The lifestyle of real fighter pilots might surprise you.
- Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
Sound barrier-breaking fighter ace Chuck Yeager, who has died aged 97, epitomised a very different era of test pilots.
Weaker winds and higher temperatures are making airlines less efficient.
The Boeing 737 is the most produced commercial aeroplane in history – so what might have gone wrong?
Star Wars fantasy or effective weapon system of the future?
Physics says Game of Thrones dragons can fly. Whoever said maths was useless?
No longer a toy: the industrial-grade lasers available online are a disaster in the making.
The original jumbo jet revolutionised global travel but more efficient, reliable engines have spelt the end for the 747.
Without the details that flight recorders provide, crash investigators cannot fully understand the causes of catastrophe.
The first loss of life among airshow spectators since 1952, any changes to rules that follow will make them safer still.
The fact we’re no closer to finding Flight MH370 shouldn’t stop us from looking.
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