Safety board to consider 2008 Oklahoma City bird collision that killed 5 aboard business jet. For the five men who took off from a small Oklahoma airport aboard a business jet that ran into a large bird, there was no miracle river landing.

Pilot marks 100th anniversary of first English Channel flight, crossing in wooden monoplane. A French pilot on Saturday recreated the first-ever flight across the English Channel in a monoplane like the one that Louis Bleriot flew in 1909, complete with a wooden propeller, bicycle wheels and an engine about as powerful as a lawnmower.

A restored original of the plane in which Louis Bleriot crossed the Channel 100 years ago on Saturday successfully repeated the French aviator's historic feat.

One hundred years to the day after Louis Bleriot claimed his place in aviation history, a restored original of his plane successfully crossed the Channel from France to England Saturday.

A restored original of the plane in which Louis Bleriot crossed the Channel 100 years ago on Saturday successfully repeated the French aviator's historic feat.

A restored original of the plane in which Louis Bleriot crossed the Channel 100 years ago took off on Saturday in a bid to emulate the French aviator's historic feat.

Museum opens dedicated to work of German aeronautics pioneer Claude Dornier. One of Claude Dornier's planes ? the 1925 Dornier Merkur ? set seven world records in its first year. Another that could land on water was used by polar explorer Roald Amundsen over the Arctic in 1926.

Moon landing is old news to Apollo 11 astronauts, who call for giant leap to Mars. The astronauts who first landed on the moon aren't dwelling on their small lunar steps. Instead, two of them on Sunday urged mankind to take a giant leap to Mars.

Historic Junkers tri-motor plane offers panoramic flights to aviation enthusiasts. In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners ? comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated aluminum skin.

Events, exhibits for 40th anniversary of man on the moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. Forty years later, a variety of museums, space centers and other institutions are marking the anniversary with events, exhibits, concerts and lectures.

Boeing Tuesday delayed the first flight and delivery of its 787 Dreamliner to reinforce the structure of the aircraft, the latest setback in a program seen as a key to the aerospace giant's future.

Boeing said Tuesday it would delay the first flight and delivery of its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the latest postponement in a program seen as a key to the aerospace giant's future.

Boeing said Tuesday it would delay the first flight and delivery of its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the latest postponement in a program seen as a key to the aerospace giant's future.

Boeing said Tuesday it would delay the first flight and delivery of its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the latest postponement in a program seen as a key to the aerospace giant's future.

Historic planes draw crowds at centenary Paris Air Show. Nearly hidden among the ranks of giant airliners, military airlifters and sleek warplanes on display at this year's centenary Paris Air Show, an eclectic collection of historic aircraft has been drawing large crowds of curious onlookers.

A team of US salvagers is preparing to recover a rare World War II US naval torpedo bomber which has lain submerged in a Marshall Islands lagoon since 1942.

A team of US salvagers is preparing to recover a rare World War II US naval torpedo bomber which has lain submerged in a Marshall Islands lagoon since 1942.

A team of US salvagers is preparing to recover a rare World War II US naval torpedo bomber which has lain submerged in a Marshall Islands lagoon since 1942.

Math buffs to celebrate rare date 5/7/09, also known as Odd Day. Prepare to be awed by Odd Day.

WWII-era dive-bomber lifted from Lake Michigan, to be restored under museum salvage program. A dive bomber that had ditched in Lake Michigan on a training run in 1944 was brought to land Friday for restoration in Florida for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The Douglas SBD Dauntless lifted from the water Friday to a pier in Waukegan, Ill., is among 130 to 300 or more planes estimated to have sunk in the lake during training late in World War II.