Japan Airlines Flight 123 began as a short domestic journey from Tokyo to Osaka but ended in tragedy. Just minutes after takeoff, a critical mechanical failure caused the aircraft to lose control. For ...

With the airline's oldest aircraft being an A320-200, it makes sense that its fleet of 48 aircraft of the type also includes ...

In this day and age of high-tech autonomous drones and aircraft, an International Space Station (ISS) that circles the planet every 90 minutes and CEOs that board private rocket ships on the regular, ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

It was August 6, 1945 when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The airplane carrying that bomb - built in Omaha, Nebraska. It was called the Enola Gay. It was hand picked ...

Ryanair has taken delivery of 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft over 10 consecutive days, reinforcing its image as one of Boeing’s most aggressive customers. Per Reuters, the airline says it anticipates that ...

First and second editions, published officially, are entered under the heading U.S. Office of Chief of Air Corps (War Dept.) Third edition by C.N. Monteith. Fourth ...

It's not every day aviation history is made, but June 2025 marked a real milestone for New York and the world of electric flight. For the first time, a passenger-carrying electric airplane landed at ...

When you gotta go, you gotta go–even at 30,000 feet. CREDIT: Stuart Dee via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries ...

In the 1930s, Italy built a plane so fast the world couldn’t believe it was real. The MC72 became the fastest piston-powered aircraft ever made - a record that still stands today. This is how Italian ...