When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...

Passengers can experience international-style seating on short domestic flights when airlines use larger planes for these routes. Airlines utilize larger aircraft on shorter routes to maximize ...

— -- Question: Is it true that flying a commercial jet, aside from all of the many checks you need to constantly be watching, is as easy or even easier than driving a car? I've heard this a few ...

The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo. There are no initial indications that the ...

If you take a plane from Los Angeles to Istanbul, you might be surprised to look out your window mid flight and see Greenland. At first, this route seems completely nonsensical. The direction from Los ...

To get the geological data, the plane flies as low as 300 feet. The plane's instruments measure the Earth’s magnetic field and naturally occurring low levels of radiation. The plane’s instruments are ...

Forty years ago, Alan Klapmeier, the co-founder of aircraft manufacturer Cirrus, was involved in a midair collision. With his plane missing part of a wing, Klapmeier was (just barely) able to land, ...