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11/21/2025

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft soars in first flight highlights

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its historic first-ever flight on Oct. 28, 2025. See the flight highlights here. Full Story: https://www.spac...

07/09/2025

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777x-large-wingspan/

Delving into the area of commercial airliner wing design, this article investigates the folding wingtips of the Boeing 777X.

07/06/2025

https://youtu.be/yN6mcGthW3A?si=UGmCA60iVjP_oxxs

In September 2024, onboard a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo,, the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit! Article: https://sim...

07/04/2025

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-dreamlifter-miami/

Why does the largest Boeing jet ever made fly to Miami so much?

07/01/2025

https://people.com/plane-passengers-write-farewell-notes-oxygen-masks-drop-flight-falls-26000-feet-11764228

A Japan Airlines flight from Shanghai, China, to Tokyo was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday, June 30, according to reports. After a nearly 26,000-foot drop during the flight, oxygen masks were deployed to passengers and one even wrote their will.

06/25/2025

https://simpleflying.com/new-york-jfk-says-goodbye-to-etihad-airways-airbus-a380-flights/

The airline now uses the superjumbo to Toronto instead.

06/11/2025

This is so funny. Sure do miss this guy!

02/18/2025

02/01/2025

And another crash in the US.

04/27/2024

An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus, and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight, isn’t it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The Airbus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."