Airplanes
This is one way to travel
10 seconds. That’s all it took to ruin the night for passengers on this Airbus A321. The flight was seconds from landing when it got bounced – straight to another airport, hours away. What followed was a blur of buses, overnight chaos, and one final insult: their plane made it to Munich before they did. […]
You’ve heard of snakes on a plane, but this Saudi prince has swapped fangs for talons and booked 80 tickets for an Airbus plane to take his falcons on a flight of a lifetime. Birds are natural fliers, and the falcon is one of the most powerful animals in the sky. But having wings of […]
Boeing is adamant that it remains focused on building two new Air Force One planes. This comes in the aftermath of US President accepting a plane as a gift from the Qatar Royal Family. The news made headlines across the globe, with Boeing reeling from the news. But the aircraft builder’s top executive is defiant […]
The first ‘heli-plane’ hybrid, called the Cavorite X7, can take off vertically and jet off at speeds of up to 280mph. Created by Canadian company Horizon Aircraft, the Cavorite X7 combines functional helicopter engineering with the body of an airplane, and it reaches intergalactic speeds in the blink of an eye. Well, that is if […]
The plane is a little different from others
This pilot managed to pull off what could be one of the world’s most difficult landings, and it all happened in a very unique hillside setting. The skilled pilot managed to maneuver between mountainous hills, with the surroundings proving to be tricky. With a camouflaged runway and difficult angles to assess, the descent to the […]
The new aircraft’s main feature is actually secretly explained in the name
The crazy thing is the 787-9 isn’t even the largest airliner in the world
The pair get married this week
It packs both style and substance
History has been made as Beta Technologies showcased the moment it touched down at JFK Airport with the first-ever all-electric aircraft trip. Just as engineers have been pushing the technological age as far as possible with leading supercars, the aviation experts have been trying to crack down on air pollution in similar ways. With private […]
Fly him to the moon… quite literally
The NASA Boeing 747-SP flew with the agency for nearly ten years
This pilot explained why you don’t need to be worried about turbulence when you’re flying off on your summer holidays. Sometimes when cruising at high speeds in the air, we can feel like we’re dropping thanks to turbulence. And, with not much peripheral vision, the feeling can scare flyers. But one pilot revealed what’s actually […]