Hypersonic flight could one day make long-haul travel as quick as a short movie. Researchers are testing how turbulence ...

Science made possible for 1 million pound machines to fly.

Two people were killed when a plane flying a relief mission to hurricane-ravaged Jamaica crashed in Coral Springs Monday ...

Hypersonic planes could fly from Sydney to Los Angeles in just an hour. What's standing in the way of such ultra-fast planes ...

Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier said the new Global 8000 set a new industry benchmark for cabin altitude, 41,000 feet feel like 2,691 feet.

The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so ...

Because of their many redundancies, electronic fly-by-wire controls are actually far safer than traditional hydraulic ones.

The news these days often feels bleak, with headlines often featuring words like "crisis" and "catastrophe." There's even the infamous doomsday clock, which is designed as a sort of alarm to let us ...

Lightning struck an Alaska Airlines plane yesterday traveling from Sitka to Ketchikan, shortly after departure.  Pat Kehoe ...

Think real glasses, silverware and -- gasp -- legroom! — -- Remember when flying was fun? In a week that saw three planes diverted because of passenger disputes over reclining seats, you probably ...