When launched, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the most technologically-advanced widebody commercial airliner ever. This ...

Commercial planes fill the skies carrying passengers and cargo. How fast do they typically fly, and what are the maximum ...

The last major collision of a commercial U.S. airline dates back to 2009, when a Colgan Air incident left 50 dead near ...

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

Widebodies like the Boeing 747 soon followed. With the 747 being joined by twin-aisle trijets such as the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, it was long accepted that only ...

2 Auxiliary Fuel Tanks (ACTs) for over 4000 nm of range non-stop (Middle East to Europe - Europe to US East Coast – Asia to Middle East) ...

and it was intended to compete with lower-capacity four-engine aircraft like the Boeing 747's smaller models and three-engine jets like the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and the McDonnell Douglas DC-11.

DALLAS — Today, in 1964, the three-engined Boeing 727 entered service with launch customer Eastern Air Lines (EA), one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines created by the Spoils Conferences of 1930.

The Lockheed Martin Corporation, which received non-competitive contracts to produce the F-35 fighter, allegedly failed between 2013 and 2015 to disclose accurate cost information to the Defense ...

The delivery of this F-16 Block 70 aircraft marks a first step in the Bulgarian air force’s modernisation efforts and the replacement of its MiG-29 aircraft. Lockheed Martin has announced the delivery ...

The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for The National Interest, of all the great geniuses in the history of military ...