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Why Were Hellfire Missiles Found on a Passenger Plane?

One news agency said the missiles were in coffins.
Erik Shilling March 14, 2016
"Air India 173 was the longest flight staffed entirely by women in history"
airplanes

Fleeting Wonders: Longest-Ever Flight With All-Female Crew

Almost every Indian woman pilot will be in the sky today.
Cara Giaimo March 8, 2016
An F/A-18 Hornet over the Pacific Ocean, in July 1999.
aircraft

The Wildly Misunderstood Aeronautics Event Captured in This Photograph

David Goldenberg February 16, 2016
Zhang alone on the plane.
holidays

Fleeting Wonders: Patient Woman Rewarded With Solo Flight

Cara Giaimo February 3, 2016
flight

Video Wonder: What a Sonic Boom Sounds Like

Tao Tao Holmes January 29, 2016
aircraft

25 Incredible Views From Plane Passengers' Windows, Collected By an Airline Pilot

Mark Vanhoenacker November 25, 2015
Hudson, Massachusetts

American Heritage Museum

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.
Several sheep, not on a plane.
airplanes

Fleeting Wonders: Sheep So Gassy They Brought Down a Plane

Cara Giaimo October 28, 2015
art

Striking Aerial Photographs of Tiny Humans

Anika Burgess October 14, 2015
skeletons

FOUND: Perplexing Reports of a ‘Skeleton Plane’

Sarah Laskow October 13, 2015
A signed photograph of Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant.
aviation

The Daredevil Gal Pals Who Conquered the Sky

Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant were best friends and the first women licensed as pilots in the United States.
Hadley Meares October 12, 2015
aircraft

A Hot Take on the Steamy History of the Jacuzzi

Rick Paulas October 6, 2015
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Sweden
aircraft

These Photos Will Change How You Look at Airport Towers

Anika Burgess September 18, 2015
The sculpture commemorating the 1993 crash.
Stockholm, Sweden

Långholmen Crash Site

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.
Aircrafts Museum, housed within a disused plane
Dhangadhi, Nepal

Aircrafts Museum

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.
animals

Object of Intrigue: A Passport for Falcons

Ella Morton August 4, 2015
airplanes

FOUND: An iPhone That Fell 9,300 Feet And Works Just Fine

Sarah Laskow July 31, 2015
Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage
Flagstaff, Arizona

Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.