Airplanes fly at around 30,000 feet where the air is too thin for a human to survive, so how to they have fresh air for all of a 6-hour flight?

New airplanes are always exciting, and 2025 will welcome a fresh bird to more skies, which brings with it increased opportunity to fly even more diverse routes, connecting cities that may have ...

If you've ever wondered how massive airplanes — which can weigh more than 661 tons — stay up in the air, you're not alone. But it's not magic that keeps airplanes aloft.

How clean is the air on planes? High-tech filters and low-tech masks: How technology and personal responsibility might make flying safer than you think.

Planes achieve this with a combination of two things: 1) Airplanes race down the runway at 150 - 180 mph, creating fast moving air across the wings. 2) and something called the "angle of attack." ...

Once an air traffic control computer identifies an aircraft by its address, that aircraft goes into a “roll call.” Subsequent interrogations are transmitted on a schedule.

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