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Canadian Airline Uses Hacked-Up Neons As Baggage Tractors

Watching an airport operate can help pass the time while you’re waiting for a flight. As you watch the orchestra of…

Mercedes Streeter

1/11/21 2:30PM

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Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight Believed To Have Crashed After Takeoff

Shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 lost contact with air control. The passenger…

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Boeing Charged With Criminal Fraud And Ordered To Pay Over $2.5 Billion Over 737 MAX

Just when you thought Boeing’s troubles with the 737 MAX were over, the U.S. Department of Justice delivers a…

Mercedes Streeter

1/07/21 6:25PM

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Researchers Have Found A Way To Convert CO2 Into Jet Fuel (And Possibly Diesel)

Have you ever been out jogging in cold weather, (ha ha ha, no) watching your moist, hot exhales condense into clouds…

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The 737 MAX Is Back In The Air For Passenger Service In The U.S.

A commercial airliner successfully completed a flight from Miami to New York City today, taking off at 10:30 a.m.…

Erik Shilling

12/29/20 8:15PM

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Here's Why Cylindrical-Wing Fighter Jet Designs Never Quite Took Off

The French are known for style, and right after World War II they were working on an aircraft design more akin to a…

Justin T. Westbrook

12/28/20 6:10PM

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COVID-19 Christmas Is Here As Millions Of Americans Swarm Airports

Once again, though air travel is just half of what it was last year, more than three million Americans boarded…

Erin Marquis

12/21/20 7:30PM

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Some Dude Climbed Onto The Wing Of An Airplane About To Take Off From Las Vegas

This past Saturday a man was spotted climbing around on the wing of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 while the plane…

Jason Torchinsky

12/14/20 11:15AM

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Chuck Yeager, The First Pilot To Break The Speed Of Sound, Dies At 97

Chuck Yeager, one of the pilots who helped change American aviation history, died on Monday, December 7, 2020 at the…

Elizabeth Blackstock

12/12/20 12:00PM

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Aerobatic Pilot Makes Emergency Landing On Highway

Flying can be a fun experience regardless of whether you’re the pilot or a passenger. But sometimes things don’t go…

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75 Years Ago Today, Five Planes Disappeared Over The Bermuda Triangle

We’ve been losing things over the Bermuda Triangle for over 100 years, but one of the strangest occurrences took…

Elizabeth Blackstock

12/05/20 10:00AM

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I Flew A Plane And It Was A Dream Come True

I’ve loved airplanes for as long as I’ve loved cars. While it would take me until I was 24 to actually set foot on a…

Mercedes Streeter

12/04/20 3:50PM

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2020 "The Worst Year" In Aviation History Says Industry Head

Despite the fact that millions of folks took to the skies to travel for the holidays, 2020 is set to be “the…

Elizabeth Blackstock

11/29/20 2:00PM

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How To Tell If You’re Flying On A Recently Recertified Boeing 737 MAX

The Boeing 737 MAX will soon be back in the sky, following a 20-month grounding. American Airlines is expected to be…

Mercedes Streeter

11/19/20 1:40PM

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The Boeing 737 Max Is Cleared To Fly Again But That Isn't Terribly Reassuring

Over a year and a half ago the FAA grounded the Boeing 737 Max after two crashes that left 346 people dead. The…

Erik Shilling

11/18/20 7:00PM

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Everybody Fine After Two Planes Collide While Parking At Santiago Airport

There are no reported injuries and minor damage to two Airbus A320 aircraft after a small collision on the ground at…

Justin T. Westbrook

10/29/20 8:00PM

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Piper PA-24-250 Comanche: The Jalopnik Airplane Review

The PA-24-250 Comanche was Piper’s shot at the high performance, retractable (landing gear), piston single (single…

Eric Thurber

10/22/20 4:40PM

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Study Finding It Nearly Impossible For Airline Passengers Wearing Masks To Catch COVID-19 Was Based On 'Bad Math'

A study of COVID-19 infection rates on airplanes by the Department of Defense and United Airlines concluded that the…

Erin Marquis

10/20/20 2:55PM

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Watch An R/C Glider Hit 545 MPH

You go through this world as most of us do, believing that to eclipse the max speed of a real P-51 Mustang by more…

Rory Carroll

10/06/20 7:00PM

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Car BuyingNice Price or No Dice

At $140,000 Canadian, Is It High Time Someone Buys This Porsche-Powered 1988 Mooney M20L?

Porsche never offered a front-engine car powered by its iconic air-cooled flat-six, but as evidenced by today’s Nice…

Rob Emslie

9/29/20 8:00AM

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