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 ...

The world’s last airworthy Lockheed L-1011 TriStar has a habit of quietly proving that retired doesn’t mean gone, with the aircraft returning to the skies on January 13 for a short sortie in Mojave, ...