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How Gas Turbine Engines Work

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Turbine engines, or jet engines, have revolutionized the air travel industry. Learn about turbine engines and how turbine engines work.

How Smokejumpers Work

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Smokejumpers are the men and women who specialize in fighting blazes their ground-bound peers can't reach. So who are they, and what's the "Mutilator"?

What Is an Internal Combustion Engine?

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Explore the mechanics and inner workings of the internal combustion engine, an innovation of the Industrial Revolution that transformed transportation.

How WWII Fighter Planes Worked

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The film "Pearl Harbor" is now playing. Look at the aircraft involved in that battle, technological marvels for their time.

Fight or Flight: Unruly Passengers Have Made Flying Downright Scary

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Investigations into unruly-passenger incidents by the FAA have soared 168 percent through June over 2020's numbers. What's going on in the unfriendly skies? And what is the TSA doing to protect flight crews?

How Airport Security Works

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According to the Department of Homeland Security 730 million people travel on passenger jets every year. Are these folks safe? Find out how high-tech solutions are being used to make flying as safe as possible.

Foo Fighters

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Foo fighters have been reported by fighter pilots since World War II. Were they with the Axis or Allies, or maybe from another planet? Read more about reports of foo fighters and censorship of foo fighter sightings.

Landmark TWA Flight Center Now Stuns as Hotel

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It took 22 agencies and more than 180 firms to turn Eero Saarinen's groundbreaking TWA terminal into a spectacular hotel. HowStuffWorks visits.

Quiz: Apollo 11, the First Moon Landing

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Take this HowStuffWorks quiz to learn more about Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Apollo 11, the first landing on the moon.

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