Bored Pilot Writes 'I'm Bored' and Draws Two Dicks in the Sky
A pilot based in Adelaide, Australia, took an artistically inspired flight path on Tuesday morning.
Here's What to Do If You're Stuck in Flight-Delay Hell
So, you’re one of the thousands of people currently stuck in airport limbo as the FAA grapples with staffing shortages.…
Reports of Drones Flying Near Airports Ground Flights Yet Again, This Time at Newark Liberty
In an incident similar to ones which shut down the UK’s Gatwick Airport before Christmas last month and another at…
Check Out This Incredible Extinct Bird From the Cretaceous Period
The discovery of a 127-million-year-old fossil in northeastern China is filling an important evolutionary gap between…
Watch a Moth Keep Its Balance While Being Pelted With Tiny Cannonballs
Somehow during the history of Earth, life took to the skies. As these winged creatures evolved, they specialized and…
Plane Quarantined at JFK Airport After Passengers Mysteriously Fall Ill [Updated]
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are currently investigating a plane that was held on the…
Vaping Pilot Trying to Hide E-Cig Cloud Accidentally Sends Passenger Flight Plummeting
An Air China flight crew had to enact emergency protocols during a flight from Hong Kong to the city of Dalian on…
Watch Tiny Crab Spiders Take Flight With 10-Foot Silk Parachutes
If you’re arachnophobic, I hate to tell you this, but spiders can fly.
United Airlines Re-Routes Plane After Third Dog-Related Mishap of the Week
United Airlines had its third dog-related mishap this week, following up on the death of a puppy its flight attendants…
Winged Archaeopteryx Dino Could Fly—Scientists Just Don't Know How
Owing to its distinctly bird-like features, Archaeopteryx is one of the most intriguing dinosaurs known to science.…
United Airlines Finds Way to Cut Costs That Doesn't Involve Booting Overbooked Passengers
Switching its in-flight magazine Hemisphere to a lighter variety of paper that saved an ounce a copy has saved United…
This Guy Is Living My Fantasy of Flying Like a Bird
Even with the hours of preamble as I shuffle through the airport to my gate, flying is still an amazing experience for…
This Footage of a Drone Buzzing a Cargo Train Turned My Stomach Inside Out
Your childhood fantasies of soaring through the air like Iron Man or Superman will seem far less fantastic after this…
Incredible Slo-Mo Footage Reveals Hummingbirds Are Truly Nature's Fighter Jets
Most birds get all the lift they need to fly with the downward stroke of their wings—meaning there’s no upward force…
The Shape of a Bird’s Egg Can Tell You Something Totally Unexpected
Some of life’s simplest questions get swept under the rug for a long time—after all, the most widespread phenomena…
Kitesurfer Hopping From Pond to Pond Is Proof Humans Really Were Meant to Fly
Tethering yourself to a giant kite that’s strong enough to pull you right off the ground seems a lot less terrifying…
Scientists Find That Mosquito Flight Is Unlike Anything Else
We all know the bloodcurdling sound of a bloodsucking mosquito that has made its way into our general vicinity. It’s a…
The International Mission to Get Bao Bao the Panda Laid
Bao Bao the giant panda is on her way to China today and National Zoo Director Dennis Kelly only has one thing on his…
This is How You Fold a Record-Breaking Paper Airplane
In 2012, designer John Collins constructed a paper airplane that flew an astonishing 226 feet, establishing a distance…
Hail Satan, Flight 666 Lands Safely in HEL on Friday the 13th
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard the most metal flight of your lives. Let’s do some…