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Titanic Life Jacket Sells For Over $900,000 At Auction
How much would you pay to own a piece of memorabilia from a historical tragedy?
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The Strategy Behind Cruise Ships' Multiple Diesel Engines Is Unexpectedly Fascinating
Cruise ships make use of a wide array of diesel engines. It might seem like overkill, but their presence is quite important for crew and passengers alike.
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Watch This Twin-Turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 RS Outrun A Helicopter
The Porsche has the horsepower advantage, but the helicopter is lighter and doesn't have to deal with any traction issues.
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'Top Gun 3' Is Officially Happening, Hopefully Lewis Hamilton Has Time To Be In This One
The seven-time F1 world champion was offered a role as a pilot in 2022's "Top Gun: Maverick" but had to turn it down because he was too busy racing.
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Global Starlink Outage Tanked U.S. Navy Drone Boat Test
The incident highlights how reliance on a single system could threaten our military capabilities, especially when that system could be shut down by Elon Musk.
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Southwest Airlines Teases First Class Seats, Burying Its No-Frills Tradition
Moving Southwest Airlines upmarket is clearly a move to increase revenue, but only time will tell if the carrier's long-time passengers will stick around.
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United Airlines Pitched Mega Merger With American Airlines To Trump
The last time any airline had more planes than United-American was when Aeroflot had a state monopoly on domestic flights within the Soviet Union.
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'Life After Cars' Is The Book America Needs Right Now
The changes Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon argue for offer an escape from the endless cycle of some random event blowing up your gas budget every few years.
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Why Many Modern Electric Trains Stick With Diesel Engines Over Power Lines Or Batteries
Despite recent advancements in battery technology and electrification, most freight trains in the U.S. still rely on diesel engines. Here's why.
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FAA Tries To Convince Gamers To Become Air Traffic Controllers With Manic Ad Campaign
According to the FAA, gamers have "demonstrated high cognitive functions." Uh, say that after you try playing Call of Duty with a squad of stoned randos.
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Don't Expect Air Travel To Get Cheaper Anytime Soon
Regardless of the ceasefire status, oil production and refinery damage mean that the cost of traveling by plane isn't likely to come down for several months.
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Gas Prices Are Bad, But Diesel Prices Are Even Worse — And Much Closer To Breaking All-Time Record Highs
The price of diesel fuel is nearing all-time-record highs, which has broad implications for increasing prices and operational costs in all sorts of industries.
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Ope! We've Got Another Plane Baby!
This time around, the plane baby showed up on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Jamaica to New York.
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Subaru Boxer Engines Keep Showing Up In Small Airplanes: Here's Why
The Subaru EJ engines seem to have caught the eyes of people building experimental light aircraft at home, but why are they so well suited to the job?
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We Can't Decide If James Brown's Lincoln Mark III Or His Learjet Has More '70s Swagger
He was the first Black American to own a private plane and also had a beautiful Lincoln Continental. Which was cooler? Read the story, then take our poll.
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These Airport Buses Would've Changed The Way We Board Airplanes
Airplanes require some creative thinking to get passengers on board. In 1982, a company in Hungary sought to provide a bus-style alternative to gangways.
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U.S.-Iran War Is Stranding Sailors In The Strait Of Hormuz
Around 2,000 ships are stranded in the Persian Gulf, according to the United Nations, with over 20,000 civilians on them.
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Apache Helicopters Flew Over Kid Rock's House After No Kings Protest And Pete Hegseth Says 'Carry On'
The scheduling of Saturday's training flight might have been a coincidence, but the actions of the pilots once they climbed into the cockpit weren't.
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Why Do Most Cruise Ships Have Diesel Engines?
You've probably heard about pollution from cruise ships' engines, but why do they usually run on diesel, and how are they cleaning up their act?
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United Airlines Unveils Ultra-Premium Coastliner Airbus A321neo For Cross-Country Routes
This is all in keeping with the airline's United Next strategy, in which it tries to position itself as a premium travel offering.
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You Could Book A First-Class Airline Ticket That Turns Out To Be On A Bus Instead Of A Plane
The primary miscommunication appears to be caused by folks using third-party booking sites that don't show the fine print clearly.
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Elon Musk Could Legally Help Struggling TSA Agents Get Paid With This One Weird Trick
As far as I can tell, there's no law that would prevent Musk from donating to a union's worker hardship fund, even as a federal contractor.
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Florida Man Crashes Ford Mustang Through Airport Fence, Nearly Hits A Taxiing Plane, Then Tries Entering It
Using his Mustang to crash through a fence, a "highly-intoxicated" Florida man tried to gain access to multiple planes on the taxiway at Daytona International.
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Trump Rejects Another Offer To Pay TSA Agents, This Time From Elon Musk Himself
Believe it or not, the suggestion here is that the Trump administration decided not to take Elon's money over legal concerns.
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United Airlines Will Give You A Lie-Flat Bed — If You Buy Three Economy Seats
United plans on offering Relax Row seating on over 200 Boeing 787 and 777 planes by 2030.
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LaGuardia's Runway Warning System Didn't Activate Before Fatal Crash Because The Firetruck Didn't Have A Transponder
One element that certainly remains unclear right now is why the fire truck made the decision to cross the runway.
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What Are The Biggest Differences Between Jet Drive And Sterndrive Boat Engines?
Jet drive and sterndrive engines differ in more than just how they're propelled. Each has strengths and weaknesses that make it better for specific scenarios.
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