In about a month, two Swiss pilots will attempt a record-setting flight around the world without using any fuel, and they announced the route for their ambitious journey aboard their solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2.
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia - While Indonesia's navy said divers had not yet found the black boxes from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, searchers on Sunday honed in on intense pings detected amid a growing belief that the
We asked pilots from across the country to give us straight answers about maddening safety rules, inexplicable delays, the air and attitudes up there--and what really happens behind the cockpit door. What they told us will change the way you fly.
The Dream Chaser space plane continues to take steps toward flight, even though NASA did not select the private vehicle to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
After more than a decade of development, China's first homegrown airliner has finally earned approval from the country's government to carry passengers.
The thugs at the TSA -- the ones who persecute little girls with spina bifida so cruelly that their victims scream they don't wanna go to Disney World after all; who drench survivors of bladder cancer in their own urine; who force crippled boys to
A young computer whiz from New York City has launched a site to help people buy cheap plane tickets. But an airline company and its travel partner want to shut him down.
Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television screens, proof that the plane crashed into the sea two days earlier with 162 people on board.
A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, with the recovery of six bodies, including a flight attendant identified by her trademark red uniform. But wind, strong currents and high surf
If, one day, you find yourself driving an electric car that recharges its featherweight high-capacity lithium batteries with sunlight collected from super-efficient solar cells covering its carbon-composite body, you'll have Solar Impulse 2 to thank.
A Valley doctor who showed up at Sky Harbor with a semi-automatic rifle and was accused of pointing it at travelers is back in the news for another situation at the airport.
An AirAsia passenger jet carrying 162 people lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control early Sunday, gripping Southeast Asia with a second missing plane crisis in less than a year.
Satellite and rocket builder Orbital Sciences Corp. on Dec. 16 confirmed that it has contracted with Russia's Energomash to provide RD-181 engines to power the first stage of Orbital's Antares rocket, replacing the AJ-26 engine, also from Russia,
Swiss ex fighter pilot, Guinness Book record holder and first man to fly with a jet-propelled wing, Yves Rossy A.K.A. Jetman is back in the sky pushing the boundaries of aviation by completing a sensational formation flight with Aerobatics Champion V
Could there ever really be a ban on carry-on bags when you fly? According to a report by National Public Radio, a ban on carry-on luggage was discussed by U.S. counter-terrorism officials.
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Is this proof mysterious bangs heard on both sides of Atlantic WERE caused by a top-secret US jet? Footage of hypersonic engine in action reveals it sounds almost identical to unexplained noises
Now nearly five months after the Malaysian Airlines MH17 passenger plane got shot down in Ukraine (killing all 298 aboard), Malaysians are going public with their anger about having been excluded from the investigation-team that is to write the offic
Is this guy part of the mile high club now?
A passenger caused a Virgin Atlantic flight to make an unscheduled landing on Monday after masturbating and attempting to try open an emergency exit.
If you're the kind of person that tends to notice these things, a fair weather weekend stroll in any Chinese city or town lacks a distinct sound: the buzzing of light propeller aircraft in the sky.
If you like the idea of remotely-piloting a paper airplane, then you really out to check out the PowerUp 3.0 – it's a motor/prop/rudder kit that you add to an existing paper plane, allowing you to control it via a smartphone app.