In the 1960s, the commercial aviation industry was taking off. Jet travel had begun to dominate the industry, and airlines worldwide were seeking to modernize and upgrade their fleets to meet the ...

The 1970s saw the birth of thewidebody, a radical new aircraft design in which airliners featured two aisles to accommodate more seats per row. The first was the Boeing 747, an iconic double-decker ...

Autopilot systems are now standard components of just about every passenger jet you'll fly in today. They offload some of the more arduous work of long-haul flights and allow the pilot and copilot to ...

29. prosince 1972 se jedno z nejmodernějších dopravních letadel té doby, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, připravovalo na přistání ...