 1984. He played for Denmark and Bayern Munich on the same day, in different countries.
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Pathfinder 1 airship overflies Golden Gate bridge: pictures
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US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown
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Find your flight seat map
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Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
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The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
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Burbank Airport resumes flights after hours with no air traffic controllers amid government shutdown
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Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap
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Munich Airport suspends operations for the second time in 24 hours following more drone sightings
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Play Airlines said it was ceasing operations, becoming the second low-cost airline in Iceland to collapse in the last six years
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British Columbia rescuers use helicopter-mounted cell tower to find missing man
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Waymo approved to operate at San Jose airport
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Sweden has accused Russia of being behind a significant rise in instances of GPS signal jamming recorded over the Baltic Sea
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What are your favorite and least favorite airports?
And, most importantly, what makes them so awesome/awful?
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The crash of Partnair flight 394 (1989)
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Sweden forced to deal with 747 that used to be a hotel it doesn't want
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Life and death aboard a B-17, 1944
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The attack helicopter under threat? - vulnerabilities and trends featuring @TheChieftainsHatch
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Delta strips engines off new Airbus jets to overcome US shortage
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About 1,500 tarantulas were found hidden in cake boxes at a German airport
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US aerospace company Beta Technologies' electric plane, ALIA CTOL, has completed a 200 kilometre journey between Sønderborg and Copenhagen airports
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Air India 787 crashes after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India
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European Union lawmakers approve new air travel rights to small luggage without fees - further approval from majority of countries is needed
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The Faroe Islands are the only country that celebrates their World War II occupation
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When Japan Airlines and Finnair departed Helsinki for Tokyo-Haneda back-to-back, the race was on
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How not to lose your air force (on the ground) - hardening, modern threats and air base defences
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Ukraine stages major attack on Russian aircraft with drones
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Ukraine strikes Russia's bombers - the operation, damage and lessons of Ukraine's "bear" hunt
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Can a 747 actually land in GTA5?
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Scandinavian Airlines has raised concerns about Chinese airlines being allowed to fly to Norway via Russian airspace
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United Airlines cuts thirty-five daily flights at Newark airport, citing shortage of air traffic controllers
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The IL-86: The Soviets' botched answer to the 747
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Deep snow, thick ice and zero delays – inside the Arctic airports that never cancel a flight
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