Aerosucre Flight 157 raced beyond the end of a short runway before its Boeing 727 had properly become airborne. The jet ...

Built in the early 1960s, the Boeing 727 was designed to bridge the gap between short-haul and long-haul flights, operating between airports with shorter runways and lacking infrastructure. It had ...

In an ironic twist, GE's financially disastrous attempt to build an aft-fan turbofan doomed General Dynamic's Convair while ...

A 1971 artist's sketch released by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as 'Dan Cooper' and 'D.B. Cooper', was made from the ...

De Havilland’s original DH.121 was a large, advanced tri-jet with rear-mounted engines, automatic landing technology, ...

A closer look at the industry's most impactful leap forward in the last 100 years.

From professionalism, to realisation and sheer panic - these are the last words uttered by aircrew before the end. Since the ...

Freightliner tried to change trucking with an aircraft gas turbine engine in a semi truck. The engine was so inefficient it got just 2 mpg ...

See how steel from the original World Trade Center in New York City has been used around the world to honor the victims of 9/11.

A former flight engineer whose career took him from aircraft hangars at Gatwick to the skies around the world has had his ...

Explore how the retired Spirit of Miami Boeing 727 became an artificial reef, home to diverse marine life over decades, following its sinking and the effects of storms.