The online game Airplane Free Fly Simulator is your opportunity to try on the role of a pilot and feel the freedom of flying across the endless sky. If you love new experiences and want to get off the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Most commercial airplanes fly between 35,000 to 42,000 feet high, but there are a number of factors that deem this range optimal. Here are the reasons and science ...

The Wright brothers successfully flew their first "flying machine" in 1903. Since then, technology has come a long way. This video explains how huge airplanes that weigh over 1 million pounds are ...

Called the e-Genius and built by engineers at the University of Stuttgart, the most remarkable thing about this all-electric airplane is the cost of flying it. During a 62-mile stretch of its ...

What's it like to fly on Avelo Airlines, the growing low-cost leisure carrier with more than 50 destinations in 23 states and ...

Over the years, a number of stars have declared their intentions to quit the U.S. rather than live under a Trump presidency.

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Sit tight as we unveil the mystery of how airplanes fly. TL;DR: Airplanes fly due to four fundamental forces: lift, weight, ...

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How do airplanes fly? – Benson, age 10, Rockford, Michigan Airplane flight is one of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century. The invention of the airplaneallows ...

Ideally, an airplane will thus take off, fly a set course and land again at its destination airport. Unfortunately, there are many ways in which this can go (catastrophically) wrong. Perhaps most ...