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What Is The Average Lifespan Of A Boeing Passenger Plane?
How long can the typical Boeing plane stay in the sky, what kind of maintenance is needed to keep it operating safely, and what happens when it's retired?
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From Tires To Tides: Michelin's Surprising Yacht Division
Michelin is known for two things: rating restaurants and tires, of which it owns several big name brands. Now it can add maritime innovation to its resume.
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What Is The B-21, America's Next Stealth Bomber?
In principle, it will be the most advanced plane in the world when it starts being deployed, though that's still a ways off.
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In 1955, The First Boeing 707 Did A Barrel Roll Over Lake Washington
In 1955, spectators of a hydroplane race on Lake Washington in Seattle were treated to an unexpected thrill when Boeing's prototype 707 went inverted.
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The New World's Longest Nonstop Flight Is A 19-Hour, 20-Minute Ordeal From JFK To China
Xiamen Air's new record holder is only ten minutes longer than the previous mark, Singapore Airlines' service from Newark to Singapore.
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Spirit Is Trying To Get Rid Of Half Its Planes In Second Bankruptcy
Spirit might never again operate at the scale it did in its heyday.
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Airline Removing Reclining Seats From Its Economy Class
WestJet announced last month that all seats in its Economy class will be fixed recline as part of a major cabin reconfiguration, meaning they can't lean back.
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Even With Inflation, $20,000 To Park At The Airport For 27 Minutes Is Too Dang High
Luckily this man got his money back, as it was found to be a system error.
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Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers Consider Calling In Sick, Driving For Uber As Flight Delays Increase
By their own admission, air traffic controllers are barely holding it together as it is, without a government shutdown taking away their paychecks indefinitely.
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Your Tax Dollars Pay For People To Fly On These Tiny, Weird Planes
U.S. tax dollars pay for various services, including one program that uses tiny airplanes to help keep the country connected. Here's what you need to know.
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Iceland Is No Longer The Low-Cost Pit Stop To Europe Thanks To Volcanoes, Airline Going Out Of Business
Exceptionally cheap flights to Europe with a stop in Iceland are suddenly a thing of the past.
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Why The SR-71 Blackbird's Windshield Made It Unique Among Airplanes
How do you fight the heat generated when a plane can go three times the speed of sound? Lockheed's engineers found a one-of-a-kind solution to the problem.
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Change The Trajectory Of Your Entire Life With This Old-School Alabama Riverboat
Hear me out, man. I promise, this will be good for you.
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The World's Biggest Cruise Ship Is This 250,000-Ton Monster
Royal Caribbean has done it again.
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Boeing Is Reportedly Moving On From The 737 With A Brand New Plane
The upshot is that we have good reason to get excited as a new, clean-sheet Boeing plane is, quite simply, a thrilling prospect.
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Delta Commuter Jets Crash Into Each Other On LaGuardia Taxiway
A pair of Delta commuter planes collided on a taxiway at New York's LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night.
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This Private Jet Has Massive Screens Instead Of Windows
Losing the windows improves the jet's aerodynamics and allows it to shed weight. This enables it to consume less fuel and, obviously, save money.
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The Airbus A380's 950-Gallon Paint Job Adds Up To 2,425 Pounds In Weight
It takes more than a ton of paint to cover the Airbus A380, but plane's maker cut weight in other areas. Still, repainting the plane isn't quick or easy.
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Alaska Seized His $95,000 Plane Over Illegal Beer, And Now This 82-Year-Old Pilot Wants The Supreme Court To Force The State Give It Back
The Alaskan bush pilot was arrested back in 2012 after state troopers found beer in his passenger's luggage.
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Boeing Can Certify Its Own Planes For Safety Again, But Only Every Other Week, Says FAA
While normally routine, the FAA stripped away Boeing's ability to do this for the 737 MAX in 2019 after two horrific crashes attributed to lax safety culture.
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Norway Tests Out Its All-Electric Plane Future
If Norway can single-handedly create a small but significant market for electric planes, it might just give the whole market enough runway to take off elsewhere
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Everything You Never Realized You Wanted To Know About Teterboro, New Jersey's Private Jet Hub
There's a lot of fun history behind the Teterboro airfield, including one flight with a pony onboard.
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The United States Is The Worst Offender As Embassies Rack Up $217 Million Congestion Charge Debt In London
The American embassy owes $21.1 million to TfL; in a distant second place, Japan owes $14.5 million to London's transport agency.
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Why Boeing Pilots Can't Fly Airbus Jets Without Being Retrained
Boeing and Airbus have very different control schemes in the cockpit, making it difficult to jump between the two.
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Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Lime Rock Park
The exact cause of the crash is still under investigation, but the track called it a "mechanical failure."
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What Are Those Hypnotic Spirals On Plane Engines For Anyway?
Are these spirals just fun little designs, or is there more going on there? Turns out, it's the latter.
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These Are The Only Planes Fast Enough To Outrun The Earth's Rotation
If you're in the right plane, can you start out in daylight and circle the Earth without ever seeing darkness? Sure, you can ... but you'll need plenty of fuel.
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