Why Would you Intentionally Crash an Airplane? For Safety, of Course.

When it comes to crash testing, it’s not such a big deal for cars. This form of destructive testing is often performed by car companies to ensure safety design standards in both crashworthiness and crash compatibility. For road vehicles, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates vehicles on how well they protect their occupants [...]

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Plane of the Week: Air Horse One

Just imagine it: You’re waking from a long sleep and the man sitting next to you, the man you remember talking with before you fell asleep, now has the head of a horse. He neighs at you as if to say “Good morning! We’re about the land.” You blink, confused, and look around to discover [...]

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Aviation Mysteries: D.B. Cooper

45 years ago, on November 24, 1971, an unidentified man hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft somewhere in the airspace between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The perpetrator has never been located or identified, despite an extensive manhunt and FBI Investigation. To this day, he is known only by his alias Dan Cooper—or, more popularly, “D.B. [...]

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New Aviation Pavilion Opens at Museum of Flight

New Exhibit Takes Flight The Museum of Flight is kind of a big deal--in fact, it's the largest non-profit air and space museum in the world. Located in Seattle, Washington, the museum features over 175 different aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of aviation artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits, a world class [...]

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