198 Items Tagged

Airplanes

Čačersk, Belarus

Chachersk Airplane

A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.

Tofino, British Columbia

Canso Bomber Crash Site

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

The Obsessed, Feuding Searchers Still Looking for Amelia Earhart

She and her navigator disappeared nearly 80 years ago.

Erik Shilling December 12, 2016

Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade Aviation Museum

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

No One Seems to Know Why This Plane Kept Circling Denver

Officials couldn't say.

Sarah Laskow November 17, 2016

Tulare, California

Preston’s Pride

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

Carmarthenshire, Wales

The Great Welsh Amelia Earhart Controversy

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Here Are 17 Hidden Spots Inside America's National Parks and Forests

Celebrate 100 years of national parks by exploring these secret places.

Molly McBride Jacobson August 25, 2016

The Lonely Ballad of the Dulles Airport Mobile Lounge

A high-tech room on wheels and the airport that might have been.

Veronique Greenwood July 26, 2016

The Bottomless Mystery of D.B. Cooper

Forty-four years ago, a man fell out of the sky. We may never know what happened next.

Erik Shilling July 13, 2016

Permanently Closed

Maxton, North Carolina

Laurinburg-Maxton Aircraft Boneyard

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

Permanently Closed

Orlando, Florida

"Singing Runway" at the Abandoned Disney World Airport

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Sick South Pole Workers Reach Chile After Daring Mid-Winter Rescue

They spent a long time in the air.

Erik Shilling June 23, 2016

India's New Presidential Plane Will be Able to Absorb Grenades and Dodge Missiles

The country is upgrading.

Erik Shilling June 23, 2016

The Pilots Who Risked Their Lives to Deliver the Mail

Being an airmail carrier was one of the most dangerous jobs in America.

David Doochin June 16, 2016

How Glitch Fare Hunters Turn Airlines' Tricks Against Them

Though still not for the faint of heart, ultra-cheap error fares are no longer just a niche obsession.

Cara Giaimo June 10, 2016

airplane graveyard

Found: A Black Box, Missing for 31 Years, High on a Mountain

Two Massachusetts men went on a quest, and found their "treasure."

Sarah Laskow June 6, 2016

New FAA Flight Plans Making Life Very Loud for Some Americans

Record summer travel isn't helping the matter.

Jessie Guy-Ryan June 5, 2016