- Futuristic 'Flying-V' Airplane Makes Successful Maiden Flight https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flying-v-maiden-flight-intl-scli-grm/index.html 7 comments technology
- Europe says goodbye to ‘airplane mode’: Passengers can talk on the phone while flying https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2022-11-29/goodbye-to-airplane-mode-we-can-finally-talk-on-the-phone-while-flying.html 359 comments technology
- Meet the Icon A5: a high-tech airplane that anyone can fly https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/icon-a5-innovators/ 6 comments technology
- Why does a circular paper airplane fly so well? http://www.10paperairplanes.com/how-to-make-paper-airplanes/07-the-ring.html 30 comments askscience
- Airplane flies without flaps http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/8033224/footage-released-of-plane-that-manoeuvres-without-flaps.html 22 comments technology
- Would YOU fly in an airplane piloted by John McCain? http://www.reddit.com/info/6s3lb/comments/c04pxt6 5 comments politics
- A Pilot Asks: "How do airplanes fly, really?" http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mairplanesfly.html 30 comments reddit.com
- Joe's PL-1 paper airplane: folds in a minute, flies like a dream http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/pl1/pl1.shtml 9 comments reddit.com
- Corpse fell from airplane flying over London https://en.crimerussia.com/international/corpse-fell-from-airplane-flying-over-london/ 17 comments worldnews
- Guy builds his own Airplane to realise his dream of flying https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/bolwqk/guy_builds_his_own_airplane_to_realise_his_dream/ 8 comments pakistan
- Trump tweets ‘airplanes are becoming too complex to fly’ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-tweets-airplanes-are-becoming-too-complex-to-fly 21 comments politics
- Parliament Turns Into Kindergarten as Congress MPs Fly Airplanes During Arun Jaitley's Speech https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/parliament-turns-into-kindergarten-as-congress-mps-fly-airplanes-during-arun-jaitleys-speech-1989715.html 23 comments india
- How do airplanes that fly advertisements at the beach take off and land and keep the banners perfectly vertical? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/6qbyqr/how_do_airplanes_that_fly_advertisements_at_the/ 8 comments askscience
- China Scrambles Fighter Jet, Flies Within 50 Meters Of Japanese Airplanes http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/25/us-japan-china-idusbrea4o01920140525 5 comments worldnews
- Passenger with no flying experience lands airplane after Pilot falls ill mid-flight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-24450534?r=1 70 comments worldnews
- September 11th, 1994: Frank Corder Steals A Small Airplane. The Next Morning He Tries To Fly It Into The White House. He Crashes On The White House Lawn. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981490,00.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Toy Robot located inside toy airplane flies airplane to FAA flight test standards on it's own (after training) using actually flight sticks inside the cockpit. http://rt.com/news/190056-pibot-robot-fly-plane/ 10 comments technology
- How beholden are the Republicans to gun interests? People on the No-Fly List can't board an airplane, but they can buy guns. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/5/863959/-where-does-gops-tough-on-terror-talk-end 6 comments politics
- The Flying V: A Dutch team are planning a quiet revolution in air travel with new eco airplane design https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/16/flying-v-meet-the-team-of-dutch-engineers-behind-the-aircraft-bidding-to-reshape-air-trave 24 comments europe
- Trump: 'Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly' https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/433645-trump-airplanes-are-becoming-far-too-complex-to-fly 11 comments technology
- Trump: 'Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly' https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/433645-trump-airplanes-are-becoming-far-too-complex-to-fly 523 comments politics
- He flies airplanes and solves Rubik's Cubes and bowls 300 games, and Mookie Betts helped the Red Sox win a playoff game, too https://sports.yahoo.com/flies-airplanes-solves-rubiks-cubes-bowls-300-games-mookie-betts-helped-red-sox-win-playoff-game-065654627.html 148 comments baseball
- Flying Insects Defy Aerodynamic Laws of Airplanes, Courant Researchers Find http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/07/11/flying-insects-defy-aerodynamic-laws-of-airplanes-courant-researchers-find.html 3 comments science
- Solar Impulse Project:it aims to have an airplane take off and fly autonomously, day and night, propelled uniquely by solar energy, right round the world without fuel or pollution. http://throughweb.net/?p=89 2 comments reddit.com
- Successful test flight of Hydrogen-Electric Airplane could be key to zero-carbon flying. Aim for commercial 700 mile flight with 40-80 seater aircraft by 2027. https://us.cnn.com/travel/article/zeroavia-hydrogen-test-flight-climate/index.html 65 comments futurology
- SOFIA is a flying telescope mounted inside a modified airplane that takes it above 99% of Earth's atmospheric water. With a telescope mirror about 3 times the size of the Spitzer Space Telescope's, SOFIA is the best candidate to replace the soon-to-be-retired Spitzer. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2020/01/once-the-spitzer-space-telescope-is-dead-what-will-take-its-place 49 comments space
- Trump Today: President says ‘airplanes far too complex to fly’ after Boeing’s 737 Max crash https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-today-president-says-airplanes-far-too-complex-to-fly-after-boeings-737-max-crash-2019-03-12?mod=mw_home_top_stories 5 comments politics
- Trump Today: President says ‘airplanes far too complex to fly’ after Boeing’s 737 Max crash https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-today-president-says-airplanes-far-too-complex-to-fly-after-boeings-737-max-crash-2019-03-12 24 comments politics
- Someone paid for an airplane to fly by the New York City offices of Standard & Poor’s with a banner screaming: “THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.” http://www.observer.com/2011/08/airplane-flying-banner-by-s-p-offices-thanks-for-the-downgrade-you-should-all-be-fired/ 4 comments politics
- Can you believe this primitivism? In order to have this great food, one has to board an airplane and fly to Spain and book a hotel and go out to eat. http://blog.mises.org/archives/010905.asp 23 comments politics
- “Flying-V” airplane design promises fuel savings, but there’s a catch - The design from TU Delft promises 20% fuel saving over current designs. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/06/radical-new-airliner-could-save-fuel-but-ride-like-a-roller-coaster/ 5 comments technology
- A woman notorious for stowing away on commercial airplanes made it past two TSA agents at O'Hare International Airport by hiding her face with her hair, and then stayed overnight at the airport before sneaking onto a plane and flying to London. http://www.theage.com.au/world/a-woman-called-the-serial-stowaway-sneaked-past-airport-security--again--and-flew-to-london-20180121-h0lnc7.html 81 comments worldnews
- Giant balls of flies are chilled to put them to sleep, then dropped out of airplanes over infested areas. The flies warm up, and wake up, as they drop to the ground. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/11/08/news/top_stories/1_00_3411_7_07.txt 35 comments science
- SOFIA flying observatory, which carried a 2.5-meter telescope aboard a modified Boeing 747SP airplane, has taken its final flight. Astronomers celebrate SOFIA's accomplishments and lament the loss of the unique window into the universe it provided. https://astronomy.com/news/2022/09/sofia-flying-observatory-takes-final-flight 17 comments space
- If airplanes fly "because the air has a longer distance to cover over the top of the wing than the bottom, and it has to reach the trailing edge at the same time so it must speed up", then how can airplanes fly upside-down? Here's a good answer. http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64908&start=92 29 comments science
- [NASA] NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape at Lockheed Skunkworks: NASA’s X-59 QueSST, an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound without producing the annoying – if not alarming – sonic booms of previous supersonic aircraft is taking shape.. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-s-x-59-quesst-airplane-takes-shape-at-lockheed-skunkworks 14 comments space
- Airbus files patent for a new "flying doughnut" airplane design, passenger seats in circles for amphitheater-like seating http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/17/364708388/flying-donuts-airbus-files-patent-for-a-new-kind-of-plane 7 comments technology
- How do you control a bicycle? Understanding how a human controls a bicycle is in some ways more challenging than understanding how a pilot flies an airplane, say two UC Davis engineers. http://www.physorg.com/news193592423.html 3 comments bicycling
- Wiley Post (1898—1935) was an American aviator and inventor of the pressure suit, forerunner to the space suit. An ex-con stunt flyer, he lost an eye as a roustabout in the oil fields, used his settlement money to buy an airplane, discovered the jet stream, and was first to fly solo around the world https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/wiley-post-and-his-adventures-at-the-edge-of-space 4 comments space
- Audio reveals pilots angrily confronted Boeing about 737 Max feature before 2nd deadly crash - Boeing: "In a million miles you're going to maybe fly this airplane, and maybe once you're going to see this ever." https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/15/us/boeing-737-max-audio-meeting-with-pilots/index.html 98 comments wallstreetbets