Aerodynamics explains how airplanes fly through the interplay of four fundamental forces: lift, weight, thrust, and drag.

We've all wondered it at least once—how do airplanes actually fly? What scientifically allows such a heavy metal contraption ...

(WHTM) — You may have looked up into the sky during a clear, blue day and noticed long, thin clouds stretching for miles. You also may have seen airplanes flying with two thin cloud trails behind them ...

Every aeroplane you have flown in has a secret level in the sky where physics and profit collide. They are chasing the same ...

Airplane flight is one of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century. The invention of the airplane allows people to travel from one side of the planet to the other in less ...

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Unless you live far out in the middle of nowhere, away from any flight paths, you will surely have noticed that planes and jets leave behind white trails, and the reason why planes and jets leave ...

Flightradar24 is often the first to know what happened after a crash. STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Keeping track of every airplane in the sky -- all 14,000 of them or so at any given moment -- is a heady task ...

In one of his books, German novelist W.G. Sebald describes the mesmerizing sight of the familiar constellations overhead. [iStock] German novelist W.G. Sebald liked to salt his fiction with ...

Air travelers in Phoenix might find their summer vacation plans disrupted by the very thing they are trying to escape in the hottest months of the year: uncomfortable, 110-plus degree heat. The ...