Clik here to view.
New Gulfstream jets' flight deck looks like a sci-fi spaceship cockpit
Gulfstream has new jets, the G500 and G600. They can fly at almost supersonic speed and come with lots of new cool stuff, like a new cabin that is supposed to make you feel like you are not flying or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bell's Newest Tiltrotor Could Finally Improve on the Osprey's Feathers
The V-22 Osprey's mechanical and aeronautical shortcomings have been well-documented. That's why, for its third-generation tiltrotor, Bell has taken a good hard look at the ill-fated aircraft (one it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dumb Wi-Fi Network Name Delays Flight for Four Hours
Some asshat at Los Angeles International Airport ruined a plane-full of people's days on Sunday night. He named a Wi-Fi network "Al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork," and a passenger about to take off on a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Airlines Are Pursuing a Business Strategy of Torturing Passengers
Some years ago, the airline industry set itself on the path towards its current record profits by shrinking seats more, and more, and more. What does the future hold for airlines? More shrinking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pilot lands airplane in the middle of a forest way up in the mountains
That's some serious skill. Not only is the plane landing in the mountains, it's also in the middle of the forest. Not only is it in the middle of the forest but the runway is incredibly narrow. Not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AT&T's Killing Its In-Flight WiFi Plans
In-flight WiFi is great (because Snapchat on planes!) but also terrible (because paying $12 for two hours of dial-up era internet), something that AT&T was planning to change by offering its own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Impressive 1980s photo of old jet fighters flying over Giza's pyramids
I'm completely nerdgasming out over this image of old jet fighters flying over the pyramids of Giza during operation Bright Star in 1983. If I'm not mistaken, I see from left to right, top to bottom:...
View ArticleAn Entire Day of All of the UK's Air Travel, Visualized
Every day, around 6,000 flights operate in UK airspace. In this visualisation by NATS, one of the UK's air traffic control providers, you can see them all in intricate detail. It's mesmerizingRead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JetBlue Seats Are About to Get Even More Cramped
It's a dark day for personal space bubbles everywhere: JetBlue is about to cram 15 more seats into its Airbus A320. What's more, after being one of the only remaining major airline holdouts, it's also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Plane That Carries Planes Costs a Quarter of a Billion Dollars
With a front end like Megamind's noggin, this massive airliner may not be the prettiest of airplanes but her whopping 47 ton cargo capacity more than makes up for her homeliness. Popularly known as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cool photos of F-22s and F-35s flying together for the first time
Behold the F-22 Raptor (top two) and F-35 Lightning II (bottom two) flying together for the first time in history. Arguably the two most technologically advanced military jets in the world, the Lt....
View ArticleWatch a 55-Day Overhaul of the Largest Passenger Plane in Two Minutes
Emirates' very first mammoth Airbus A380 has racked up some crazy stats since first being delivered to the airline back in 2008. And after 3,000 takeoffs, 12.5 million miles, and 1.2 million...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A beautiful photo of the cockpit of the Lockheed MC-130
Combat jet airplanes may be sleeker and cooler than cargo planes, but there is something magnificent about slowly flying in one of these beast, looking at the landscape in calm morning through the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sex 'n Spas: The Future (And Not So Future) of In-Flight Entertainment
Careening through the air 30,000 feet above the ground in seats that get smaller every day are too cramped to recline can be a brutal experience. To help us cope, airlines have evolved sophisticated...
View ArticleWhat It Feels Like to Fly in NASA's Crazy Zero-Gravity Plane
Last week we showed you how NASA simulates space here on Earth, with everything from advanced virtual reality to monstrous thermal vacuum chambers. But all of that still can't prepare you for how an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Long Will I Be Stuck in This Airport? A Thanksgiving Travel Forecast
If you're one of the tens of thousands of people who are trapped in one of the United States' many fine airports on this Thanksgiving Eve, you may find yourself wondering when the hell you're going to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This RC Carbon Fiber Glider Looks Like a Stealthy Paper Airplane
The Power Up 3.0 was the first paper airplane that actually let you steer and fly your folded creation like an RC toy, but in terms of durability it was still just made of paper. With the Carbon Flyer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Genius Way to Stop Airplane Armrest Battles for Good
Today is apparently all about taking air travel from awful to marginally tolerable , the latest of which comes is this brilliant little armrest divider from Soarigami. Because airplane seats are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These are NASA's coolest and strangest airplanes of the future
Most people don't know this, but NASA doesn't only work in exploring space. Its contribution to airplane technology—National Aeronautics and Space Administration—has been crucial to the development of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lethal F-35 shows all its weapons in impressive detail
I look at this amazing photo by Matthew Short and I can't help but to be amazed at the amount of brain power humans dedicate to the creation of perfect killing machines. It's sad and terrifying, yet I...
View Article