Airline livery trends – a brief history Airline companies paint their aircraft in unique liveries to promote their company and its brand, and to differentiate them from the competition. But while the ...

The creation of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in 1926 was Allan Loughead’s second foray into airplane construction. His first company, Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing, built a few products between ...

Museum dispute FAA records show that its tail number, N6937C, was registered to the company on Sept. 4. Whether Travolta actually purchased the aircraft, or for what amount, is unclear.

The burned out hulk of a North Central Airlines DC-9 lies on tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, Dec. 21, 1972, where it came to rest after striking the tail assembly of a Delta Airlines airplane ...

Boeing's 747SP is the runt of the litter, sitting at 184 feet, 9 inches long compared to the 747-100 (and the modernized 747-400), which was 231 feet, 10 inches long. It could also only seat 313 ...

TWA, the airline that made the initial order for the Connies, started operating it in 1946 between New York and Paris. Soon after, Pan Am launched the round-the-world Pan Am Flight 001 with the L-049.

The airline was headquartered in Kansas City from 1931-1964. Second only to Pan-Am, TWA helped Kansas City grow up, it was the chic place to work, which aided in throwing off that “cowtown” image.

Continental’s route map – shown in blue – at the beginning of the 1950s resembled that of a local service airline rather than the trunk carrier it was classified as. David H. Stringer Collection The ...

The July 17, 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 that had just taken off from JFK bound for Paris, killed all 230 people aboard and stirred great controversy.

The famed 1980s action film, “The Delta Force,” was inspired by the June 1985 hijacking of a TWA airplane and hostage crisis in Beirut. It showcases a harrowing rescue by a crack U.S. commando ...