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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Before Yeager did it, people thought it was impossible to break the sound barrier in flight. But he proved them wrong, even flying the plane while nursing two cracked ribs.
Airlines are flying planes with no passengers, due in part to the worldwide outbreak of coronavirus, but also for economic reasons that have nothing to do with disease.
Without the system that pumps unused air from an aircraft's engines into the cabin, passengers and crew would be unable to breathe at 30,000 feet. But how does that system work?
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Camera-equipped commercial drones are cheaper and require less training. Is it time to say goodbye to your local eye-in-the-sky traffic reports?
Measuring how fast an aircraft travels depends on whether you factor in the speed of the wind behind it.
Writing a legible message on paper requires a steady hand; writing one in the sky requires a steady everything.
By Julia Layton