Tag: airplane

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday: its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial…

Allen County’s airport could become a hub for wildfire fighting. An aerial firefighting crew based in Hutchinson wants to use the local airport as a place to refill their water tanks if there is a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of airline passengers traveling for Thanksgiving this year is expected to rebound to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, and the Transportation Security Administration says it is ready to handle the surge. Administrator…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines canceled several hundred more flights Monday following a weekend of major disruptions that it blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issues. Both the company and its pilots’ union…

Flying ranks below grocery shopping and eating in a restaurant when it comes to the risk of contracting COVID-19 in a public place, a new study claims. It’s all in the ventilation and the protocols,…

Congress and President Donald Trump, having doled out $25 billion in payroll grants plus a similar sum in low-interest loans to the airline industry in April, are seeking a second bailout, possibly as part of…

Crop dusters have been taking to the skies in Allen County and surrounding areas over the past couple of weeks. In order to get a closer look at the process, this Register reporter visited the…

It sounds like something out of a movie: An American Airlines pilot calls the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport to warn that his plane just flew past someone in midair — a person…

How risky is flying during the coronavirus pandemic?  Flying can increase your risk of exposure to infection, but airlines are taking some precautions and you can, too.  Air travel means spending time in security lines…

Easter arrived early, and from several hundred feet in the air, for a handful of youngsters in Allen County Friday. Barry Lamb, a long-time pilot who has aided past Easter celebrations from the controls of…