"At 7.2Gs, my head just felt like it weighed over 70 pounds. My vision came down to a singular point, and I no longer had the ability to think."
Ryanair, Wizz Air, Lufthansa and British Airways have led the charge as major airlines plot a return to the skies. For passengers, this means empty planes, no refunds and a logistical nightmare.
"I didn't think it was actually going to try to land but once it did I thought he was about to crash into the cars in front of me," explained the driver that filmed the landing.
Low passes of aircraft are not uncommon, but it's always startling to see.
We're no experts in helicopters, but we didn't realize they could get this vertical.
The reports are the first official documentation of various recent incidents with unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace along the east coast.
With commercial flights grounded, the well-connected rely on these planes to move their precious cargo, from PPE to gold bullion.
Flying used to be unpleasant. But scarcity, low demand, and public-health risks could make it unbearable.
The COVID-19 pandemic has functionally destroyed commercial aviation. Almost overnight, air passenger demand plummeted 95%.
Before the coronavirus outbreak, more than half of all air cargo traveled on passenger flights. What happens when nobody is really flying overseas anymore?
Aerion's AS2 will cruise at more than 1,000 miles per hour, and it's designed to be carbon-neutral for minimal environmental impact.
Industry assurances have blurred the science of cabin air. Biology, physics and pure proximity are all at play.
When you need to transport an entire rocket, go big or go home.
Take a look at this fascinating flying wing that would impact future Allied technology.
A motorist caught a small singular aircraft parachuting on to the road in Russia.
A radical, untested idea suggests that hyperbaric chambers, rather than ventilators, are what we need to tackle COVID-19.
In 1992, Hoover promised two round trip tickets to select European destinations for customers who spent £100 or more on a vacuum cleaner or a washing machine. That was a grave mistake.
By paraglider and drone, the photographer invites us to gaze down on how humans and environments have shaped one another.
A YouTuber flew his tiny Grumman Tiger over Victorville, California —the world's largest airplane parking lot.
The so-called "Viking Takeoff" maneuver is really something to behold.
Let's think big: how would you create the ideal flying experience? What drives you crazy about flying and what do you never want to deal with again?
We've seen small planes make emergency highway landings before, but never seen one land so close to moving cars.
A YouTuber test flies some of the weirdest looking planes ever designed.
"Pilot did not correctly close the latch and after take off. We had to turn around and secure the luggage before departing again!"
From 1953 through 1970, United offered men-only 'Executive flights' — something you might see on an episode of "Mad Men."
The whole setup costs around $7,000, but hey, it's cheaper than buying a plane.
One of photographer Toby Harriman's personal projects over the past few years has been exploring the unique designs of different airports, and his slowly expanding Airport Aerials project is offering truly unique perspectives on these massive spaces.
We talked to the owner of Air USA about probably the most incredible private aircraft purchase of all time and the future of his adversary business.
While Boeing has received plenty of scrutiny for its bad code, it's the Max's computing power — or lack thereof — that has kept it on the ground since then.
Coronavirus-prompted schedule reductions haven't lined up with the drop in demand, as obstacles like logistics, DOT obligations, and algae get in the way.
US air safety bods call it "potentially catastrophic" if reboot directive not implemented.
YouTuber Swiss001 shows why Georgetown Municipal Airport is an exceedingly difficult landing for a large aircraft.
Thanks to the ingenious design of the airplane, you can technically fly the airplane infinitely as long as you're behind to guide it.
Revenue aside, flying empty or near-empty planes requires operational changes due to physics. It's all because of weight and balance.
Aviation enthusiasts, rejoice:Â After a long overhaul, Antonov's big bird, the AN-225, has finally returned.
It may sound like fiction, but on rare occasions, ordinary air bases have extraordinary mystery visitors. It happened to me, twice.
These flight ops give specific directions to pilots using their hands.
Photojournalist Sharon Pulwer experienced some far-from-routine sights when she flew from Newark Airport to her family in Tel Aviv with El Al airline.
How the coronavirus outbreak has been catastrophic for air travel business.
The FAA halted all flights to New York-area airports Saturday afternoon due to "staffing issues" at the New York air route traffic control center.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended everyday life around the world — one of the most stark changes has been in air travel. This infographic from Visual Capitalist demonstrates how much the health scare has impacted flight capacity.
How an aerial-combat theory can help fight the outbreak.
US airlines have spent the last decade shoveling billions in profits to stockholders. Now they want your tax dollars with no strings attached. Fuck that.
"It takes about 1,500 hours. You're trading time for money."
"It's a little surreal to wrap my brain around the past week."
We weren't supposed to be on that flight. We weren't supposed to be leaving that day or from that city, on that airline or on that plane.
This could be the future of combat aircraft.
The aviation industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with travelers across the world dealing with canceled flights and travel bans as they scramble to get home. But one unlikely aviation side effect is the creation of a new world aviation record.
They made a fortune over the past decade. Now they're demanding $50 billion to stay in business.
There's normal flying, and then there's magic like this.
Peter Ruggiero demonstrates what can be done to vastly improve traveler experience at Laguardia Airport in New York City.
The Wall Street Journal takes a deep dive on how Boeing botched the PR response to the scandal surrounding the safety of the 737 MAX.
The Royal Air Force delayed safety warnings about the first transatlantic flight of a new Reaper aircraft in 2018, over fears that they could tip anti-drone protestors to its arrival in the UK.
The only thing better than a flyover? A fly-under (that's what we're going to be calling this).
Luckily, both passengers in the experiment Questair M-20 Venture plane survived — as did the very lucky man by the golf cart.
Demand for flights has collapsed around the globe amid growing fears about the coronavirus outbreak.
Back in 1984, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a controlled impact demonstration, intentionally crashing a Boeing 720 into the Mojave Desert to test technologies that would help passengers and crew survive.
United Airlines became the first airline to cut its US flight schedule on Wednesday, as passenger worry about the coronavirus has caused a sharp drop in demand.
The wispy ice clouds formed by jet exhaust help trap heat near the Earth's surface. But small changes in altitude can dampen the effect, a study says.
"The Velvet Rope Economy" covers everything from theme parks to higher ed and explains why they became so much better for the rich — and so much worse for the rest of us.
