Air
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World
A Giant Balloon Floats Into Town, and It’s All Anyone Can Talk About
A Chinese balloon has been raising a lot of questions for people who live under its path. “I did see…
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News
Bon Voyage, Boeing 747. You Really Did Change Everything.
SEATTLE — Some legends really are true, and indeed it is the case that two men on an Alaskan fishing…
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Business
The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory
More than a half-century ago, Boeing unveiled the 747, a massive and striking airplane that captured the public imagination and…
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World
With tanks in the pipeline, Ukraine redoubles its efforts to obtain warplanes.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted Western nations to supply an ever-growing list of weaponry to Kyiv as it…
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US
Do You Work in Aviation? We Want to Hear Your Story.
After a chaotic few months of air travel in the United States, we want to learn more about the experiences…
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News
Harold Brown, Tuskegee Airman Who Faced a Lynch Mob, Dies at 98
One of the last surviving Black pilots from that celebrated group, he was surrounded by an angry mob after parachuting…
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US
House Passes Bill to Study F.A.A. Alert System Whose Outage Grounded Flights
The outage caused departures nationwide to be halted one morning this month, disrupting travel and drawing attention to the Federal…
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World
U.S. Extends Troop Deployment in Romania, at Ukraine War’s Doorstep
The buildup is part of President Biden’s commitment to increase American forces in Europe in response to the Russian invasion…
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World
Could Air Someday Power Your Flight? Airlines Are Betting on It.
New technologies, including one fuel extracted from the atmosphere itself, could make flying more sustainable. But the challenges are many…
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News
‘Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide
A handy explanation of some of the newer climatological verbiage.