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Emirates Airline Places Record Boeing Order

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:33:56 CST

Dubai's fast-growing airline, Emirates, kicked off the region's biggest airshow today with an order for 50 Boeing 777s, which the US-based aircraft maker described as its biggest single order in dollar terms in history. The list price for the deal is $18 billion, but airlines typically negotiate discounts for large...

Plane Crashes at Reno Air Races; 3 Dead, Scores Injured

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:32:33 CDT

As thousands watched in horror, a WWII-era fighter plane competing in a Nevada event described as a car race in the sky suddenly pitched upward, rolled, and did a nose-dive toward the crowded grandstand. The plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward , slammed into the concrete...

Wing Walker Plunges to His Death

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:57:00 CDT

A horrified crowd watched yesterday as a Michigan wing walker plunged to his death during an air show stunt. Todd Green fell some 200 feet at the Air National Guard Base in Selfridge near Detroit as he attempted to grab onto a helicopter hovering over the plane. "I thought it...

Paris Air Show Hits Turbulence

Ambreen Ali — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:51:03 CDT

Clouds hang over the launch of the 100th anniversary Paris Air Show today as investigators continue to pore over the wreckage of Air France flight 447. Bad business news combines with the tragedy to make this year's event less than stellar. Russia's first post-Soviet jetliner is expected to upstage Western...

Bill Murray Drops In on Air Show

Rob Quinn — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:51:13 CDT

Wisecracking comedian Bill Murray launched himself from 13,500 feet to start off the Chicago Air and Water Show yesterday, AP reports. "Is there some frequent flier program?" quipped the 57-year-old actor before leaping from a plane and executing several spins strapped to the belly of a sergeant from the...

Pilots Killed at Two Air Shows

Caroline Miller — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:50:16 CDT

A stunt pilot doing loop-the-loops at a Dayton air show was killed in a crash today, just a day after another pilot died in a Oshkosh, WI, air show. The stunt pilot was flying one of two S2S biplanes when he crashed at the end of the runway, before thousands...

Pilot Killed in S.C. Blue Angel Crash

NewsDude — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:00:00 CDT

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis crashed his F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter today during an air show in Beaufort, SC where he and five other members of the Blue Angel demonstration team were flying. The crash took the pilot’s life and also injured eight people on the ground.