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Vintage aircraft from the Erickson Collection
Madras, Oregon

Erickson Aircraft Collection

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.
A U.S. Army Air Force De Havilland Canada Mosquito, flown in 1945.
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Found: 20,000 World War Two Aircraft Blueprints

They might be used to rebuild and launch a Mosquito plane for the first time since 1949.
Natasha Frost August 9, 2017
Phil Kroll stands beside air cannon #9.
Arlington, Virginia

Reagan National Airport Bird Cannon

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.
An airplane drawn over the fly-over states.
maps

A Boeing Test Flight Drew an Airplane in the Sky

Airplanes drawing airplanes.
Eric Grundhauser August 4, 2017
Aeroshell Aerobatic Team performing at EAA AirVenture 2007
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

EAA's AirVenture Oshkosh

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.
Back of the WASP Museum hangar
Sweetwater, Texas

National WASP WWII Museum

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
The dark blue area is the Diamantina Trench southwest of Perth. It is up to 26,401 feet deep.
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Explore the Seafloor With Data Collected During the Search for MH370

The Australian government has released the results of a survey of the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
Kelsey Kennedy July 21, 2017
Hammondsport, New York

Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.
A statue of the the U.K.'s first jet aeroplane in Lutterworth where it was produced.
Coventry, England

Frank Whittle Memorials

Monuments and plaques commemorate the local man whose invention shrunk the world.
Walkway in the land art park
Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Buitenschot Land Art Park

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.
food

Found: A Giant, 20-Pound Lobster on a Journey

The TSA screened this surprisingly large specimen.
Sarah Laskow June 27, 2017
Anchorage, Alaska

Neighborhood Airplane Hangars

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
The cockpit of a B-25 bomber off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
aviation

Two WWII Bombers Have Officially Been Found Off the Coast of Papua New Guinea

The B-25 is an icon of the war years.
Kelsey Kennedy May 24, 2017
Landing site of the transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and adjacent memorial cairn.
Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.
King Willem-Alexander.
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The King of the Netherlands Secretly Pilots Passenger Planes in His Spare Time

He is an enthusiast of the sky.
Erik Shilling May 17, 2017
The downed plane.
crash site

This Plane Crash Is Both Spectacular and, Thankfully, Injury-Free

Fireballs.
Erik Shilling May 3, 2017
Prisoners at Rikers Island watch through bars as an injured airline passenger waits for transport to a New York hospital.
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The 1957 Rikers Island Plane Crash That Made Inmates Heroes

It was a frightening time for air travel.
Andy Wright May 1, 2017
Bees cover the wing of a plane.
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Bees Delay Flight

"Obviously, you don't want the bees in the air."
Eric Grundhauser March 22, 2017