White House staff bids farewell to planes used as Air Force One for more than 35 years

After an early Thursday morning landing near Washington, two White House officials posted social media farewells to the ...
Yahoo

Here's How Many Planes Are in the Air at Any Given Moment

We think it's pretty safe to say that many travelers have asked themselves at one point or another, "how many planes are in the air right now?" It's a fair question! And given that pretty much every ...

Why Did Some WW1 Planes Have Three Wings?

You may have noticed that some WWI fighter planes had three wings, but why was this? Did the extra wings help make the ...
Forbes

Big Planes Are Back, But They’re Not Your Father’s Widebody Jets

A Boeing 777-9 prepares to land at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 on November 17, 2025. Emirates ordered 65 Boeing 777X planes in a deal worth $38 billion, delivering a ...
The Aviationist

Boeing and Lockheed Martin Each Flew an X-Plane in Preparation for NGAD

After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022. In another bit of ...
MIT Technology Review

This is what’s keeping electric planes from taking off

Batteries could power planes, but weight will limit how far they fly. Startups are exploring how electric planes could clean up air travel, which accounts for about 3% of worldwide greenhouse-gas ...
CNBC

Delta buys 100 Boeing Max planes, its first major order with the manufacturer in more than a decade

The deal is for 100 737 Max 10 planes, with options for 30 more. Deliveries are slated to begin in 2025. It's Delta first fresh order for new Boeing planes in more than a decade. The more ...