Airplanes

The coolest aircraft in the US has two jet skis built into the wings

The Grumman Albatross HU-16B isn’t your average museum piece – it’s the coolest aircraft in the US. Once it rescued soldiers from enemy waters, now it carries jet skis under its wings. The amphibious aircraft sits on display in Arizona, reborn as a flying party boat. A Cold War workhorse turned conversation starter. DISCOVER SBX […]

Passenger freaks out over noise plane is making as they're about to board flight but there's a perfectly normal explanation

It’s completely safe

California man pays $4K a month to live at an airport and commutes to work every day by plane

His life is just paradise, plane and simple

Passenger checks 75 bags while flying out from New York's JFK airport

It’s all for a good cause…

Airbus A380 manages impressive crosswind take-off in stormy conditions

Have you ever seen an Airbus A380 perform a crosswind take-off in stormy conditions? Well, you’re about to – and it is as mind-boggling as it sounds. The video in question comes to us from the Topfelya YouTube channel and shows an Emirates A380 preparing for take-off at Birmingham Airport. The video shows one of […]

MythBusters test to see if cell phones actually have any effect on airplane controls

Myth busted.

Embraer C-390 leaves people speechless with its ultra short landing at airshow

The Embraer C-390 stopped just seconds after touching down

Boeing 777X looks to defy gravity with jaw-dropping vertical take-off

The Boeing 777X is the latest series of jetliner from the Seattle manufacturer’s 777 range, and it’s a next-generation aircraft. One of its most impressive features are its new General Electric GE9X engines. And a video from the Topfelya YouTube channel showcases this unreal power. The video, which you can see above, shows the new-gen […]

People watching were terrified as retiring Airbus A380 pilot performed controversial stunt with passengers onboard

The Airbus A380 took off with a rather steep climb and maneuver

Boeing 747-8 performs ultimate rejected take-off in one of the most dramatic tests for an airplane

Footage shared by Boeing shows a 747-8 Freighter rolling down the runway at over 200mph when the pilot suddenly slams on the brakes. This isn’t a mistake, it’s one of the most extreme certification tests an aircraft can face: the rejected take-off. Loaded to nearly one million pounds, fitted with brakes worn down to the […]

Boeing pilots can't fly Airbus jets unless they're retrained

Did you know there was that big a difference?

Man who's spent hours doing helicopter flight simulations sees if he can actually fly a real helicopter

This was a long time coming

This guy discovered a mysterious abandoned airport sitting on the edge of a cliff in North Carolina

This guy managed to discover a mysterious abandoned airport on the edge of a cliff and went to explore. After landing nearby, he took a car ride to scope out if the abandoned runway was safe enough to land his plane on. And, as luck would have it, he was able to land right in […]

Man who converted Elvis Presley's abandoned jet into RV took it on the highway and the chaos left him very confused

This incident left him baffled

Guys bought a rare abandoned airplane in Virginia and then attempted to see if it could fly them home

This team from Rebuild Rescue rolled up at Leesburg Executive Airport with a Saratoga, a couple of toolbags, and just enough optimism to power a dream. Their mission? Wake up a Liberty XL2 that locals said hadn’t moved in nearly two decades. If the electronics and engine would play nice, they’d try to fly it […]

Costco’s wildest perk ever? A $17.5K private jet membership with shopping credit

Buy a private jet at Costco, why not?