Alaska has retired its last Boeing 737 without winglets, a rather rare breed. The Seattle-based airline is in the process of ...

Winglets are used by airlines for a good reason — they save companies money by allowing airplanes to fly more efficiently, which reduces fuel expenses. Most airlines are notorious for trying to make ...

Airbus famously quotes, “It takes an A380 to compete with the A380.” It appears that one A380 can cause wake turbulence large enough to impact another A380 following behind. Wake turbulence of other ...

The airplane seems to slide along frictionlessly, like a skater coasting, hands in pockets, on a pond of infinite blue. An engineer with a youthful manner and a day job at the Lockheed Martin ...

So, you’re thinking about buying an airplane. Finding the right aircraft is an exciting process that usually requires some patience and time. After sifting through every online listing ...

Airplane! almost didn’t take off. Studios didn’t initially see the potential of the the script for a disaster movie takeoff, which played the comedy completely straight in a way you had to see to ...

Tighten up (from the top): Heritage Flight Museum founder and Apollo 8 veteran William Anders, Merrill Wien and Alan Anders (in the same aircraft), Craig Nelson, and Greg Anders fly formation to ...

The Blue Earth County Justice Center, on the east side of Mankato, was damaged in both July 2023 and most recently in February by high winds and it ...

Well, it’s just another day in the sky for pilots. Commercial aircraft get zapped by lightning once or twice a year, but passengers rarely notice when it happens. Modern aircraft are designed to ...