Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

Avionics used to be the realm of reliable but incremental upgrades — new radar here, a better flight management system there. Today, the real leap is happening inside the silicon: ever‑faster ...

Flight attendant Venezia Macias agreed and said it is ultimately up to the captain how long the door stays open Passengers loading a commercial aircraft can oftentimes catch a glimpse inside the ...

While boarding a plane, you may have noticed the cockpit door is often kept open—and there's actually a pretty straightforward reason. If you’ve ever looked toward the front of the plane while ...

The F-22 Raptor is built by Lockheed Martin and is one of the most advanced fighter jets on the planet. However, it's easy to forget that this plane is nearly 30 years old with the first F-22 Raptor ...

Airbus Defence and Space has taken the wraps off its fighter cockpit of tomorrow that it's helping to develop as part of Europe's Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) ...

America’s B-2 stealth bombers, which carried out the weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, are among the most secretive aircraft in the nation, with few glimpses ever shown of its interior. The ...

Passenger aircraft are rather uniform, for the most part, with the familiar white color scheme of commercial planes and so on. Lots of travelers scarcely give their exteriors a second thought. There ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – From his first flying lesson at age 16 to over 625 combat missions in the Vietnam War, helicopter pilot Chuck Howard has lived an amazing life and now you can read all about ...