Flight
Flight is truly one of the most amazing engineering feats man has achieved. This collection of flight articles will show you some of the coolest aircraft ever created.
Steampunk Blimps: Airships that Will Take You Back to the Future
The History of Flight and 10 Bungled Attempts at It
Bessie Coleman: America's First Black Female Aviatrix
The Longest Flight in the World Takes Almost 19 Hours
The Fastest Fighter Jet in History: The NASA X-43
The Secrets of Airline Travel Quiz
Windowless Airplanes: The Future of Flight?
How Aerobatics Works
What is the future of supersonic flight?
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Would you risk the mother of all jet lag if you could cross the U.S. in less time than it takes to pass through airport security? After all, your time is precious, and haven't supersonic and hypersonic technologies been around for decades now?
The first commercial jetliners had square windows. So why did engineers change the design to the rounded windows we know today?
Going through airport security is the worst part of flying for most people. Now you may be asked to turn your cell phone on in the security line. Why do you have to do that? And does it really keep us safe?
By Beth Brindle
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They're the stuff of headlines, often characterized as evil in the sky. But what are drones and how do they get off the ground and fly?
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an unmanned aerial vehicle traveling faster than the speed of sound!
By Chris Opfer
In the world of flight, it's a fine line between flying high and falling fast. Can you name 10 of the innovations that keep planes and their passengers airborne?