Capt. George A. Stone, pilot of a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser, told officials the propellers of his aircraft, which was carrying 68 people including him, failed to reverse as he ...

My aviation journey began with ramp jobs for commuter airlines. Early on, I joined Northwest Orient, which later became Northwest ... (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Avelo) AvGeekery: I’m sure ...

Languages: English. The discovery of a parachute possibly linked to D.B. Cooper, the unidentified man who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight in the 1970s, has reignited the FBI's ...

The unassuming-looking man who would come to be known as D.B. Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines from Portland, Ore., to Seattle under the name Dan Cooper on Nov. 24 ...

The enigma behind DB Cooper, the man who jumped out of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 with thousands in cash after handing a stewardess a note demanding the ransom on November 24 ...

Gunmen Leon Bearden and his son Cody tried to force Rickards to fly a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 to Cuba in the hope that the ... who made his escape from Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 ...

Philip joined pilot training at Northwest Orient Airlines in January 1966. In the years that followed, his logbook would show he flew First Officer and Second Officer on the B-707, and Captain on the ...

A few months before aviator Charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Minnesota ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Looking back at his career, retired Northwest Airlines Captain Woody Fountain has a lot of good memories. He is a pilot who earned his wings and a place in the history books.

ST. LOUIS – On November 24, 1971, a mysterious person named D.B. Cooper took over Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305, a Boeing 727. He then disappeared after jumping from the plane ...