Airplanes

This is what it's like to be an air traffic controller at the world's busiest airport

Not an easy job

Scientists deliberately crashed a Boeing 727 into the desert to conduct important test

It was an extreme test

Oklahoma crew put Boeing 777-9 through extreme tests to see how far its brakes will go

It was put through its paces

Massachusetts pilot finds the weirdest airport on Google Maps and tries to land his plane in it

After finding what he deemed to be the ‘weirdest airport on Google Maps’, this aviator discovered a slice of history by landing his 1978 Grumman AA-5B Tiger in Indiana. Airports are weird as it is. LAX is a maze and Denver International gives you a stitch when running cross-country to your gate. But this tiny […]

Glider pilot does unplanned air show performance and wows crowd but ends up losing his license

This was quite the spectacle – but it came at a cost

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson flies an Airbus A320 because he's not happy just being a rockstar

This was quite the experience

Man shines laser pen at police helicopter and immediately regrets it

Not a good idea

American Airlines pilot refuses to fly because he's not feeling it and passengers start applauding

American Airlines passengers thought they were finally on their way to Hawaii when the pilot dropped a curveball – he wasn’t ‘feeling it,’ and refused to fly.  Instead of boos, the clip posted to YouTube by Johnny Jet shows the cabin breaking into applause. It was already their third aircraft of the day, and while […]

NASA's Super Guppy hungrily swallowed two jet aircraft then unbelievably still made it off the ground

NASA’s Super Guppy is an unbelievably cool and unique aircraft. Perhaps more akin to something from Megamind, NASA’s Super Guppy serves an important purpose. The airplane exists for the purpose of hauling extremely large components to and from testing centers. Back in 2013, NASA’s Guppy managed to swallow two T-38 aircraft whole. Yet in the […]

Man flies into Massachusetts airport only to find some iconic planes sitting there rotting away

A pilot flew into a Massachusetts airport only to find iconic planes sitting abandoned and decaying on the tarmac – including multiple Cessna 150 aircraft. Rows of classics that once owned the sky now sit weather-beaten, wings drooping, paint fading at Plum Island Airport. For aviation fans, the sight wasn’t just sad – it was […]

Scientists once used a Concorde to hack the sky and turn a 7-minute solar eclipse into 74 minutes

It’s amazing what you can do with an airplane

Musician's private jet draws controversy parked at Michigan airport as people say 'money can't buy class'

Kid Rock and his private jet have stirred controversy after being spotted at a Michigan airport with a big, controversial piece of artwork on the tail. The jet, a Bombardier Challenger 601-3R, is frequently flown by the musician and his team, logging around 170 flights in 2024. Its most striking feature is a large artwork […]

Cristiano Ronaldo's $73M private jet has an exclusive detail that everyone's been picking up on

The couple recently got engaged

Sad fate of John Travolta's iconic Qantas Boeing 707 with its tail rotting away in abandoned warehouse's parking lot

The plane has been grounded for years

British engineer accidentally took off in XM135 fighter jet in terrifying baptism of fire

A British engineer accidentally took off in an XM135 fighter jet despite not being qualified, in a terrifying baptism of fire in what is now a museum artefact. There are fewer sticky situations that are more frightening than watching the ground disappear beneath the wings of a plane you’re not qualified to fly. Well, one […]

Man baffled after spotting plane zooming past him near mountains while he was hiking in valley

What a magnificent sight