July 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1909, French pioneer aviator Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a "heavier-than-air machine" across the English Channel. It took him 36 minutes.
An Air France Concorde with 47 people aboard lost two pieces of its rudder during its flight from Paris on Thursday but was able to land safely in New York, officials said. After Flight 002 arrived at ...