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8 Killed In B-52 Bomber Crash At Edwards Air Force Base
The US Air Force plans to keep the B-52 in service through 2050.
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Man Finds Out Slapping A Flight Attendant's Ass To Get Her Attention Will Land You Federal Charges And Maybe 20 Years In Prison
Add this to the "things we didn't think we needed to tell you not to do while on a plane" list.
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Why Are Some Airport Runways Concrete While Others Are Asphalt?
If you've ever looked out over an airport, you might have noticed runways aren't all the same. But what are the reasons behind differing surfaces?
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The 70-Year-Old Plane Disaster That Led To The Creation Of The FAA
The management of airspace changed forever after a mid-air collision between two commercial airlines in 1956. Learn what led to the creation of the FAA.
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Want To Fly To Japan In Two Hours? This Jet Could One Day Make That A Reality
Could a flight across the world take just two hours? It might, if we master hypersonic travel — and a group of Japanese researchers is on the right track.
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The Air Force One 747 That Qatar Gifted To Trump Is Getting Its Finishing Touches
Trump will be allowed to keep this plane for himself after he leaves office, despite $1 billion in taxpayer dollars invested in refitting an aircraft.
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Viral Video Demonstrates That You Can Indeed Drift With A Helicopter
Instead of arguing about whether this is, technically, a drift, just watch the video.
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Here's How A Plane Can Land Safely With A Flat Tire
If your car gets a flat, you're wise to pull over immediately, or you risk ruining the tire and worse. Pilots aloft, though, can't just stop flying.
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Airline Pilot Arrested For Allegedly Flying With Fake License For 17 Years
The airline didn't discover "anomalies" in his license documentation until 2025, the same year that the pilot retired.
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Watch NASA Inch Closer To Its Sonic Thump Theory With The X-59's First Supersonic Flight
The purpose of the X-59 is to make faster air travel possible, without continually rattling the people of the continental U.S.
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Airplanes Could Soon Be Going Hybrid, Too
The hybrid approach has the advantage of being compatible with existing airframes.
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The Largest Plane You Can Fly On In 2026 Is Indeed Quite Large
There are some massive planes out there that offer plenty of room and some incredible comfort. And this passenger plane has been the biggest around since 2005.
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The Military Is Drilling Special Operations Raids In The Heart Of The LA Area, But Don't Panic
From a safety perspective, urban military drills can be disastrous.
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900 Planes Grounded Due To Engine Shortage, Claims United CEO
As hundreds of older planes sit idle, awaiting parts, newer planes are being parted out to service the old engines, contributing to the rising cost of airfare.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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