Earlier this year, Alaska Airlines operated the first successful commercial flights using a blend of traditional jet fuel and biofuels. The idea of renewable jet fuel is not often given too much consideration among the world’s airlines – while most are aware of the excessive amounts of fuels burned every day in aircraft engines, there [...]
It's a dangerous process -- but a necessary one. The refueling of jet planes around the globe are constantly looking to improve the technology behind air-to-air refueling. For the United States Armed Forces, there are two different methods used for this specific process: one more primarily used by the US Navy, and the other by [...]
If you use a flight tracker to view live air traffic (such as flightradar24) or another type of map outlining flights across the world, it can seem a bit congested. With some exceptions , it appears that airplanes either touch (or at the very least cross over) almost the entire world. Using flightradar 24, the following image [...]
The aging SAAB JAS-39 Gripen is a veteran member of several of the world’s most powerful air fleets – certainly not only because it is fairly priced, but also because it is functional; not to mention, the JAS-39 is known for its execution: nearly any flight mission can be carried out by the Swedish masterpiece [...]
Photography has long been associated with aviation; perhaps it's because some of us on the ground can’t believe our eyes when we see these hulking flying machines — it’s almost as though we continually need reassurance that this is indeed possible, in spite of our knowledge of the physical world. Witnessing a 1,265,000 pound hunk [...]
Of the 17 known to exist, there are only two airworthy Lancasters are left in the entire world. The Lancaster was used extensively during World War II. The handsome planes dropped a total of 608,612 long tons of bombs between 1942 and 1945. The Avro Lancaster was the primary British aircraft used for bombing until [...]
Don't let the ashtrays fool you--inflight smoking is banned on U.S. airliners If you've flown in a commercial airplane any time in the past, say 25 years, you've definitely encountered one of these: The universal signal for no smoking in an airplane (found on most airlines worldwide). No Smoking Allowed Inflight smoking is banned by almost all [...]
Flying, for some of us, is unnerving. While we admire the science and sheer beauty of aircraft and have a great respect for the many pilots that go up in the clouds every day, some of us can’t shake that subtle (or completely debilitating) fear. Many of us who take commercial flights have varying degrees [...]
Understanding the Dynamic Nature of Airline Prices Booking a trip can be incredibly fun—but it can also be really frustrating, especially when it comes to searching for a good deal on air fare. It happens all the time: you search for fights online, find a good deal, but by the time you eventually go to [...]
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/776939304140414976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Well, you heard it from the man, himself. Elon Musk is an ambitious man. Merely days after Falcon 9 went up in flames, the genius billionaire is at it again, asserting his lofty aspirations for the future of the Space X program. Initially designed to take upwards of a hundred humans to Mars in [...]
