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"Air India 173 was the longest flight staffed entirely by women in history"

Fleeting Wonders: Longest-Ever Flight With All-Female Crew

Almost every Indian woman pilot will be in the sky today.

Cara Giaimo March 8, 2016

An F/A-18 Hornet over the Pacific Ocean, in July 1999.

The Wildly Misunderstood Aeronautics Event Captured in This Photograph

David Goldenberg February 16, 2016

Zhang alone on the plane.

Fleeting Wonders: Patient Woman Rewarded With Solo Flight

Cara Giaimo February 3, 2016

Video Wonder: What a Sonic Boom Sounds Like

Tao Tao Holmes January 29, 2016

25 Incredible Views From Plane Passengers' Windows, Collected By an Airline Pilot

Mark Vanhoenacker November 25, 2015

Hudson, Massachusetts

American Heritage Museum

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

Several sheep, not on a plane.

Fleeting Wonders: Sheep So Gassy They Brought Down a Plane

Cara Giaimo October 28, 2015

Striking Aerial Photographs of Tiny Humans

Anika Burgess October 14, 2015

FOUND: Perplexing Reports of a ‘Skeleton Plane’

Sarah Laskow October 13, 2015

A signed photograph of Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant.

The Daredevil Gal Pals Who Conquered the Sky

Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant were best friends and the first women licensed as pilots in the United States.

Hadley Meares October 12, 2015

A Hot Take on the Steamy History of the Jacuzzi

Rick Paulas October 6, 2015

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Sweden

These Photos Will Change How You Look at Airport Towers

Anika Burgess September 18, 2015

The sculpture commemorating the 1993 crash.

Stockholm, Sweden

Långholmen Crash Site

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

Aircrafts Museum, housed within a disused plane

Dhangadhi, Nepal

Aircrafts Museum

Nepal's first aviation museum found a logical home in the most unexpected place.

Object of Intrigue: A Passport for Falcons

Ella Morton August 4, 2015

FOUND: An iPhone That Fell 9,300 Feet And Works Just Fine

Sarah Laskow July 31, 2015

Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage

Flagstaff, Arizona

Humphreys Peak B-24 Wreckage

The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.

Air Hollywood

Santa Clarita, California

Air Hollywood

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.