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    Scientists Find New Way To Power Your Next Flight With Rotten Food

    The banana peel rotting in your trash right now just might save the planet, if we can just find a way to turn it into jet fuel on the cheap.

    By Nicholas Werner 16 hours ago Read More
  • Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-ANB landing in Frankfurt. The aircraft was involved in an accident in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025.

    Air India Crash Investigation Honing In On The Cockpit's Engine Fuel Control Switches

    Investigators have hinted that pilot error will likely be deemed the cause of the disaster, with a focus on the engine fuel control switches.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 days ago Read More
  • Amelia Earhart seated on top of her Lockheed Electra 10E

    Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E May Have Been Found Under The Waters Of This Uninhabited Island

    The university where Amelia Earhart taught is going to find out if her legendary plane is sitting at the bottom of the ocean near her likely final resting place.

    By Nicholas Werner 3 days ago Read More
  • SpaceX has a history of disregarding environmental concerns as it rushes forward with an unprecedented number of launches. The private space company faced scrutiny from the New York Times last year. The newspaper detailed how a Starship launch reduced a nest of a fragile migratory bird species to a yellow smear of egg yolk and destroyed nine nests in total. It wasn't a one-off incident, but a worrying trend at SpaceX's Texas facility. In response, Musk posted on X,

    Air Force Halts SpaceX Hypersonic Cargo Rocket Tests To Save Seabirds From Potential Blasts

    The U.S. Air Force announced last Thursday that it's suspending plans for testing hypersonic rocket delivery systems on a remote Pacific atoll.

    By Ryan Erik King 3 days ago Read More
  • A Defense Intelligence Agency artist's rendering of Soviet ekranoplans

    China Resurrects A Soviet Water-Skimming Plane Design In Secret

    China appears to have built a new prototype of a mostly ignored military aircraft; a Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) plane.

    By Nicholas Werner 4 days ago Read More
  • Travelers put on their shoes afterTransportation Security Administration (TSA) Checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), August 30, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

    Shoes Stay On: TSA Is Considering Dumping Flying's Most Annoying Rule

    The awkward shuffle of taking off your shoes to put them through an X-ray scanner at airport security may be finally over.

    By Ryan Erik King 4 days ago Read More
  • An Airbus A320neo flown by Air India

    Air India Was Caught Faking Safety Records Even Before The 787 Crash

    Air India Express has been accused of falsifying safety records weeks before before a deadly Boeing 787 crash killed over 200 people.

    By Nicholas Werner 4 days ago Read More
  • A Russian MS-21 flying over trees

    Russian Passenger Planes Are Nearly Doubling In Price As Sanctions Take Their Toll

    Airliners made in Russia are skyrocketing in price, sometimes nearly doubling, as Western sanctions imposed in response to the Ukraine War continue to bite.

    By Nicholas Werner 4 days ago Read More
  • A C-130 Hercules taking off from McMurdo Station, Antarctica

    What It Takes To Get To An Antarctic Research Station More Remote Than The International Space Station

    You may think your commute is brutal, but what does it take to get to your job at the most remote place on Earth?

    By Justin Hughes 5 days ago Read More
  • A commercial airliner sits on the runway, with the landing gear and left jet engine as the focus

    The Absolutely Wild Horsepower Numbers Behind Your Next Flight

    Converting thrust to horsepower takes some math, but the results are pretty astounding. Here are the staggering power figures propelling you through the sky.

    By Paul Stadden 5 days ago Read More
  • A front view of a Boeing 737 and its flat bottom engine casings.

    Why Are Boeing 737 Engine Casings Flat On The Bottom?

    There's something unique about the Boeing 737: the flat-bottomed casings on its engines. So why do the 737's engine casings have this odd design?

    By Richard Sachek 5 days ago Read More
  • A screenshot of footage showing the money dropped from a helicopter hovering over a street in Detroit

    Money Dropped From Helicopter Over Funeral Of Detroit Car Wash Owner

    The sons of a Detroit car wash owner paid tribute to their father by showering his funeral with rose petals and cold hard cash dropped from a helicopter.

    By Ryan Erik King 6 days ago Read More
  • a virgin atlantic plane

    Snake On Plane Delays Flight, And Of Course, It Was In Australia

    A snake on a plane? That's going to be a no from most people, including the folks on this Virgin Atlantic flight.

    By Collin Woodard 10 days ago Read More
  • U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks before signing a memorandum of understanding on a joint security program agreement with Guatemala Minister of Governance Francisco Jimenez at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura on June 26, 2025 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Noem is completing her trip across several Central American countries today where she has met with political leaders and heard about immigration programs and facilities supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with a focus on U.S. security cooperation initiatives in the region.

    Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Claims Cannibal Ate Himself On Deportation Flight

    Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem spun up fear around immigrants by telling the story of a cannibal who began to eat himself on a deportation flight

    By Amber DaSilva 10 days ago Read More
  • Spring Airlines Japan Boeing 737

    Plane Dives From 36,000 To 10,000 Feet In Just 10 Minutes

    Passengers had a wild ride on a Spring Airlines Japan flight that appears to have suffered from a cabin pressurization issue on Monday evening.

    By Justin Hughes 10 days ago Read More
  • Drone delivering a package

    Drone Offers Faygo, Death To Bank Robbery Suspect

    A frosty Faygo Red Pop is tempting on a hot summer evening but that temptation brought a fatal end to a bank hostage situation in Saginaw Township, Michigan.

    By Justin Hughes 11 days ago Read More
  • A Grumman F-14 Tomcat at sunset.

    Iran Was The Last Country Flying The F-14 Tomcat, Here's Why

    Despite their "Top Gun" fame, the United States decommissioned the last of its F-14 Tomcats in 2006. But Iran had them, and kept flying them. Here's why.

    By Justin Hughes 13 days ago Read More
  • A Lufthansa Airlines 747-400 flying upward.

    The Boeing 747 Still Uses Floppy Disks For Software Updates: Here's Why

    It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.

    By Paul Stadden 13 days ago Read More
  • United Express Embraer E175

    United Airlines Quietly Turned Off Starlink Wi-Fi On All Regional Flights, Here's Why

    United Airlines has run, or should we say flown, into issues with its Starlink Wi-Fi. In fact, it's turned it off on all regional flights. Here's why.

    By Justin Hughes 14 days ago Read More
  • The safety card of a 737-800 aircraft, showing the rear doors with red Xes in the event of a ditching.

    Why You Can't Use A Boeing 737's Rear Exits In A Water Landing

    If the plane you're in lands in the water, you'll want to use every available exit to scramble out. But you can't use a Boeing 737's rear exits. Here's why.

    By Greg Poggiali 14 days ago Read More
  • The tail livery of a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330

    Hawaiian Airlines Hit By Cyberattack, The Latest In A String

    Cyberattacks against commercial aviation are on the rise generally.

    By Nicholas Werner 15 days ago Read More
  • The front section of a Boeing 777 airplane.

    Which US Airlines Have The Largest Boeing Fleets?

    Given the problems with Boeing airplanes over the last few years, you may be trying to avoid them. These airlines fly the largest numbers of Boeing planes.

    By Richard Sachek 15 days ago Read More
  • F-117 Nighthawk

    Lockheed's Infamous Skunk Works Actually Tested Metal That Was Part Of A UFO Con Job

    Lockheed Martin's supersecret lab that developed stealth technology wound up getting a mysterious, possibly extraterrestrial metal fragment from the military.

    By Matthew DeBord 15 days ago Read More
  • A Condor Airbus A320 in its distinctive yellow and white striped livery

    Flight Forced On 8-Hour Detour After Missing Munich Airport Curfew By 10 Seconds

    The flight was forced to land at a diversion airport 233 miles away and passengers didn't reach their destination until the next day after traveling all night.

    By Ryan Erik King 16 days ago Read More
  • ​​​NTSB investigators examine the door plug from Alaska Airlines flight 1282, a Boeing 737-9 MAX.​​

    Missing Bolts Were Thrown Away In Boeing 737 Max Door Plug Blowout, Says NTSB

    The agency didn't pull punches in laying blame on the aerospace giant.

    By Ryan Erik King 16 days ago Read More
  • JD Vance memes

    Norwegian Tourist Detained By ICE Then Sent Home From Newark Airport For Having Bald JD Vance Meme On His Phone

    Before being sent back to Norway, the tourist was strip-searched, fingerprinted, had his blood taken and was left in holding for five hours.

    By Andy Kalmowitz 16 days ago Read More
  • A Boeing 777 at the Paris Air Show in 2025

    Boeing Didn't Sell Very Many Planes At The Paris Air Show, And That's Okay

    The Paris Air Show recently wrapped up, and Boeing didn't have very much to show for it.

    By Nicholas Werner 17 days ago Read More
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