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Build Classic R/C Airplanes With New Methods

This Instructable will show how to build light-weight, electric versions of a couple of classic R/C airplanes quickly and cheaply using some simple methods. Other...

Traveling for the Holidays? Try These Tips to Stay Healthy on an Airplane

As we return to travel, it's wise to take extra precautions to stay healthy on airplanes this holiday season

Ideas that Changed the World: The Airplane

"The airplane is the machine that gave us our greatest superpower – the ability to fly."

Why Is "Airplane" Also Spelled “Aeroplane"?

There's a lot of history that goes beyond words—and the difference between the spellings of "airplane" and "aeroplane" is no exception.

This is What a Drone Strike Would Do to an Airplane

As drones continue to explode in popularity, there have been more and more stories of operators flying way too close to airplanes. Now new research is

How to Build Your Own Airplane—From Cockpit to Parachute

"It takes about 1,500 man-hours. You’re trading time for money."

How to Make Airplane Trips with Children More Enjoyable for Everyone…

Flying with kids can be a challenge or it can be smooth-sailing. Very much depends on the age of your child, the length of your flight, and the time of day of your flight. If you have an infant, packing can be the first challenge because of all the stuff you need. Diapers, wipes, bottles, backup clothes, bibs, blankets, car seat, toys and so on! Then if you have a toddler, it is the coloring books, play dough, books, snacks, and other toys…

Watch what happens when a drone smashes into an airplane wing

Dramatic experiment spotlights the growing risk of collisions between drones and other aircraft.

Will you fly the aircraft of the future?

This article may either excite you or annoy you. I understand. I have mixed feelings about a new class of airplanes I don’t understand as well as familiar, legacy ones. Perhaps like you, I’m annoyed because I didn’t foresee this and because these new proposed machines are not my experience over many decades of flight. …

Air travel is terrible for the environment. Can new technology change that?

How to Photograph an Elephant

Elephants are social creatures, which makes them fun to photograph. But to make a truly interesting picture, you have to play it cool.

9 professional tips for taking insane adventure photographs

A pro adventure photographer shares the secrets of his trade.

Improving Your Choice of How You Get to Success

An airplane spends most of its time in flight off course. The pilot has to make course corrections continuously. Without making the necessary adjustments, the pilot and the plane would not reach their desired destination. An airplane moves fast and requires you to work the controls actively. A train is different. It never needs to make any adjustments to its course. The tracks go from point A to point B, with no deviations. The train conductor never has to course correct. As long…

How Adverse Yaw Affects Your Plane

Have you ever wondered why your airplane initially yaws to the left when you're trying to turn right?

How to Find the Cheapest Airfares

Whether for business or pleasure, traveling by airplane can get you where you need to be fast, but n...

Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?

William Langewiesche explores how a series of small errors can turn a state-of-the-art cockpit into a death trap.

Are drones really dangerous to airplanes?

Imagine boarding a plane. Economy class. There's a kid behind you kicking the seat. You put on headphones and try to tune out the world. Immediately after takeoff, you feel a thud and hear an explosion over the sound of your music. The plane lurches. You look out the window at the plane's engine and see fire and black smoke. Terrifying, right?