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Maxton, North Carolina

Laurinburg-Maxton Aircraft Boneyard

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

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

They spent a long time in the air.
Erik Shilling June 23, 2016
airplanes

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

The country is upgrading.
Erik Shilling June 23, 2016
aircraft

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
Why not just go?
airplanes

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
airplanes

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
Cole Palen's N3221 rotary-powered Dr.I reproduction
Red Hook, New York

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.
amusement parks

Classic Carnival Rides Are Flight Simulators in Disguise

That's what their inventor Lee Eyerly intended them to be, anyway.
Sarah Laskow May 25, 2016
B-52 Wreckage in Huu Tiep Lake
Hanoi, Vietnam

B-52 Wreckage

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
airplanes

8 Plane Wrecks That Have Become Their Own Memorials

These abandoned airplanes lie where they landed.
Eric Grundhauser May 6, 2016
aircraft

Sonic Booms Shake British Homes After Jets Are Scrambled

"Dad's cat was petrified."
Erik Shilling May 3, 2016
animals

The Biggest Lion Airlift Ever to Send Dozens of Big Cats to Africa

They were rescued from South American circuses.
Erik Shilling April 27, 2016
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Inside one of the planes
Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok Airplane Graveyard

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.
animals

Watch This Video of a Dog Flying a Plane

It actually, finally happened.
Erik Shilling April 8, 2016
airplanes

The First Mail Flight to Cuba in 50 Years Carried a Letter from Obama

A 76-year-old Cuban will soon get a letter from the American president.
Erik Shilling March 18, 2016
missiles

Why Were Hellfire Missiles Found on a Passenger Plane?

One news agency said the missiles were in coffins.
Erik Shilling March 14, 2016