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  • An Australian road train carrying fuel
    10

    Australia's Longest Road Trains Dwarf American Semi Trucks (But They'd Never Work In The US)

    America's biggest rigs seem like toys compared to these apex predators of Australia's logistics network, and using them in the U.S. is nearly impossible.

    By Benjamin Gracias 16 hours ago Read More
  • airline pilot with epilets smoking a vape
    18

    Medical Marijuana Is Off Limits To Truckers And Pilots Despite Trump Administration's Reclassification

    Weed is not an FDA-approved drug, thus it is not permitted to show up on drug tests for employees in safety sensitive transportation roles.

    By Logan K. Carter 21 hours ago Read More
  • A liberty aircraft V12 from 1917.
    2

    The Liberty V12 Aircraft Engine Was Designed In A Hotel Room And Forged Lincoln

    Powering the legendary "Liberty Planes," this turbo-supercharged aircraft V12 sparked the founding of Lincoln and helped the Allied forces win World War I.

    By Nico DeMattia 1 day ago Read More
  • A restored Renault Caudron Rafale C.460 parked on a runway
    25

    Renault Restores Its Record-Breaking 1930s Racing Plane That Executives Forgot Existed

    While it's partly a marketing stunt for a new SUV, it's impressive to see one of the industry's oldest automakers acknowledging the breadth of its history.

    By Ryan Erik King 2 days ago Read More
  • Close-up of a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 tail with the UPS logo and markings
    9

    Crashed UPS Plane's Flight Crew's Final Words Extracted From A PDF And Made Public

    Among the 2,000 pages documents released to coincide with the hearing was a PDF file that contained a spectrogram of this audio.

    By Justin Hughes 3 days ago Read More
  • RAIATEA, FRENCH POLYNESIA - DECEMBER 19: Chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. Marc Zuckerberg's yacht
    88

    Mark Zuckerberg Celebrates Over 7,000 Meta Firings By Bringing His Superyacht To Seattle

    Zuckerberg's $300 million yacht cost more than a year of employment for every person in the Seattle area that Meta just laid off.

    By Amber DaSilva 4 days ago Read More
  • C-3PO poses for the camera as people stand in line and move around behind him
    23

    Sorry, Humanoid Robots, You Can't Fly On Southwest Airlines Anymore

    For now, your robots will have to wait outside with the other droids while you try to find a ride to Alderaan.

    By Justin Hughes 6 days ago Read More
  • A wide, low-angle dynamic shot of a modern, silver Scania 770S cab-over semi-truck traveling down a two-lane paved rural highway.
    10

    These Are 11 Of The Most Powerful Semi-Truck Engines Ever Built

    Hauling heavy cargo requires serious power, and these semi-truck engines deliver.

    By Ivo Gievski 7 days ago Read More
  • An airplane taking off and air traffic control tower in silhouette
    4

    This Airline Has Only 15 Planes, And Is Cutting Out An Entire Day From Its Flight Schedule

    If you have a tiny fleet of jets and the price of fueling them goes through the roof, what do you do? One airline is responding by killing a day of flights.

    By Brontë Wieland 7 days ago Read More
  • An air traffic control tower underneath the sun as an airliner flies past
    5

    FAA Puts Nearly $1 Billion Toward Replacing Air Traffic Control Towers, But Spends Even More Money On Kids

    You might expect the federal government to spend a lot on America's airports. Turns out, it's pushing even more cash toward family-friendly airport upgrades.

    By Nicholas Werner 8 days ago Read More
  • Logan Express bus service at Logan International Airport in Boston.
    1

    Airline Travelers In Boston Will Get To Go Through Security 22 Miles From The Airport

    Long lines at TSA checkpoints freaking you out? A pilot program for flights at Boston's Logan Airport will find passengers going through security far away.

    By Ryan Erik King 9 days ago Read More
  • Travelers wait in long lines early in the morning of March 27, 2026 at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
    51

    Hartsfield-Jackson Might Replace TSA With Private Security After Shutdown Walkouts

    Over a third of the TSA agents at Atlanta's airport walked out during the agency's 2026 shutdown. Now city officials are thinking about a radical solution.

    By Ryan Erik King 11 days ago Read More
  • An F-35A flying against a blue sky with vapor trails coming off the wingtips
    84

    Here Are The 42 Aircraft The Pentagon Has Lost In Iran, According To Congress, Since The Pentagon Won't Say

    Obviously, an operation this large was always going to suffer losses. The question becomes whether or not the price is worth the result.

    By Nicholas Werner 12 days ago Read More
  • Smoke billows into the air after the UPS MD-11 crash
    56

    Boeing Reportedly Ignored Cracked Part Reports Before The Disastrous UPS Crash That Killed 15

    Investigators "found records of 10 previous flaws in the same key parts that help secure engines to wings of other similar planes, and most of them were never reported to the FAA."

    By Collin Woodard 12 days ago Read More
  • A Pratt & Whitney R-4360-4 Wasp Major exhibited at the Air Zoo at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.
    11

    12 Of The Largest Engines Ever Built

    When you think of a large engine, you probably think of a heavy-duty truck V8. But the engines that actually power our world are bigger than your house.

    By Ivo Gievski 13 days ago Read More
  • Waymos circling an Atlanta neighborhood
    29

    Endless Stream Of Empty Waymos Terrorizing Suburban Atlanta Neighborhood

    Like a flock of confused pigeons, dozens of empty robotaxis keep returning to a random Atlanta neighborhood.

    By Andy Kalmowitz 17 days ago Read More
  • Side view of three Spirit Airlines aircraft parked close to each other soon after the company went out of business
    70

    Repo Man Had 'Six Hours To Find 20 Pilots' While Seizing Jet Aircraft From Bankrupt Spirit Airlines

    Repossessing a jet isn't quite as straightforward as a car, it turns out.

    By Justin Hughes 19 days ago Read More
  • An ashtray installed in an airplane bathroom
    6

    Airplane Ashtrays Still Exist Because People Have A Hard Time Following Rules

    Smoking has been banned on commercial flights since 2000, so why do brand new airplanes still come with ashtrays installed in the bathroom?

    By Adrian Taylor 19 days ago Read More
  • A Lockheed P-38 Lightning in flight.
    31

    This WWII Plane Is Flying Again After Being Found Under 268 Feet Of Greenland Ice

    Glacier Girl flies again.

    By Nico DeMattia 20 days ago Read More
  • Frontier Airliner taxiing in the afternoon
    40

    Frontier Customer Service Faults Passenger For Not Taking Bags With Her During Emergency Evacuation After Plane Strikes Pedestrian On Runway

    If you've been told this once, you've been told it 100 times: when you're evacuating a plane in an emergency situation, leave all carry-on items behind.

    By Andy Kalmowitz 21 days ago Read More
  • A SuperLandini hot-bulb tractor parked in a field behind a blue boundary
    16

    This Might Be The Slowest Sustained Engine RPM Ever

    These engines took minutes to start up and their unique two-stroke design allowed them to idle by rocking back and forth, completing 0 revolutions per minute.

    By Erik Sherman 22 days ago Read More
  • A drone flies near Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands as a plane takes off
    19

    A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV

    Moral of the story: keep your drones under 400 feet, kids. You really, really don't want to hit an airplane filled with people.

    By Nicholas Werner 24 days ago Read More
  • A man sits in an airport lounge
    17

    These Are Your Airport Rituals

    Delays, surcharges, and rising ticket prices mean "the friendly skies" aren't feeling so friendly. Here's how you make the best of the airport experience.

    By Erin Marquis 24 days ago Read More
  • Shell gas sign shows regular gas pricing for $6.19 per gallon.
    41

    Gas Prices Aren't Coming Down To Pre-War Levels Anytime Soon

    The dwindling global supply of gas is thanks to the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, but opening up the strait won't immediately solve the gas problem.

    By Lalita Chemello 24 days ago Read More
  • Spirit Airlines jets are parked for storage at Southern California Logistics Airport on May 2, 2026 in Victorville, California.
    57

    Airport Left With No Commercial Flights After Spirit Airlines Collapse

    Despite Spirit's demise, there will always be travelers looking for the most affordable flights possible.

    By Ryan Erik King 25 days ago Read More
  • Amtrak's new NextGen Acela train crossing a rail bridge.
    25

    Amtrak Ads Are Going Full Luxury Car

    It certainly felt like a car ad, but for the public passenger experience.

    By Lalita Chemello 26 days ago Read More
  • UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930: Passengers of a plane from Mexico to Los Angeles. Customs control in front of the plane. Photograph. Around 1930.
    89

    What's Your Airport Ritual?

    Do you pride yourself on getting to the gate seconds before it closes, or is anything less than eight hours too narrow a buffer?

    By Logan K. Carter 26 days ago Read More
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