10 best disaster movies of all time, ranked
Paramount Pictures Chaos and catastrophes have often been the subject of some of the most thrilling films ever made, with the disaster subgenre producing iconic blockbusters that had cinemas packed…
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet
Celebrities and billionaires have long complained that it’s just way too easy for random people on the internet to monitor how much fuel exhaust they waste as they flit through…
What Happens If Your Airplane Loses Power? Out Pops the RAT
Aircraft safety is a hot topic these days, with Federal Aviation Administration investigators looking into door seals at Boeing, aircraft slides flying off mid air and engine failures plaguing several…
11 Gorgeous Collectible Cards of Flying Machines From Over a Century Ago
Image: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) While most of the cards featured flying machines from the 19th century and early 20th, there was one card that featured a…
You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes
Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane’s navigation systems,…
See Images From the Rollout of X-59, NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Plane
A first look at the X-59 before its rollout.Screenshot: NASA Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new…
Here’s Your First Look at the Freshly Painted X-59, NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Plane
A first look at the X-59 before its rollout.Screenshot: NASA Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new…
How to Watch NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Roll Out of the Hangar
NASA’s freshly painted X-59 aircraft will be rolled out of its hangar on Friday, January 12, in the lead-up to its first takeoff. The experimental plane, built by Lockheed Martin,…
We’ll Get to See NASA’s Sonic Boom-Less Supersonic Plane Next Week
NASA’s supersonic experimental plane—the linchpin of the agency’s Quesst mission—is set to roll out of its warehouse in the California desert next week. We’re gassed for the big moment: the…
12 of the Weirdest X-Plane Designs
The X-56APhoto: NASA Photo / Jim Ross The X-56A, Multi-Utility Technology Testbed, also known as the MUTT, was a spunky uncrewed aircraft used to test the flexibility of wings and…