Enclosed cockpits and increasingly powerful engines boosted aircraft capability in addition to the stress on pilot's bodies. Cannons, rocket pods, and larger banks of machine guns made the craft ...

Airplane tires may typically be smaller than truck tires, but despite bearing far more weight at much higher speeds (for comparably shorter amounts of time) they're typically quite durable.

The durability problems affecting jet engines have hit this aircraft hard, forcing airlines to cancel flights and ground crews. RTX-owned Pratt & Whitney has said that many of its PW1500G ...

Swiss – Switzerland’s flag carrier – is having to make alterations to some of its aircraft because new first class seats, due to be installed as a much needed revamp, are proving to be too ...

Traditional airplanes pump out about a billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. Electric planes produce no emissions at all, and that's only their first advantage. "One of the things that I ...

That's because the law requires all personal electronic devices (PEDs) to be placed into airplane mode for the safety of those aboard the aircraft. Snopes readers asked us to examine why airline ...

(Bloomberg) -- After the world posted its worst year for wildfires, with an area roughly the size of Nicaragua scorched in 2023, one plane model has become the most important aircraft on Earth.

There are no showtimes for this date. Living in the Age of Airplanes is a story about how the airplane has changed the world. Not long ago,traveling between continents was a migration. Now, on any ...

If you said 1980's Airplane!, you're right. If you said 1957's Zero Hour!, you're also right. In the words of Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers), "Exsqueeze me? A baking powder?" How can both be true?

Microscopic pollution spewed from airplanes taking off and landing at Logan International Airport poses a risk to public health, including asthma, heart problems, and other severe medical ...