Airplanes

US Department of Homeland Security spends $172,000,000 on Gulfstream private jets for its top officials

These officials are flying in luxury

Airbus A380’s landing gear looks stunning in slow motion as it's forced to absorb nearly 370 tonnes

As an Airbus A380 gracefully prepares to touch down, this slow-motion look shows just how the landing gear absorbs nearly 370 tonnes of prime aviation engineering. As the largest passenger jet in the world, the Airbus A380 takes a lot of skill to handle on the runway. While many pilots have showcased their expertise at […]

NASA scientists flying over Greenland discover remains of US military base buried 100 feet beneath the ice

This was an unexpected discovery

Airbus A380 pilot nails one of the most difficult crosswind landings caught on camera

Being an Airbus A380 pilot can be a difficult job at the very best of times. But trying to land an Airbus A380 during a crosswind is the stuff of nightmares. A video of just this very thing has been going viral over the last few days. It shows an Emirates Airlines A380 attempting to […]

US engineer building a flyable airplane that's 95% cardboard

This was a big undertaking

Taylor Swift's $1,600,000,000 net worth helps fund her $54,000,000 private jet that boasts four incredible features

Taylor’s plane is so ‘fly, like a G6’

Millionaire car dealer stepped in to help student who needed $700,000 in Pepsi Points to win a $32,000,000 fighter jet

A Florida student once fought hard to win a $32 million fighter jet by collecting enough Pepsi Points. Unfortunately for him, his fight wasn’t getting very far. That’s when a millionaire car dealer stepped in to help. It remains one of the most bizarre stories in recent cultural history. And every single part of it […]

An exclusive look inside Air Force One reveals secrets behind presidential travel as one major myth dispelled

A few years ago, an exclusive look inside Air Force One revealed some secrets behind the flying fortress that carries POTUS everywhere. Air Force One has been a source of myth and mystery for several decades. People have often speculated about the full array of what’s onboard. And an exclusive look inside Air Force One […]

Man shows what it's like inside world's only privately owned BBJ Dreamliner and it's too nice to take your eyes off

This is one very lucky man…

The Bombardier Global 8000 just became the fastest business jet in history

It doesn’t come cheap

Pilot pulls off 'the world's shortest landing' in Alaska and it's so short the wheels actually roll backwards

He was having way too much fun…

Found footage shows A330 performing stunning high-alpha maneuver into a headwind at Farnborough 1994

Have you ever seen an A330 perform a high-alpha manoeuvre into a headwind? Believe us, an aircraft of this size managed it – and the somewhat unsettling video is now here to prove it. It is thanks to a Reddit video that this footage has now been unearthed from Farnborough in 1994. And the end […]

Two deserted 747 giants left to rot in the US desert are given a new lease of life in miracle recovery

After being left in the desert to rot, these two Boeing 747 giants have been miraculously recovered. The Boeing 747 is one of the most iconic planes ever made, earning its reputation as the ‘Queen of the Skies’. But after production started in the 1960s, not every one of these majestic beasts is still operating […]

Pilotless electric air taxi with 125-mile range took to the skies in China like a scene from 'Robocop'

The EHang VT35 is a new vertical take-off and landing air taxi

Pilots shock the crowd with a mind-blowing short landing that stops the plane in seconds

Amazing skills

Footage above Hawaii shows what it actually looks like when a Boeing 787 plane has to dump fuel midair

Something you don’t see every day